Top Trump officials testify about 2026 budget on Capitol Hill
Four of President Donald Trump‘s top appointees, including three Cabinet members, will testify on Capitol Hill regarding the 2026 fiscal budget.
Lee Zeldin
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin will testify before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works at 10 a.m.
Linda McMahon
Education Secretary Linda McMahon will testify before the House Appropriations panel at 10 a.m. amid Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Education Department.
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Marco Rubio
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at 10 a.m.
Colorado Politics Must-Reads:
Scholars debate Democrats’ favorite Trump attack line: Are we in a ‘constitutional crisis’?
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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During a debate at the Virginia Military Institute on Tuesday, two law professors were asked about a charge that has become a frequent refrain among Democrats despite a flurry of strong legal victories for the Trump administration this year: Is...
Report ranks Colorado best in nation in early childhood policies
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 2 days ago
A new report by a policy center based in Vanderbilt University has named Colorado the nation’s leader in early childhood resource availability for working parents. The average working parent with two children in Colorado has more than $56,000 in state...
Republican Roemer takes on big name in CD1 against Schroeder; Colorado nursing homes get scathing inspection | A LOOK BACK
Thelma Grimes
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Republican activist Gloria Roemer was running for Colorado’s first Congressional District against incumbent Democratic state Rep. Pat Schroeder, and she came out swinging, labelling Schroeder “a hypocrite” for calling Congress a “coin-op legislature.” “The people...
CO PO Calendar | Sept. 29-Oct. 4
Colorado Politics
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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,...
Colorado Republicans again weigh whether to boot unaffiliated voters from party primaries | TRAIL MIX
Ernest Luning
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Updated 3 days ago
For the fifth time since Colorado voters created the state’s semi-open primary system, Republican Party officials are set to decide if unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in the party’s upcoming primary. More than 400 members of the Republicans’ state central...
Congressional Republicans call for special session to take action on Colorado’s ‘crime crisis’
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 2 weeks ago
Colorado’s Republican U.S. Representatives are asking Gov. Jared Polis to call a second special session this year to address what they call a “crime crisis.” In a joint letter sent to Polis on Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Gabe Evans, Lauren Boebert,...
Weld County Sheriff condemns law that led to release of violent suspect
Marissa Ventrelli
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Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams says a 2024 law required him to release a man who had been charged with attempted murder stemming from an incident in Greeley earlier this year. According to Reams, 21-year-old Debisa Ephraim was arrested in...
Museum’s ‘Passport to Play’ was both fun and profitable | NONPROFIT REGISTER
Joanne Davidson
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Updated 3 weeks ago
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF DENVER AT MARSICO CAMPUS Denver News: His role as president and chief executive officer of the Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus requires Mike Yankovich to wear many hats: exhibit developer, growth and innovation catalyst, number-cruncher,...
The clock is ticking: Negotiations stall on Colorado River water-sharing pact
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 3 weeks ago
With a critical Nov. 11 deadline fast approaching, negotiators from the seven Colorado River basin states remain at odds over how to manage a river that serves 40 million people — and which, experts long agree, is overallocated. Negotiations are...
CPW fires ranger allegedly involved in stabbing hoax at state park
Spencer McKee
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Updated 3 weeks ago
On Aug. 19, seasonal park ranger Callum Heskett, 26, is said to have reported that he had been stabbed by an attacker at Colorado’s Staunton State Park. Callum was transported to a local hospital with a serious torso injury, with...