Cold snap closes Colorado General Assembly’s Tuesday session
The Colorado General Assembly will not meet on Tuesday due to frigid weather conditions, according to an announcement from Senate and House Democrats.
The legislature will resume its business on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Plunging temperatures have blanketed Colorado in the last several days. Metro Denver will subzero temperatures – as low as negative 10 degrees – on Monday night going into Tuesday morning.
Colorado sues Trump administration, calling new election order ‘unconstitutional’
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 31 minutes ago
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a multistate coalition suing President Donald Trump over a new executive order on elections, arguing the directive unlawfully intrudes on states’ authority to run their own voting systems and threatens access to mail...
Federal judge sides with Mesa County school district in ex-student’s First Amendment claims
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
A federal judge concluded last week that Mesa County Valley School District 51 and three of its administrators did not violate the First Amendment rights of a former student when they imposed minor discipline in response to disruptive behavior. In...
Why Colorado’s LGBTQ laws keep getting struck down by the Supreme Court
Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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Updated 8 minutes ago
The Supreme Court has been a house of horrors for Colorado over the past decade, with the state facing a trio of major losses over laws it claims it has enacted to protect LGBT people but that the justices found...
Denver Democrat Neal Walia lands endorsement from Ro Khanna in Colorado’s state House District 9
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
California Rep. Ro Khanna on Friday endorsed legislative candidate Neal Walia in the race for an open state House seat, praising the Denver Democrat’s commitment to public service and progressive goals. Walia, who mounted an unsuccessful challenge against U.S. Rep....
Denver judge denies Gov. Polis request to dismiss ICE-related records case
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
A year after blocking the release of state records to federal immigration agents, a Denver judge has now denied Gov. Jared Polis’ effort to end the lawsuit at the center of the dispute. The lawsuit filed against the governor in...
Gov. Lamm challenges Congress to stop ‘decontrol’ of natural gas | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: In a memo to Colorado’s congressional delegation, Gov. Dick Lamm urged them to vote against the phased pricing deregulation provisions in the Natural Gas Policy Act, a measure introduced in Congress in 1978 and still...
Environmentalists and Colorado Springs Utilities split on retirement date for Ray Nixon coal power plant
Brennen Kauffman
brennen-kauffman@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
On Tuesday night, around 25 people gathered at Old Colorado City Brewing to celebrate Ray Nixon’s retirement. Nixon is only 46 years old, but the retirement has been expected for several years. The crowd delivered toasts and signed a poster-sized...
Colorado National Guard members deployed to the Middle East
The Gazette
the-gazette@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The Colorado Army National Guard announced Thursday that more than 200 members are deploying to the Middle East. The members of the 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment (Mountain), a unit based at Fort Carson, are deploying to help support an...
Douglas County task force targets development regulations
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Douglas County kicked off its first Red Tape Reduction Task Force Thursday aimed at speeding up commercial and industrial development timelines in the county, a move leaders said is necessary to keep the county competitive with other regions nationwide. The...
Energy constraints loom larger than water for Colorado AI boom, experts say
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 44 minutes ago
As artificial intelligence reshapes almost every sector of the economy, experts at this year’s Colorado Climate Week gathering in Boulder said it is also reshaping local physical infrastructure. From grid demand and water use to data center construction, scaling the...
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