Eligible city employees are set to receive $400 COVID-19 vaccine bonuses and up to $2,500 in pandemic hazard pay after the Denver City Council approved the pair of proposals Monday. Continue Reading
The Denver City Council approved a more than $9 million addition to a supportive housing program Monday, expanding housing placement and treatment for homeless residents. Continue Reading
top story
The debate over Colorado's new redistricting process ended Monday. It's now up to the state's supreme court justices. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is roundly denouncing a published report that she was among House Republicans who participated in meetings and conversations with organizers behind the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C., that took a violent turn as supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed t… Continue Reading
Faculty within the University of Colorado system received a total of $1.45 billion in sponsored research funding and research gifts this year, the university announced Monday. Continue Reading
More than 313,000 voted ballots had been received by Colorado election officials by mid-day Sunday with just over a week to go until they're due, the Secretary of State's Office said Monday. Continue Reading
featured
A pair of pandemic-related programs stood up near the onset of COVID-19 won high marks after being put under the microscope by the Colorado Office of the State Auditor. Continue Reading
popular
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is issuing an order on Monday imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign nationals traveling to the United States by air effective Nov. 8, the White House said. Continue Reading
editor's pick
When AARP Colorado wants to get a point across, they go to their point person at the state Capitol, Greg Glischinski. Continue Reading
A Denver judge mistakenly concluded police officers executed a search warrant that lacked probable cause, the Colorado Supreme Court decided on Monday, rejecting arguments that a detective failed to properly check a confidential informant's car for narcotics prior to a controlled drug purchase. Continue Reading
The state Supreme Court will resume oral arguments in the community for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and another Biden administration nominee for a federal judgeship appeared — ever so briefly — before a Senate committee. Continue Reading
AP popular
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s scaled-back social services and climate change package. Continue Reading
The solutions need to be as varied as the problems that cause homelessness in the seven-county Denver metro area, according to the second phase of a Common Sense Institute analysis released Monday morning. Continue Reading
editor's pick
There’s a lot more to be told about our state by what we’re afraid of more than what we aspire to, so if ever there was a time to plunge the depths of our souls, the season of Colorado’s first snow and the Rockies’ disappointment is as good at time as there could be. Continue Reading
CoPo's weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. Continue Reading
Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien called on the city to improve maintenance of city parks rather than purchasing additional park land in an audit released Thursday. Continue Reading
A former historic church in Capitol Hill reopened as a new supportive housing project Friday, providing affordable housing for residents transitioning out of homelessness. Continue Reading
editor's pick
featured
Republican Pam Anderson, a former two-term Jefferson County clerk and recorder, said Saturday she's hoping to deny Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold a second term as Colorado's top election official. Continue Reading
The state House and Senate maps adopted by Colorado's legislative redistricting commissioners faces fewer challenges than the congressional redistricting plan. Continue Reading
featured
Forty Years Ago This Week: The Colorado Association of Public Employees had filed suit in the Denver District Court challenging sections of the State Personnel System Act, and Judge Gilbert Alexander responded with a ruling that portions of the act were, in fact, unconstitutional. Continue Reading
featured
Colorado voters won’t be marking their ballots to pick their next U.S. senator for another year, but already the match-up between U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, the Democratic incumbent, and his Republican challenger is beginning to take shape. Continue Reading
The Court of Appeals determined an El Paso County prosecutor did not violate the prohibition on race-based dismissals of jurors by removing a Black woman from the jury pool because she had a "sour look." Continue Reading
Colorado Concern in a tweet touted the measure as one that would “increase access to agency rulemaking and create more open and transparent government.” Continue Reading
For the second straight month, job growth indicates pace of recovery in Colorado slowing, according to numbers and analysis released Friday by the Common Sense Institute, a Denver-based business think tank. Continue Reading
featured
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow is reintroducing legislation to set new legal standards and certification requirements for licensed gun dealers in an effort to prevent firearms from being diverted into illegal markets, the Centennial Democrat said Friday. Continue Reading
top story
The Title Board advanced two ballot initiatives proposing a nearly $30 million reduction in sales tax revenue, over the strenuous objections of proponents about how the ballot titles characterize the effects on state spending. Continue Reading
State Sen. Pete Lee of Colorado Springs and Rep. Leslie Herod of Denver, two of Colorado's leading advocates for criminal justice reform, have received the first CommunityCares Award from CommunityWorks, a statewide job-training nonprofit. Continue Reading
AP popular
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Congress' top two Democrats strategized Friday trying to wrap up their giant domestic legislation, as the party continued scaling back the measure and determining ways to pay for it after months of deadlock. Continue Reading
A federal judge has thrown out an Englewood man's claim that a grocery store mask mandate violated his rights, finding he had not actually suffered an injury under the law. Continue Reading
This week on Colorado Politicking, legislative reporter Pat Poblete and political correspondent Ernest Luning provide the latest updates from the campaign trail. Continue Reading
editor's pick
For nearly 50 years, an iron law has ruled Colorado politics. Continue Reading
Dan Gibbs, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, will officiate negotiations and collaborations involving the state's eight major river basins after being appointed by Gov. Jared Polis this week. Continue Reading
There's gold in Colorado's past in more ways than one, as a new report adds up the windfall archaeology delivers to the state from heritage tourism at $10.5 billion a year. Continue Reading
The head of Colorado's Department of Public Health and Environment told other leading health officials Thursday that state leaders were considering a "potential policy response" to address the current pandemic surge, as hospitals fill with COVID-19 patients and the flu season nears. Continue Reading
An animal-rights group was entitled to receive the names of people who import elephant parts, the federal appeals court in Denver ruled last week, reversing a lower court and turning aside arguments that disclosure would subject importers to harassment. Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis pleaded with Coloradans on Thursday to get vaccinated or get a booster dose, as the state faces shrinking intensive care bed capacity and rising COVID-19 hospitalizations that have stressed the its health care system to its worst levels in nearly a year. Continue Reading
More managed homeless campsites are coming to Denver as the city prepares for the upcoming winter season, the Colorado Village Collaborative announced Thursday. Continue Reading
The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s Economic Development Commission on Thursday approved more than $13 million in economic incentives to entice four companies to either locate, or expand, in the state. Continue Reading
The Court of Appeals has determined Denver Public Schools security officers performed an unconstitutional search of a student's backpack based on a report from the state's confidential tip program, Safe2Tell. Continue Reading
After a glitzy Capitol swearing-in ceremony in July featuring some of the Colorado’s most prominent Democrats, Denver’s first female postmaster has moved on after being promoted after less than three months officially on the job. Continue Reading
The Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to consider an appeal filed by Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters attempting to reverse a ruling that prohibits her from overseeing the November election. Continue Reading
top story
A trio of bills brought forward by high school students charged with developing legislative recommendations are poised to be introduced in March. Continue Reading
Attorney General Phil Weiser is looking out for the well-being of the youngest Coloradans, according to his office, as he joined a coalition of 23 states' top prosecutors who want to remove any toxic heavy metals from food for infants and toddlers. Continue Reading
H.R. 5513, to be known as the No Clearance for Domestic Terrorists Act, would amend the 1947 National Security Act to disqualify anyone from holding a security clearance if they have been involved, supported, trained to commit or advocated an act of domestic terrorism. Continue Reading
Polis told the board during its Thursday meeting he was initially inclined to reject the recommendation because the name is hard to pronounce and spell. Continue Reading
A new in-depth survey suggests Coloradans have faith in a robust economic recovery, but in the meantime the high cost of living is exacting a cost on their mental health. Continue Reading
editor's pick
Hickenlooper is in a jam sandwich with the oil and gas industry, which is critical to Colorado's economy, and the most progressive members of his party who contend he’s not doing enough, if his hair is not on fire. Continue Reading