PHOTOS: Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose Monument Dedication Ceremony
Scenes from the Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose Monument Dedication Ceremony on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Registered voters on the eve of the 2026 primaries | Cronin & Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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Updated 23 hours ago
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has published the latest voter registration figures for the state and its counties as of June. Colorado ranks among the highest states for independent, or unaffiliated, voters. Only Alaska and Massachusetts have more. New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maine and Oregon also rank highly. So here...
A room for Sundance, a reality check for big-government Boulder | Jon Caldara
Jon Caldara
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Updated 3 days ago
There are few things more satisfying to watch than socialists getting mugged by reality. The Sundance Film Festival is invading my hometown of Boulder early next year. Sundance drew 85,000 attendees last year in Park City, Utah. Boulder’s hotel room...
A decade after Standing Rock protests, Dakota Access oil pipeline segment gets OK | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Updated 4 days ago
NORTH DAKOTA Pipeline segment OK’d BISMARCK — Federal officials on May 21 gave final approval for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to continue operating its contentious Missouri River crossing, an outcome that comes nearly a decade after boisterous protests against...
Democratic candidates DeGette, Kiros and James clash in CD1 forum
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 21 hours ago
The three Democratic candidates for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District clashed on Friday night over a host of issues, even as they expressed frustration with their party. The candidates — U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, doctoral student Milat Kiros and university regent...
Rep. Jeff Crank thinks Democrats are too focused on Trump, not enough on Colorado Springs | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
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Updated 20 hours ago
For U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, who’s unopposed in the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District but the main target of both candidates in the lively Democratic primary, the big question in the midterms is not who will stand up...
Does character matter anymore? | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 4 days ago
The last few weeks have been illuminating in the manner of a headlamp pointing the way to some deep, dark, murky netherworld. Graham Platner, a hero to the populist set on the Democratic side, became his party’s Senate nominee in...
Vice president attends Denver event to support energy freedom; more news from the past | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 4 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: Vice President George H.W. Bush flew to Denver to address the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, where he assured the audience that the Reagan administration’s strong belief was that the private...
Colorado Politics Calendar June 22-28
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,...
A special edition of Capitol M: In remembrance of the outrageous Lynn Bartels
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 days ago
I had Lynn Bartels envy. For almost longer than I can remember. There, I said it. And it’s true. Lynn died Friday, age 69, after a short battle with glioblastoma. I was just heartsick when that news of her diagnosis...
Bernie Sanders endorses DeGette challenger Melat Kiros in Colorado’s 1st CD Democratic primary
Ernest Luning
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Updated 2 days ago
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday endorsed congressional candidate Melat Kiros, one of two Democrats challenging 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s June primary. Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democrats, called the 29-year-old Kiros “exactly the...