Polis 2023-24 state budget proposal
Colorado State Fair youth golf tournament celebrates 11 years
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 minutes ago
Twenty-eight teams tee off Friday at Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo for a tournament supporting 4-H, Future Farmers of America and capital improvements at the Colorado State Fair. Now in its 11th year, the Partners of Youth in Ag...
Controversial two-bag furbearer limit heads to CPW meeting under legal threat
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 minutes ago
Next week’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting in La Junta is likely to open under the cloud of threatened legal action. Safari Club International and the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation warned the commission this month that its July vote imposing...
Democratic-aligned poll shows big majority of swing-seat voters support routine childhood vaccines
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A new poll conducted by Democratic-aligned groups found that voters in competitive U.S. House districts — including a battleground seat in Colorado — support routine childhood vaccinations by a wide margin and oppose a recent order by President Donald Trump...
Some Colorado hunters oppose right to hunt, fish proposal, group says
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A group that says it represents hunters and anglers from across Colorado announced its opposition to a ballot measure that would establish the right to hunt and fish in Colorado’s constitution, saying it could result in the overturning of bans...
Coalition drops Colorado transportation ballot measure as long-term funding plan advances
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
The proposed constitutional amendment on Colorado’s transportation funding will be removed from the November ballot after its supporters said they reached an agreement with lawmakers following months of negotiations. Initiative 175, backed by the coalition Restore Our Roads, would have...
Iran and Oman come to agreement to open Strait of Hormuz, but await US buy-in
Claire Carter
claire.carter@washingtonexaminer.com
Updated 5 hours ago
Iran and Oman reached an understanding on a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, clearing a major hurdle to reopening the critical waterway, but Tehran says implementation depends on the United States meeting a series of demands. The...
Trump faces warning signs among women ahead of midterm elections: Poll
Rena Rowe
rena.rowe@washingtonexaminer.com
Updated 5 hours ago
President Donald Trump is facing significant challenges among women voters heading into the 2026 midterm elections, with a new survey showing low approval of his job performance and broad opposition to key policies in his administration’s agenda. A national survey...
Colorado gubernatorial candidates Phil Weiser, Greg Lopez to face off Thursday in televised debate
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
Two of the candidates for governor of Colorado are set to square off in a televised debate for the first time Thursday night, when Attorney General Phil Weiser, the Democratic nominee, and former U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez, an unaffiliated candidate,...
Republican US Rep. Jeff Crank, Democratic challenger Jessica Killin set to debate in Colorado’s 5th CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, his Democratic challenger, are scheduled to meet for a televised debate in the race to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District on Thursday night. The candidates are set to take the stage at...
Wrongfully deported man to be returned to U.S., Colorado federal judge orders
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Colorado’s chief federal judge took the extraordinary step of directing the government on Tuesday to do everything it can to return a man it deported in violation of his order. At the same time, Colorado’s chief magistrate judge has set...