Illegal Immigration: The Crisis in Denver
America’s illegal immigration crisis is spilling into metro Denver. At last count, nearly 41,000 immigrants have arrived in the city in the last 16 months, and officials said the response this year will cost $90 million. Meanwhile, Aurora, Douglas County and other jurisdictions have adopted resolutions saying they cannot afford to spend money on the crisis. Join elected officials and experts for a town hall on the crisis that a recent poll says is now the primary issue for Coloradans.
Home rule has protected Colorado cities for over 125 years | Cronin and Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle between the governor plus the state legislature in Denver and populous “home-rule” city governments, mainly on the Front Range, such as Colorado Springs. In the past few years, the legislature has been passing bills that applied to city government policies,...
Colorado Politics calendar Apr. 13-19
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 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,...
Minority Leader Peña argues against oil and gas bill | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “The Colorado House of Representatives had just given its final approval to House Bill 81-1152, which created $9 million in tax relief to oil and gas companies. But this came “at the expense of local...
A longshot, upset bid and a few quick takes | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 2 days ago
It is hard to keep up these days. The flow of news often seems overwhelming. Let’s focus today on an unusual congressional race before moving on to a few quick, supplementary observations. Since its creation 54 years ago, Congressional District...
An “-“ends tribute in a week full of “odds” | Capitol M | Week of April 11, 2026
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
The lighter side of the Capitol, usually… The decision to read the budget bill — the long bill, which spans 661 pages this year — put a damper on the House’s already less‑than‑festive mood. So Capitol M decided to catch...
What you need to know about the Colorado legislature reading a 661-page bill aloud
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
A rarely used procedural move by a Republican legislator has thrown the Colorado House into an extended slowdown, after she invoked her right to have a nearly 700-page state budget bill read aloud in full. Once Rep. Brandi Bradley, R‑Roxborough...
Literal reading of budget bill complicates Colorado legislators’ plans for GOP assembly
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Republican Rep. Brandi Bradley’s decision to force the full reading of the state budget — called the “long bill” for its obvious length — has not only slowed House business to a crawl but also disrupted her colleagues’ plans for...
10th Circuit provides guidance on police searches of cloud-based data
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court provided guidance to law enforcement agencies on Monday for ensuring that searches of cloud-based accounts comply with the Fourth Amendment’s requirements. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit noted...
Inflation jumped to 3.3% in March as Iran war drove up oil prices
Zach Halaschak, Washington Examiner
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Updated 23 hours ago
Inflation spiked in March, rising nine-tenths of a percentage point to 3.3% on the year, as towering energy prices drove up the headline number. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the update to the consumer price index on Friday. The...
Colorado GOP votes down bid to ask court to prevent unaffiliated voters from voting in June primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Members of the Colorado Republican Party’s executive committee rejected a proposal Thursday night to seek an emergency injunction in federal court to prevent unaffiliated voters from participating in the state’s upcoming June primary election. The proposed motion, backed by Colorado...