DPS board members discussed its policy on school resource officers at an executive meeting in March
The Denver Public Schools board released a video recording of its March executive session, the subject of a lawsuit by a media coalition that includes The Denver Gazette and Colorado Politics. A trial judge sided with the coalition, concluding that DPS either “did engage in a substantial discussion of matters” not permitted under the state’s Open Meetings Law or adopted a proposed policy in the executive session in “contravention” of the statutes.
Trends and challenges in higher education | Tom Cronin
Tom Cronin
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Updated 9 hours ago
Americans are both proud and critical of our higher-education system. More American universities are highly ranked than those in other countries. More international students come here than to any other country. And basic research at U.S. universities has earned more patents and Nobel Prizes than elsewhere. Yet...
White House withdraws hospitality executive as National Park Service nominee | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Updated 6 days ago
MONTANA National parks nominee withdrawn BILLINGS — President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of a hospitality company executive to lead the National Park Service, the White House announced on April 27. The withdrawal of nominee Scott Socha comes as...
Ron Hanks, Scott Bottoms sue to stop Colorado’s unaffiliated voters from participating in GOP primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
Three Republican candidates in Colorado filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court this week seeking to prevent unaffiliated voters from participating in next month’s GOP primary, arguing that the state’s semi-open primary system violates their constitutional rights by forcing Republicans...
Colorado needs a sane, viable opposition party | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 5 days ago
If you are upset with the increasing regulatory burden in Colorado, the exodus of too many large employers, accelerating property taxes, the condition of the roads, and all of the funding for transit schemes with low demand, of course, you...
Colorado Politics Calendar May 11-17
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,...
NRA carves out early success story battling 1981 Colorado gun legislation | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: After House Bill 81-1542, which would have mandated detention for juveniles carrying concealed weapons, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Paul Powers, R-Denver, said he had received 45 letters per day denouncing the legislation. And...
It’s almost Sine Die and it can’t come soon enough | Capitol M | Week of May 9, 2026
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
The lighter side of the state Capitol, usually. At first, May the Fourth might have been a bit of a disappointment. Usually, there’s a lot of Star Wars foolishness on this particular day, but early on, it was low-key. The...
TABOR showdown: Senate moves bill forward, Advance Colorado prepares for legal action
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 days ago
Despite objections from legislative staff and Republican opposition, Senate Democrats on Friday moved forward with a proposal to reroute $306 million in taxpayer refunds. Already, critics are preparing to sue over the proposal that seeks to take $300 million in Taxpayer’s...
Colorado governor signs $47 billion budget in which ‘nobody won’
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday officially signed a $46.87 billion spending plan for the Colorado state government in the next fiscal year. His signature is the culmination of months of work by legislators, who resorted to cuts, transfers and other...
Latest Pinnacol proposal shifts sponsors and cuts state benefits, triggers union standoff
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Colorado’s long‑running bid to let Pinnacol Assurance break away from state control is suddenly in jeopardy, as a newly revised bill — stripped of the payouts and structural changes once central to the deal — has triggered fresh tensions among...
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Colorado unemployment rate remains flat in June, private sector shows stark gains
The state unemployment rate stayed flat anew at 2.8% last month, while the share of Coloradans participating in the workforce stood just shy of pre-pandemic levels. Released Friday, the Colorado Employment Situation report for June 2023 highlighted industry and labor force statistics estimates from the state’s Department of Labor and Employment, and it yielded a […]
Developers await details of Mike Johnston's homelessness plan
When Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced he would issue an emergency declaration regarding homelessness – with the goal of housing 1,000 people by the end of the year – it also came with the promise to expedite permitting and construction for homelessness and affordable housing projects. It’s not yet clear how the city will execute that plan […]