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Federal judge releases man after 2 immigration judges disobey order
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 49 minutes ago
A federal judge released a man from immigration detention on Thursday after two different immigration judges disobeyed his order in the same case. “At this point, the Court has granted Respondents two bites at the apple to prove detention of...
City of Northglenn, state fail to reach agreement on mental health facility amid safety concerns
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 34 minutes ago
The City of Northglenn says it was unable to reach an agreement with the state on a pair of controversial transitional living facilities for individuals with mental health conditions run by the Colorado Department of Human Services. The facilities, located...
Colorado Medicaid director’s resignation long-overdue inflection point for our families, kids | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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Updated 2 hours ago
By Heidi Baskfield For years, the consequences of a strained and fragmented Medicaid system have fallen on those least able to navigate it — the children with complex needs and the families fighting to care for them. Though policy debates...
Note to Colorado lawmakers — parents protecting kids isn’t abuse, it’s their job | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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Updated 14 hours ago
By Matt Sharp and Sharon Supp During the last few years, the U.S. Supreme Court has made at least one thing clear: Colorado is consistently overreaching to apply its laws in unconstitutional ways. Colorado treated a cake artist with hostility...
H.R. 1 underscores unfairness in Colorado tax code | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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Updated 14 hours ago
By Caroline Nutter On July 4, 2025, Colorado’s budget was overturned with the stroke of a pen. When President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, he didn’t only cut federal funding by...
Colorado lawmakers grapple with spending cuts amid $1 billion-plus deficit
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
The battle over Colorado’s budget for next year — which stalled in the House over a procedural maneuver — entered a more difficult phase on Thursday, when legislators grappled with hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed reductions to balance...
New rules for private judges in Colorado include discipline oversight, campaign contributions
David Migoya
david.migoya@gazette.com
Updated 19 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court recently determined the state’s private judges — retired jurists appointed to oversee civil cases that rarely get public scrutiny — can now make political contributions freely and without reserve, overruling a prohibition that had been in...
Colorado bill reshaping RTD board advances
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
A proposal to reshape the Regional Transportation District’s leadership easily cleared a committee vote Wednesday, advancing the bill sponsors say is needed to revive a transit system still struggling to regain riders and public trust. Critics have countered that, while...
Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper pulls in nearly $1.4M in 1st quarter, heads into primary with $4M
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s campaign raised nearly $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2026 and plans to report more than $4 million on hand heading into Colorado’s June primary, the first-term Democrat’s campaign said Thursday. That brings Hickenlooper’s total...
Republican Ron Hanks plans ‘grassroots’ primary challenge to US Rep. Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Colorado Republican Ron Hanks, a former state lawmaker, plans to challenge first-term U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd in the 3rd Congressional District primary by seeking a spot on the June ballot at the GOP’s district assembly in Pueblo on Friday, Colorado...