Colorado firmly a blue state
“It’s a blue state,” said Doug Friednash, a lawyer with Brownstein who served as chief of staff to then-Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and as city attorney under Denver Mayor Michael Hancock.
Note to Colorado lawmakers — parents protecting kids isn’t abuse, it’s their job | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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Updated 11 hours ago
By Matt Sharp and Sharon Supp During the last few years, the U.S. Supreme Court has made at least one thing clear: Colorado is consistently overreaching to apply its laws in unconstitutional ways. Colorado treated a cake artist with hostility...
H.R. 1 underscores unfairness in Colorado tax code | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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Updated 11 hours ago
By Caroline Nutter On July 4, 2025, Colorado’s budget was overturned with the stroke of a pen. When President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, he didn’t only cut federal funding by...
Colorado lawmakers grapple with spending cuts amid $1 billion-plus deficit
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 13 hours ago
The battle over Colorado’s budget for next year — which stalled in the House over a procedural maneuver — entered a more difficult phase on Thursday, when legislators grappled with hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed reductions to balance...
New rules for private judges in Colorado include discipline oversight, campaign contributions
David Migoya
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Updated 16 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court recently determined the state’s private judges — retired jurists appointed to oversee civil cases that rarely get public scrutiny — can now make political contributions freely and without reserve, overruling a prohibition that had been in...
Colorado bill reshaping RTD board advances
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 16 hours ago
A proposal to reshape the Regional Transportation District’s leadership easily cleared a committee vote Wednesday, advancing the bill sponsors say is needed to revive a transit system still struggling to regain riders and public trust. Critics have countered that, while...
Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper pulls in nearly $1.4M in 1st quarter, heads into primary with $4M
Ernest Luning
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Updated 13 hours ago
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s campaign raised nearly $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2026 and plans to report more than $4 million on hand heading into Colorado’s June primary, the first-term Democrat’s campaign said Thursday. That brings Hickenlooper’s total...
Republican Ron Hanks plans ‘grassroots’ primary challenge to US Rep. Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd CD
Ernest Luning
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Updated 16 hours ago
Colorado Republican Ron Hanks, a former state lawmaker, plans to challenge first-term U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd in the 3rd Congressional District primary by seeking a spot on the June ballot at the GOP’s district assembly in Pueblo on Friday, Colorado...
Five ways Mullin is already pushing DHS in a new direction
Anna Giaritelli Washington Examiner
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Updated 20 hours ago
The Trump administration’s newest Cabinet secretary, Markwayne Mullin, has already begun to implement major changes across the Department of Homeland Security Mullin replaced President Donald Trump’s first DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, and was an unexpected pick to lead the department...
Appeals court finds Prowers County judge incorrectly analyzed firetruck collision lawsuit
Michael Karlik
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Updated 20 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court directed a Prowers County judge last month to take a second look at whether a firetruck operator and the county itself can be held liable for a collision with a motorist. Donald Williamson was driving through a...
Appeals court reverses assault convictions after jury received no definition of ‘harm’
Michael Karlik
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Updated 22 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed an Arapahoe County defendant’s assault convictions last week, concluding the trial judge neglected to define a key, ambiguous term for jurors. Police officers arrested David Cristobal Aragon at a house party for allegedly violating a restraining...