Republican candidate for Senate, Joe O’Dea, makes a concession speech after losing his Senate bid to incumbent Democratic Senator, Michael Bennet
Republican candidate for Senate, Joe O’Dea, makes a concession speech after losing his Senate bid to incumbent Democratic Senator, Michael Bennet
Colorado, like America, past due for generational change in politics | Miller Hudson
Miller Hudson
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Updated 11 hours ago
I was 27 before I ever voted for president. At 19, in 1964, the Constitution had not yet been amended establishing 18-year-old voting eligibility. In 1968, I was serving overseas with the U.S. Navy at a time when there was...
Farmers and ranchers win on NIETC cancellation | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel
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Updated 10 hours ago
The Department of Energy rolled into Lamar last week and Office of Electricity Assistant Secretary Katie Jereza stood in her neat, green suit in front of a room filled with farmers, ranchers and landowners. The crowd was filled with straw...
Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Updated 4 days ago
NEVADA Lake Mead hits new low BOULDER CITY — Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the...
Going after the wrong butts | Jon Caldara
Jon Caldara
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Updated 3 days ago
Mayor Mike Johnston proclaimed, “It is past time Big Tobacco cleaned up the big mess it’s created.” Yep. Denver is suing tobacco companies for the cigarette butts littering the city. Because Denver’s Big Mess couldn’t possibly be the fault of...
Colorado Politics Calendar Aug. 17-23
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 5 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,...
Democrats and their big roll of the dice | SONDERMANN
Eric Sondermann
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Updated 4 days ago
For Republicans on the ballot this fall, the hand they are forced to play is rather set. Even if so many of them had not so meekly submitted to President Donald Trump’s agenda, they would still be largely tethered to...
Reagan’s PATCO Showdown ignited Colorado labor backlash | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
Forty-five years ago this week: “It’s the old Nixon reaction as far as I’m concerned. He thinks he’s the Great God Almighty and can do no wrong … in the eyes of the public,” said Zelda Bransted, spokesman of the...
Federal judge green-lights excessive force, retaliation claims for trial against Fort Collins officers
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
A federal judge green-lit a jury trial last week against multiple Fort Collins police officers on claims that they used excessive force on one man who was standing unarmed in his underwear, and retaliated against another man for exercising his...
Jeff Crank, Jessica Killin set to face off in 2 debates in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District
Ernest Luning
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Updated 2 days ago
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, his Democratic challenger, have agreed to debate twice in the weeks leading up to the general election in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, their campaigns have said. Crank is seeking a second term...
CSI study reviews impacts of Colorado’s mandatory sex‑trafficking sentencing measure
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
A new report by the think-tank Common Sense Institute examines what could happen if Colorado voters approve Initiative No. 108, which establishes mandatory life sentences for offenders convicted of sexual trafficking of a minor. The measure is backed by Protect...