Polis orders flags lowered to honor victims of Highland Park parade shooting
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Saturday to honor the seven people fatally shot on Monday during a Fourth of July parade in Illinois.
Polis’ order follows a proclamation made by President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
The order applies to all flags at the White House, at public buildings and grounds, military posts and naval stations and naval vessels, as well as the country’s embassies and other facilities abroad.
Authorities arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the shooting that left seven people dead and injured more than 30 others.
Colorado governor seeks FEMA aid for wildfire recovery
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 8 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis has formally requested that President Donald Trump and FEMA issue a Major Disaster Declaration to unlock funding to support Colorado’s response to the Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County. “The Elk and Lee fires ripped...
Colorado Republicans again weigh whether to boot unaffiliated voters from party primaries | TRAIL MIX
Ernest Luning
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Updated 14 hours ago
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Hickenlooper pitches in $100K for Colorado Democratic Party’s grassroots organizing
Ernest Luning
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Updated 1 day ago
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper has raised $100,000 for the Colorado Democratic Party’s organizing efforts ahead of next year’s election, the party said on Thursday. The former two-term governor, who is seeking reelection to a second Senate term in 2026, said...
Q&A with Colorado lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer | Republican says she’ll be a governor who ‘knows how to govern’
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer says her decades of experience in government — as a county commissioner, director of a state department and state legislator — have prepared her to be a “really great governor,” and the Brighton Republican argues that’s...
Colorado’s prison population management plan activated due to overcrowding
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 days ago
Ongoing issues within the Colorado Department of Corrections have prompted the state to trigger its Prison Population Management Measures — a policy framework established in 2018 to address overcrowding. It marks the first time the measures have been put into...
Colorado’s affordable housing efforts gain momentum despite market challenges
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Colorado’s housing shortage is improving after reaching its worst point in 2019, but affordability remains a significant barrier to homeownership, according to a new analysis from the state’s Demography Office. “The State Demography Office’s analysis compares existing housing shortage estimates...
Survey: Coloradans skeptical of party politics, economic outlook remains grim
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Nearly 50% of voters in Colorado are unaffiliated with a political party, according to the latest data from the Secretary of State’s Office. A recent survey from the conservative-leaning polling group Magellan Strategies appears to confirm Coloradans’ overall distrust of...
‘Heartbroken’: Colorado political leaders, organizations condemn assassination of Charlie Kirk
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Colorado elected officials and political groups expressed grief, outrage and resolve against political violence in reaction to the fatal shooting of conservative organizer and nonprofit leader Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at Utah Valley University. “Today is a really hard day,”...
Republican state lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer set to launch campaign for Colorado governor
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer filed paperwork Monday to run to be Colorado’s next governor, making the Brighton lawmaker’s long-anticipated campaign official. Kirkmeyer, who lost a close race for Congress in 2022, plans to make a formal announcement Tuesday evening...
Colorado remains among a shrinking pool of states with glass ceilings at top of the ticket | TRAIL MIX
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning+co@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 weeks ago
Will 2026 be the year Colorado voters shatter one of the state’s stubborn and seemingly incongruous glass ceilings? The Centennial State approaches next year’s sesquicentennial — preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of statehood — with an increasingly rare distinction...
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