Political experts weigh in on Councilmember Candi Cdebaca’s crushing loss in Denver’s council race
Political experts said the biggest surprise of Tuesday’s runoff election is challenger Darrell Watson’s commanding victory over councilmember Candi CdeBaca. In this video, Colorado Politics and Denver Gazette editor Luige del Puerto talks to Steve Welchert, Jim Carpenter and Kelly Maher.
Colorado legislature wraps up tough budget year
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers are wrapping up their work on Wednesday, closing out a year defined by the lack of fiscal flexibility, woes over Medicaid spending and a staccato of action on a host of issues, ranging from artificial regulation to a...
Colorado legislature wraps up tough budget year
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers are wrapping up their work on Wednesday, closing out a year defined by the lack of fiscal flexibility, woes over Medicaid spending and a staccato of action on a host of issues, ranging from artificial regulation to a...
Colorado legislature wraps up tough budget year
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers are wrapping up their work on Wednesday, closing out a year defined by the lack of fiscal flexibility, woes over Medicaid spending and a staccato of action on a host of issues, ranging from artificial regulation to a...
Colorado legislature wraps up tough budget year
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers are wrapping up their work on Wednesday, closing out a year defined by the lack of fiscal flexibility, woes over Medicaid spending and a staccato of action on a host of issues, ranging from artificial regulation to a...
10th Circuit again dismisses ex-prison employee’s challenge to workplace DEI training
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court dismissed a second lawsuit on Monday brought by a former Colorado Department of Corrections employee who was offended by an equity training module and had alleged it created a hostile work environment. In 2023, U.S....
AI’s rapid growth spurs regulatory reaction in Colorado
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
The 2026 legislative session was marked by a major push to regulate artificial intelligence, a technology advancing at breakneck speed. Colorado is at the forefront of AI policy, becoming the first state to pursue regulation on “algorithmic discrimination” by passing...
As Colorado’s federal judges churn through immigration petitions, Domenico’s cases sit undecided
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
Colorado’s U.S. District Court judges have spent months pushing out decisions in hundreds of immigration detention cases and largely siding with detainees, but one judge has barely touched his caseload. Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico has only issued orders in...
Bill on firearm barrel sales withdrawn after veto threat from Colorado governor
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
A bill that would require firearm barrels to be sold in person by a federally licensed firearms dealer was pulled by its sponsors, who said they were all but told that Gov. Jared Polis would veto the measure. Sponsored by...
Colorado Democrat Jason Crow calls on House leadership to ban trading on prediction markets
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow on Monday joined a bipartisan call asking House Speaker Mike Johnson to adopt new rules banning the chamber’s lawmakers, their families and staff from participating in prediction markets, in a move the Aurora Democrat said can...
Federal judges hear arguments over Colorado school district’s gender identity rooming policy
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 17 hours ago
A panel of judges at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging JeffCo Public School’s policy of assigning students to overnight accommodations on school trips based on gender identity. The lawsuit, filed in...
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Polis vetoes bill giving governments 'right of first refusal' to buy apartments
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would given local governments the right to first buy apartment complexes, among a slew of legislation that supporters said would provide long-term, affordable housing in Colorado. The bill sought to create a “right of first refusal” – meaning a property owner can only sell an apartment complex, […]
5 takeaways from Mike Johnston's win over Kelly Brough in Denver's mayoral runoff
Denver elected a new mayor on Tuesday, handing the keys to city hall to Mike Johnston, who takes over next month from three-term Mayor Michael Hancock. The 48-year-old former state senator, school principal and philanthropic CEO defeated Kelly Brough, a former Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce CEO and chief of staff to former Mayor John […]