Mobolade responds
Mayor Mobolade addresses failed ballot initiative 2A, which would have helped fund a new police academy. He says funding for the project will be found regardless. #Copolitics @csgazette pic.twitter.com/ppleL0vvc8
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Colorado needs another Bill Owens — who kept up our roads | Dick Wadhams
Dick Wadhams
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Updated 2 days ago
By Dick Wadhams The silence is deafening within the Democratic primary for governor on the need to build and improve roads in Colorado after 20 years of neglect. The Democratic contestants, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser,...
If we want to save the chicken, we have to save ranching | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel
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Updated 2 days ago
In southeastern Colorado, a slew of green energy projects are being planned — some in partnership with landowners and some despite landowners. At the same time, the lesser prairie chicken is dominating many of my conversations as of late, due...
Trump says the US will ‘guide’ stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz, starting on Monday
Melanie Lidman
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Updated 7 hours ago
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States will launch an effort on Monday to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about what could be a sweeping attempt to...
We the people are no longer the government of Colorado | Jon Caldara
Jon Caldara
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Updated 3 days ago
We the people of Colorado no longer control our own state constitution. I found this out the hard way. In Colorado, a government for, by, and of the people is a fib. We lowly citizens no longer have much of...
Wyoming judge blocks law that bans all but earliest abortions | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Updated 5 days ago
WYOMING Judge blocks broad abortion ban A Wyoming judge has blocked a new state law that bans abortions beyond the earliest stages of pregnancy while a lawsuit challenging the provision moves ahead. It’s the first court ruling affecting the legal...
Trump order aims to help more people get retirement savings plans in time for new federal match
Collin Binkley
collin.binkley@associatedpress.com
Updated 2 days ago
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for a new government website where people in the United States can find and compare private-sector retirement savings accounts, aiming to help millions of workers whose employers do not offer such...
Dismissal sought in Michael Clark’s second trial
Jenny Deam
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Updated 18 hours ago
The murder conviction of Michael Clark should be dismissed due to a 32-year delay that led to crucial evidence being lost or destroyed, a bungled police investigation and “outrageous conduct” at the state crime lab, according to defense motion filed...
The need for a governor to say “no” to his friends | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 4 days ago
A wise man once remarked that the real test of a governor is his willingness to turn down and reject the pleadings of political friends and allies. That gentleman knew something of what he spoke. He occupied the corner-office executive...
Gov. Lamm scolds own party over losing modernization battle against GOP | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 5 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “The Democratic Party lost the battles of ideas and political technology last November,” Gov. Dick Lamm told the Boulder County Democratic Party at the annual Harry S. Truman Memorial Dinner. Lamm argued that the Democratic...
Colorado Politics Calendar May 4-10
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 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,...