Charter schools may have sprung from bipartisan roots, but they're now mired in a heated debate. From the gold dome in Denver to the nation's capital, charter schools remain both a solution and a problem chewed on with relish by politicians, and a quagmire that vexes policymakers on the left and right. Continue Reading
The two bills passed on party-line votes. “This is a conversation about waste," said Rep. Jonathan Singer. Continue Reading
Bernie Sanders at the top of the Democratic ticket could put a strain on down-ticket candidates in tight districts in November, according to an internal Mike Bloomberg campaign memo obtained by Colorado Politics. Continue Reading
Opponents of the bill offered tearful and heart-rending testimony during debate that went into early hours Tuesday. An attempt to let the bill be amended so voters could decide the issue failed. Continue Reading
From the jazz clubs on Friday evening to the church pews on Sunday morning and all the soul food you could eat in between, Denver’s Five Points neighborhood represented the heart and the hub of the city’s black community for more than half the 20th century. Continue Reading
Denver is one of more than 700 U.S. cities with dog breed-specific laws, and for the foreseeable future it will remain that way. Continue Reading
Denver City Council is expected to decide whether to override Mayor Michael Hancock’s veto of the ordinance that would lift the city’s decades-old ban on pit bulls. Continue Reading
Sen. Angela Williams, D-Denver, told Colorado Politics that her concern is for the lowest-wage workers and people of color. Continue Reading
Rep. Betty Neale, who died Oct. 12, 2018, at the age of 91, served 18 years in the House, from 1975 to 1992, and was the first woman to hold the title of Speaker Pro Tem, in her last two years in the House. Continue Reading
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle hope that a slew of bills coming out of the 2020 General Assembly session will improve the lives of active duty miltary and veterans, especially for Colorado Springs, where one in four veterans live. Continue Reading
Joey Bunch: "We educate children to take on the future, agreed? That shouldn't mean they should have to take on four years of crushing college debt for a degree that might not support the loan payments, a new family and a mortgage." Continue Reading
Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead at the Colorado state Capitol. Continue Reading
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,… Continue Reading
Eric Sondermann: Because of vacancy committees, "As a voter, I was not asked and had no chance to cast a ballot for either my new state senator or representative." Continue Reading
With a budget of about $31 million a year, Colorado Crisis Services has reached Coloradans 1 million times since it began six years ago. Continue Reading
Statehouse reporter Marianne Goodland wraps up the lighter side of the Capitol. Usually. Continue Reading
Joey Bunch: "The life of Donald Trump is nothing if not a testament to the art of the deal. The deal on the table is the United States Space Command. Colorado will have to wait longer." Continue Reading
Those dreams of never again having to wake up an hour early because of Daylight Saving Time will just have to stay dreams, for now. Continue Reading
“Keeping Denver’s children safe and healthy is the top priority for us," said Mayor Hancock, "and one of the most important parts of the jobs that we take on every day” Continue Reading
The House and Senate on Thursday held a memorial Thursday for one of the original members of the House "crazies" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, former state Rep. and Sen. Maynard Yost, R-Sterling. Continue Reading
Lynn Bartels: "Shortly after Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet dropped out of the presidential race, Denver attorney Tom Downey started making calls on behalf of another presidential contender, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is in town for a rally Thursday." Continue Reading
The National Republican Congressional Committee on Wednesday announced that House was one of 35 candidates named to the “Contender” tier of the organization’s Young Guns program. Continue Reading
Ernest Luning: "More than three years after Trump’s last campaign visit to the state, it’s hard to remember that Colorado Republicans were ever anything but a near monolith of Trump support." Continue Reading
In addition to upholding the oil and gas measures, the Title Board also rejected objections to 17 fiscal measures whose titles were set as part of a large package of submissions from the Colorado Fiscal Institute. Continue Reading
House Bill 1089 didn't mention marijuana by name. Instead, it would have changed a state law to allow for activities deemed illegal under federal law but that are legal under Colorado law. Continue Reading
Hickenlooper is the front-runner among 10 Democrats running in a primary to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, who is seeking a second term. Continue Reading
“In Colorado," the ad reads, "more than just our grass is protected; jobs are, too. We pride ourselves on our innovative businesses and the ability to be ourselves at work.” Continue Reading
Among the moves was to extend until June 2021 a contract with CoreCivic Inc. to operate up to 250 beds in its residential re-entry services. Continue Reading
After the claims have run their course, the committee will evaluate whether there is a need to reopen the claims process, including whether there was adequate notice to potential victims. Continue Reading
"This has been a festering sore in this state" for at least 30 years, said Rep. Adrienne Benavidez, D-Denver, the bill's co-sponsor. Continue Reading
Castle Rock is among the many Colorado municipalities grappling with the rise of short-term rental services like AirBNB and VRBO. Continue Reading
A key piece of the Democrats' agenda to lower drug prices got out of House Health and Insurance Committee Tuesday on a party-line vote. House Bill 1160 aims to probe the reasons behind price increases and to make sure rebates collected by industry middle men are redirected to consumers. Continue Reading
House lawmakers took the next step to repeal Colorado's death penalty law, voting along party lines to send Senate Bill 100 to the full House for debate. Continue Reading
The bill would expand the availability of badly-needed broadband service to parts of rural Colorado. Continue Reading
Disability advocate Carrie Ann Lucas died almost one year ago. As an attorney, she was a fierce advocate for the disabled, especially for parents. Continue Reading
Lynn Bartels: "Child care. Homelessness. Affordable housing. The issues that elected officials and concerned citizens discussed over tamales and bagels on a Saturday morning weren’t too surprising — except for now and then." Continue Reading
"When members of this body compared union bosses I knew growing up and am friends with now, to members of organized crime, corrupt backroom dealers wearing suspenders and smoking cigars, I cringed." Continue Reading
Just two days before President Donald Trump will be in Colorado Springs for a rally, the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC is launching a national campaign Tuesday to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs. Continue Reading
Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead at the Colorado state Capitol. Continue Reading
“There is no industry or community throughout the state that will not be affected by the negative consequences of the proposed State Option,” according to a joint statement released Monday. Continue Reading
House Bill 1031, sponsored by Reps. Adrienne Benavidez, D-Denver, and Kyle Mullica, D-Northglenn, would honor the Italian-born Catholic nun who operated the Queen of Heaven orphanage in Denver and a summer camp for girls on Lookout Mountain. Continue Reading
House Bill 1153 was approved on a preliminary vote and will head to a final vote in the House on Tuesday. The bill is expected to pass on a party-line vote, given the votes on dozens of amendments. Continue Reading
For more than a decade, workers at Northrop Grumman and Aerospace Corp. have had the business park at the Colorado Springs Airport nearly all to themselves. Continue Reading
With mail-in ballots for Colorado's presidential primary out to registered voters, Colorado Politics offers a Super Tuesday guide on which operations are rolling and which names on the ballot are just "zombies." Continue Reading
One of the few remaining USS Arizona survivors and Colorado Springs local, Donald Stratton, passed away Saturday. Continue Reading
Joey Bunch: "Counting out Cory Gardner is way too easy of a narrative for the times we live in. That's especially true if the storyteller would never vote for the Republican incumbent to begin with. A lot of things could go awry for the Democrats' victory party." Continue Reading
As voters receive their mail-in ballots, Democratic candidates get their boots on the ground in Colorado. Read our Super Tuesday guide for who's coming in strong and which names on the ballot are just "zombies." Continue Reading
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,… Continue Reading
"For me, the analysis was this: Who is the best person who can defeat Trump?" Webb said at a Bloomberg field office in a strip mall. "Who is the best person that has demonstrated the ability to govern a large government organization?" Continue Reading
Eric Sondermann: "Think on this: Biden’s fourth-place showing two weeks ago in Iowa was his best finish to date in any caucus or primary in any of the three presidential campaigns he has waged." Continue Reading
