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Colorado gubernatorial candidates Phil Weiser, Greg Lopez to face off Thursday in televised debate
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 minutes 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 11 minutes 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 49 minutes 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...
Colorado’s precarious position protecting from wildfires | Paula Noonan
Paula Noonan
paula-noonan@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
Fourteen firefighters died in the Storm King Mountain fire west of Glenwood Springs in 1994 when 2,115 acres burned. In August 2020, the Grizzly Creek fire burned 32,631 acres along the Interstate 70 corridor east of Glenwood causing mudslides from flooding...
We must deliver on cost of living | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
By Ryan Gonzalez Insurance premiums are on the rise. Property taxes are increasing. Groceries are becoming more expensive. Gas prices are reaching record levels. Housing costs are becoming unsustainable. These are the concerns I hear from people in my district....
Colorado to get $615M from Meta child safety settlement
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Colorado, part of an $18 billion multistate deal, in which the company also agreed to adopt extensive child-safety changes to its operations. The settlement ended...
Aurora police warn businesses of 5 shoplifters involved in 139 crimes
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 34 minutes ago
Aurora police are warning business owners to look out for five shoplifters involved in 139 crimes with some $60,000 in stolen merchandise. Four of the five shoplifters are wanted on active Aurora Police Department warrants, according to a news release...
Counties warn CPW that new comment limits sideline local governments
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
The September meeting of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will feature newly revised public‑comment rules — changes introduced by chair Jay Tutchton of Bent County, who announced them without first discussing the revisions publicly with the rest of the...
Controversial two-bag furbearer limit heads to CPW meeting under legal threat
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours 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...
Federal science agency gives CU Boulder $37.5M to supercharge its quantum studies
Bernadette Berdychowski
bernadette.berdychowski@denvergazette.com
Updated 32 minutes ago
The University of Colorado Boulder was awarded $37.5 million from a federal research agency to propel its quantum research, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced Tuesday. The school was one of eight academic institutions to receive a total of $290...