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Fighting for every Colorado rural hospital on the eastern plains | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 9 hours ago
By Lauren Boebert After touring Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke and Wray Community District Hospital — two of more than a dozen rural hospitals in my district — I was again reminded why I fight for them in Washington. The...
Fix Colorado without shortchanging taxpayers | GUEST COLUMN
By Lisa Frizell
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Updated 9 hours ago
If we truly want to fix Colorado, we must respect taxpayers, demand accountability and prioritize classroom results. Proposition NN fails the test. The far left put forth this measure, presenting it as the only way to fund public schools. Colorado voters should...
New anti-gun legislation is about preventing firearm ownership, not safety | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 9 hours ago
By Ava Flanell It’s been a little more than a month since the most radical anti-gun legislation went into effect in Colorado history: Senate Bill 25-003. Originally intended as an “assault weapons ban,” Colorado Democrat sponsors settled for a complicated...
10th Circuit tosses GEO Group’s pretrial appeal in human trafficking lawsuit
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court dismissed an attempt by The GEO Group on Wednesday to appeal a trial judge’s non-existent decision two months before the company is scheduled to face a civil trial over alleged trafficking violations at the Aurora...
Denver sues Trump to block armed ICE agents from polling sites
Deborah Grigsby
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Updated 10 hours ago
The city of Denver, along with several groups, sued the Trump administration Thursday, seeking to block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who are armed from polling sites during the upcoming midterm elections. In fact, there are no official orders...
Federal judge takes no action against ICE in Colorado after hearing about mistakes, not ‘blatant violations’
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
A federal judge declined to take action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday after hearing that a pattern of alleged lawbreaking amounted to mistakes and a misunderstanding of the government’s position in court. For nearly a year, Colorado’s...
Colorado doctors, dentists challenge state law on gender‑transition services in new federal lawsuit
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
A group of Christian doctors and dentists has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Colorado law they say requires them to provide gender‑transition services that conflict with their religious and ethical beliefs. The lawsuit, filed by the Christian Medical and...
Colorado Parks & Wildlife staff kill third wolf in 3 days
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
Colorado’s wildlife division on Thursday said that staff and contracted agents killed an uncollared female yearling wolf a pack after confirming she had been killing livestock in Grand County. Three wolves from three separate packs have been killed in the...
Vance strikes back at concern $5,000 Trump dividend will stoke debt: ‘Wealth will go back to the people’
Emily Hallas
emily-hallas@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday sought to deflect criticism that President Donald Trump’s newly proposed $5,000 dividend would further bankrupt the United States, arguing the handout would be offset by tariff revenue. Trump promised “every adult citizen” would receive...
Utah governor renews call for ‘civility’ one year after Charlie Kirk assassination
David Sivak
david-sivak@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
PHILADELPHIA — Spencer Cox, R-UT, the Utah governor who rose to national prominence with his calls for civility in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, used a stage in Philadelphia to argue that his message is just as salient one...