Author: Thelma Grimes
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Aurora council delays vote on city court adopting 4-day work week
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Aurora Municipal Court officials are considering changing the court schedule to a four-day week with employees working 10-hour days. City councilmembers decided to put off a decision on the matter to the next study session after several councilmembers brought forward concerns about the change. The court’s current hours are Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to…
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Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office tests drones as first responders
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The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is testing drones as first responders, a program that is gaining traction among law enforcement agencies in the Denver metro area. Testing for the program in Arapahoe County started Tuesday and will continue in Centennial for the next month, sheriff’s officials said in a social media post Tuesday. An Arapahoe…
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Cost of a Trump ban on mail-in ballots on Denver ‘impossible to speculate’
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced he will move the U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, citing Colorado’s mail-in voting practice as a contributing factor to the decision, which he stated lends itself to “automatically crooked elections.” However, city officials said it is impossible to gauge the exact impact the move would have…
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Pause new law on artificial intelligence, Colorado mayors urge lawmakers
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While filling the $800 million gap in the state budget is a significant part of the special session set to go underway this morning at the state Capitol, the battle over artificial intelligence regulations is quickly taking center stage, with mayors from three major cities weighing in. In a letter, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, Colorado Springs Mayor…
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Q&A with former U.S. Rep. Gabriele Giffords | Gun legislation efforts continue
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Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a co-founder of GIFFORDS, a nonprofit that promotes gun-safety laws, survived being shot in the head in a 2011 assassination attempt in Tucson, but has spent years recovering. She spoke with Colorado Politics about her work on Aug. 6, before joining U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet for a town hall organized by the Colorado…
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Rural Reckoning | What does rural Colorado want to see in the next governor?
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In 2026, Colorado voters will head to the polls to select the next governor. With Gov. Jared Polis terming out, that new state leader will take over at the start of 2027. When Colorado Politics asked Polis what advice he is going to give to his successor, he smiled and said that, with 18 months…
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Reflecting on the aftermath of Gabby Giffords’ shooting 13 years later
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Just over 13 years ago, I was heading down one of Tucson’s busy east-side roads, on my way to lunch with my family. While the exact details of that day and month are now vague, I remember several things distinctly. At one point, I had checked my phone to see several missed phone calls from…
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Rural Reckoning | Front Range counties dominate Colorado’s population and political influence
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To Paul Lundeen, the numbers reveal the truth about how well Colorado’s 53 rural counties are represented — or not — at the state Capitol, particularly when compared to the 11 most populous counties that hold the most influence. Lundeen, who recently served as the minority leader in the state Senate and resigned in June for a…
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Rural Reckoning | Beset by constant budget pressures, rural hospitals serve patients — and local economies
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Colorado’s rural hospitals are teetering on the edge of financial collapse, burdened by rising costs, shrinking reimbursements and a growing list of state and federal regulations, according to the Colorado Hospital Association. In Colorado, half of the 88 acute care hospitals are in rural or frontier counties. The difference between rural and frontier healthcare depends…
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Front Range water providers force hearing over proposed purchase of Colorado River water rights
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The Colorado Water Conservation Board on Tuesday voted to approve a request from four Front Range water providers to hold a hearing in September to address worries with a proposal to create an instream water right, which is related to water used by the Shoshone hydroelectric power plant. Aurora Water, Colorado Springs Utilities, Denver Water,…
