Meghan Shay on recovery, responsibility and second chances | The OpEdge Podcast
Step Denver and Step Springs CEO Meghan Shay joins The OpEdge to explore addiction recovery, homelessness, and the role of accountability in lasting change.
Shay tells host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger why she believes recovery is built on personal responsibility, peer support, and meaningful work, explaining how “real compassion” often means helping people confront hard truths rather than shielding them from consequences.
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Democratic group aims Spanish-language TV ad at Gabe Evans in Colorado’s battleground 8th CD
Ernest Luning
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Updated 1 day ago
A national group tied to House Democratic leadership launched a six-figure Spanish-language TV ad in Colorado this week targeting Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and the GOP’s signature budget legislation. The 30-second spot is part of $15 million in new...
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking records from Colorado Democratic group
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 1 day ago
A lawsuit seeking to obtain records from Democratic lawmakers affiliated with a caucus has been thrown out by a Denver District Court judge. On July 17, Judge Ericka Englert dismissed the April lawsuit filed by progressive activist Derrick Blanton, who...
Colorado must continue finding common ground on wildfire policy | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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By John Herrick Colorado has never lacked for opinions about wildfire policy. We debate forest management, climate change, prescribed burns, land use, air quality and budgets. Those debates are familiar territory, but a new discussion is beginning to happen around...
Proposition NN is the best investment for Colorado’s students and schools | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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By Justin Ogden Colorado families know what it means to make difficult budget decisions. Inflation has driven up the cost of groceries, housing, utilities and just about everything else. Families like mine work hard to stretch every dollar while still...
Right-to-natural-gas proposal in Colorado qualifies for ballot
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 2 days ago
A citizen initiative that seeks to enshrine the right to natural gas has qualified for the November ballot, Colorado’s election office confirmed on Thursday. Petitions containing signatures for Initiative No. 177 were turned in to the Secretary of State’s Office for review...
Former VP Mike Pence joining Colorado Christian University faculty
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 2 days ago
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been hired as a visiting faculty member at Colorado Christian University, the Lakewood-based private evangelical university announced Tuesday. Pence will be on campus about once a month during the 2026-2027 school year to give...
Were the primaries a preview for consequential general election? | Paula Noonan
Paula Noonan
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Updated 3 days ago
Colorado’s political future will go the way of this election. Historically, the state has not had both chambers controlled by a supermajority. This election may change that. The primaries suggest how the general election may play out. Democrats had solid...
Disagreement doesn’t have to mean disrespect | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
By Vincent Atchity These days, it doesn’t take long to feel overwhelmed by politics. Turn on the news, scroll through social media or read the comments on almost any political post and you’ll find anger, outrage and personal attacks. For...
What happens if voters pass Colorado’s two competing income tax measures?
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
The battle between two competing ballot measures — one seeking to cap Colorado’s income tax rate, the other pushing for a tiered system depending on income levels — might come down to whichever ballot proposal gets one more vote. The...
New Colorado laws going into effect cover AI disclosures, medical marijuana access and gambling limits
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
More than 100 new Colorado laws take effect Aug. 12, bringing changes to chatbot safety rules, psychedelic research, campus wellness checks and sports betting restrictions. Here is a look at some of those laws set to take effect. The law:...
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The outrages mount | Hal Bidlack
My kindly and forgiving editors understand that, from time to time, I can’t help myself from leaping atop my rickety soapbox to vent. And, like many other political commentators have already done, I could easily fill this entire missive with page after page commenting on a certain insecure and increasingly tottering orange-hued president who seems […]
Independent gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez, a former GOP congressman, qualifies for Colorado ballot
Unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez, a former Republican congressman from Elizabeth who left the GOP to run as an independent, has qualified for the ballot by submitting enough petition signatures, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Tuesday. He’ll face Democratic nominee Phil Weiser, the state’s two-term attorney general, and Republican Victor Marx, a first-time […]