Martin Drake Power Plant
No visible demolition work happening this morning at Martin Drake Power Plant in downtown #ColoradoSprings. Demo started in May & asbestos abatement is ongoing. Story coming this weekend @csgazette on demo efforts & what residents can expect to see as the plant comes down. pic.twitter.com/9lcWCAiU6I
— Breeanna Jent (@breejentnews) July 20, 2023
Trump is seeing doctors for his annual physical. What the public finds out is up to him
Collin Binkley
collin.binkley@associatedpress.com
Updated 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is getting a medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health under renewed public scrutiny after he has worked to dismiss concerns over his age and stamina. The 79-year-old president traveled to Walter Reed National...
Is the ‘penumbra of privacy’ going, going, gone in Colorado? | Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack
hal-bidlack@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
Once again, there are too many things in Colorado Politics that are newsworthy and should be written about. Unless my kindly editor will allow me to write a book-length column this week? (Ed: not so much…) First up, I’d like...
Quiet at the state Capitol doesn’t mean silence on energy policy | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 17 hours ago
By Carly West By many accounts, Colorado’s 2026 legislative session was unusually quiet on oil-and-natural-gas policy. There was no sweeping new oil-and-natural-gas package. No major new production restrictions. After years of contentious energy debates dominating the Capitol, the relative quiet...
The history, and future, of extinction in Colorado | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
By Eric Washburn When I was a kid growing up in Aurora in the late 1960s and early 1970s, one of my favorite things to do was to go to the Denver Museum of Natural History and spend countless hours...
Memorial Day at Fort Logan honors sacrifice of fallen troops
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 minutes ago
Hundreds gathered Monday at Fort Logan National Cemetery to honor fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony, where speakers emphasized the sacrifice and memory of military personnel and their families. The ceremony took place as the nation approaches the...
Legislature overrules state Supreme Court decisions, federal judges contend with violations of orders | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 32 minutes ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The Colorado legislature overruled two recent state Supreme Court decisions in this year’s session, plus federal judges are addressing the government’s violations of their orders...
Appeals court reinstates murder case despite ex-DA Linda Stanley’s conduct
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reinstated the murder and child abuse charges on Thursday against a Fremont County defendant, reasoning that the former district attorney’s misconduct did not warrant dismissal of the charges. A judge previously dismissed the criminal case against defendant...
Processing plants are an important piece of the ag puzzle | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel
rachel-gabel@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Concrete barricades blocked the entrance to the Cargill beef plant in Ft. Morgan, Colo., on May 20. About 1,700 workers had been locked out by the company after months of contract negotiations ended with workers voting to reject the company’s...
Tapped: Colorado River overallocation collides with record drought conditions
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 51 minutes ago
Editor’s Note: The Denver metro region sits at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores and conserves its water while...
As AI advances, are the accompanying AI advances for the better? | Miller Hudson
Miller Hudson
miller-hudson@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
You may have noted Elon Musk was in court suing Sam Altman of OpenAI. If you were praying there was a way both of these greed bros could lose, you nearly got your wish. Emails exchanged between the parties reflect...