Colorado Politics

 Colorado House minority leader reprimands Rep. Brandi Bradley for ‘reprehensible’ behavior

House Minority Leader Jarvis Caldwell has reprimanded Rep. Brandi Bradley after a confrontation in which she allegedly cursed at and intimidated the House chief clerk. In the official reprimand, Caldwell said Bradley’s reputation during the 2026 session has been one...

 Arvada woman charged with murder after her teen daughter dies from alcohol abuse

An Arvada woman has been charged with murder after authorities said she supplied her 16-year-old daughter with alcohol for a prolonged period, leading up to her death. Arvada Police Department officers were called at about 8:15 a.m. on March 9...

 Colorado Springs residents share their thoughts on homelessness, polarization at town hall

Around 40 Colorado Springs residents filled tables at the downtown YMCA Tuesday evening to talk about polarization and homelessness with members of the City Council. The town hall, hosted by Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson, President Pro Tem Brian Risley and...

 Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington to retire

Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington, who oversaw the airport’s rapid growth during the last five years, will retire on Aug. 1, the airport announced on Wednesday. “I am honored to have served the public for so many years,” Washington...

 Election office rejects lobbying allegations in Colorado House district race

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has dismissed a complaint alleging that attorney Iris Halpern engaged in illegal lobbying at the state Capitol. Halpern is challenging Rep. Sean Camacho, D-Denver, in the June 30 primary for the House District 6...

 Colorado legislature braces for high turnover: 21 Senate seats, 15 House positions

This year’s general election will feature an unusually high number of state Senate races — 21 seats, the most in at least three decades. The surge stems from the number of new senators appointed to fill vacancies during the 2025...

 Colorado governor rejects bill to ban individualized pricing, wages based on personal data

Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a Democratic‑backed bill that would have prohibited companies from using personal data to set individualized prices or wages, saying the proposal was overly broad and could unintentionally restrict legitimate consumer discounts. House Bill 1210 sought to...

 Aid group warns Ebola could have spread for three months before first cases were detected

The International Rescue Committee, a nonprofit global aid group, posted a warning Monday that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could have been spreading for three months before any cases were detected. ​In the press release...

 Rubio grilled over Trump’s national security picks and foreign policy priorities: ‘It’s not funny, secretary’

Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA) was livid during Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s appearance before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, eventually descending into a back-and-forth with the secretary and feuding with the chairman over time. The Massachusetts representative began with...

 Iran hits Kuwait and Bahrain in one of most damaging attacks since ceasefire

Iran launched one of its most damaging drone and missile attacks since the April ceasefire, hitting Kuwait and Bahrain and dealing extensive damage to a Kuwaiti airport, triggering a round of retaliatory U.S. strikes. U.S. Central Command said Iran fired...

 Colorado’s 3 Republican gubernatorial candidates face off in heated primary debate

The three Colorado Republicans running for governor defended their qualifications, described their visions for the state and traded jabs over each other’s character at an often contentious televised debate that routinely veered into unusual territory Tuesday night in Denver. The...

 Judge blocks federal retaliation against Boulder climate agency

A federal judge in Colorado has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to transfer control of a climate research supercomputer, ruling the move likely violated federal law and may have been motivated by political retaliation. U.S. Senior District Judge R. Brooke...

 Colorado governor candidates to face off in Colorado Politics, 9NEWS debates

The Denver Gazette and Colorado Politics are hosting both debates in partnership with the University of Denver and 9NEWS. DENVER — Candidates vying to be the next governor of Colorado will face off in debates hosted by The Denver Gazette,...

 Littleton school board denies STEM Highlands Ranch relocation proposal

The Littleton Public Schools Board unanimously denied an application from STEM School Highlands Ranch to relocate its high school to a site on Mineral Avenue within Littleton. The board voted 5–0 on May 28 against the proposal from STEM, a...

 Denver approves $4.5M purchase of old state building to make way for affordable housing

The Denver City Council approved the purchase of a former office building once home to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment in Capitol Hill for $4.5 million on Monday — marking the first project to use Vibrant Denver Bond...

 Gov. Jared Polis signs law imposing new limits on sports betting in Colorado

Colorado’s sports‑betting industry will face new regulations — limits on deposits, prohibitions on credit‑card funding, and barring companies from targeting anyone under 21 — under a bill signed by Gov. Jared Polis. Senate Bill 131 — sponsored by Sens. Matt...

 Hickenlooper hits airwaves with 1st TV ad in Colorado’s Democratic US Senate primary

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper launched his reelection campaign’s first TV ad Tuesday, a week before Colorado voters start receiving primary ballots, with a spot taking aim at the Trump administration’s foiled plans to sell public lands. Hickenlooper is facing a...

 High-profile convicts lobby for rumored Trump pardons ahead of 250th anniversary

A rumored White House proposal to issue 250 pardons to commemorate the nation’s 250th birthday is prompting a new wave of public clemency campaigns from some of the country’s most recognizable convicted figures, despite uncertainty about whether such a plan...

 Colorado Democrats slam Tina Peters’ release, while Republicans cheer

Tina Peters, the former Colorado county clerk convicted of breaching her county’s secure voting equipment, drew cheers from fellow Republicans upon her release from prison Monday after Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence. Other state Democrats, however, said remarks...

 Denver City Councilmember Sarah Parady announces resignation due to health challenges

At-large Denver City Councilmember Sarah Parady announced her resignation from the council at Monday’s meeting, saying medical challenges have made it difficult for her to show up to council meetings. She will formally resign on Aug. 5, within 90 days...

 As Colorado’s population growth slows, some metro counties see losses 

Population growth in Colorado, which had helped drive the region’s burgeoning economy over recent years, has slowed markedly, with some counties in metro Denver experiencing losses, according to a new report. From 2024 to 2025 the state added just 33,151...

 Tina Peters speaks out after release from Colorado prison

PUEBLO —  Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, convicted of participating in efforts related to election conspiracy theories promoted by President Donald Trump, was released from state prison Monday. The Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed shortly after 8 a.m. that...

 Appeals court strikes down War Department’s ban on transgender troops

A federal appeals court ruled on Monday against the Trump administration’s policy of barring transgender troops from the military, finding the policy was arbitrary and implemented with animus. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....

 Colorado Republicans elect software engineer Craig Steiner to fill vacant state chairman position

The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday elected Craig Steiner to fill the party’s vacant state chair position at a state central committee meeting in Buena Vista, just over a week before primary ballots go out to voters and five months...

 Mediation canceled for trans woman alleging civil rights violation by Mesa University

Two days before a mediation was scheduled, Tammy Powers, a transgender woman who filed a Title IX complaint after allegedly being denied entry into a Colorado Mesa University Tech class, was told the mediation had been canceled. Powers found out about the...

 US Supreme Court settles long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande | OUT WEST ROUNDUP

NEW MEXICO Rio Grande settlement OK’d ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S. Supreme Court has approved a settlement package designed to rein in groundwater pumping along one of North America’s longest rivers and ensure enough water reliably makes it from New Mexico...

 Founding documents reconnect us to our shared American roots – and rebelliousness | Vince Bzdek

When you first lay eyes on the actual founding documents of our country that, for the first time in history, have traveled together from their gilded cages in Washington to visit us out here in the hinterlands, you’re struck not...

 Attorney General Phil Weiser’s underdog campaign for Colorado governor | Cronin and Loevy

Phil Weiser, 58, Colorado’s attorney general, is in a heated race against U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, 61, for the Democratic nomination for governor. They are friends and share mostly similar progressive, Democratic policy views. Primary election day is June 30....

 Would you hire Jena Griswold to handle your case? | SONDERMANN

If you were in a child custody dispute with a former spouse, would you hire an attorney with experience in family law or would you trust your case to an operative with virtually zero mastery? If you were getting ready...

 Colorado Politics Calendar June 1-7

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,...