Taylor Brown important message clip
Taylor Brown, Denver’s AI candidate for mayor, recites the script of a robocall written for the candidate by ChatGPT.
Assisted-living facility in Colorado faced minimal fine after death of 73-year-old man
Jenny Deam
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Updated 1 day ago
On Jan. 6, just after 8:30 p.m., Robert Dutkevitch rolled his wheelchair onto the smoking patio outside The Argyle assisted-living facility in Denver. Minutes later, the 73-year-old suddenly slumped in his chair, his head lolling to the side. He then...
Governor OK’s funding for summer food assistance for Wyoming kids | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Updated 3 days ago
WYOMING Governor funds kids’ summer meals Gov. Mark Gordon secured funding for a summer food assistance program for kids and directed its implementation through an executive order. After the Wyoming legislature declined to fund the SUN Bucks program—designed to provide...
Trump says suspect was armed with multiple weapons at White House correspondents’ dinner
Alanna Durkin Richer
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Updated 19 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is addressing reporters at the White House after he and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after a shooting incident...
Mountain Lion/Pheasant Green Chile a hit! | Capitol M | Week of April 25, 2026
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
The lighter side of the state Capitol, although if you were eating at the barbecue Thursday, you are probably not any “lighter.” With the arrival of spring comes outdoor barbecues at the state Capitol, and the most unusual is the...
Domestic violence rises in Colorado, state rep. seeks to fight back | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: A bill sponsored by Rep. Jeanne Faatz’, R-Denver, House Bill 81-1336, was the final compromise bill intended to counteract the rising tide of domestic violence in Colorado. According to FBI figures, 40,000 women in 1980...
Passenger train service from Denver to Fort Collins? | Cronin and Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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Updated 16 hours ago
A “Joint Service” plan is being developed that would bring passenger rail service from Denver north to Fort Collins by 2029. The passenger trains would be paid for with existing funds from the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) and other...
The applicability of Hungary’s election to our politics | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 5 days ago
American conservatives, largely synonymous these days with MAGA save for a few lonely voices of courage and dissent, have plenty to lament. Their domination of the political landscape is waning. Various special elections hither and yon have presented bright, flashing...
Colorado Politics Calendar Apr. 27-May 3
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 4 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,...
Colorado candidates square off up and down the ballot ahead of primary election
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
With just over two months to go until ballots are counted in Colorado’s primary, candidates are squaring off in high-stakes contests for their party’s nominations in statewide and congressional races approaching the midterm election. For the first time in memory,...
Federal judge tosses class-action lawsuit over poor Vail Resorts experience during strike
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
A federal judge dismissed a plaintiff’s proposed class-action lawsuit last month that sought compensation from Vail Resorts after a ski patrol strike turned a family vacation into a “colossal disaster.” U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang concluded plaintiff Christopher...