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With the deadline missed, Bureau of Reclamation plans to move forward on Colorado River operations
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Feb. 14 was no Valentine for the seven states of the Colorado River, which failed to come up with an agreement by that deadline on...
Democrat Shannon Bird qualifies by petition for primary ballot in Colorado’s toss-up 8th CD
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Former state Rep. Shannon Bird has qualified for the Democratic primary ballot in Colorado’s hotly contested 8th Congressional District by submitting a sufficient number of...
State Rep. Peña outlines significant inequalities in Colorado’s school finance law | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: In a guest column published in The Colorado Statesman, House Minority Leader Rep. Federico Peña, D-Denver, wrote that his greatest...
Colorado District Attorneys unveil 2026 legislative priorities | WHAT’S YOUR AGENDA?
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Welcome to What’s Your Agenda?: The Colorado Politics’ weekly publication of trade association priorities for the state’s 2026 legislative session. The Colorado District Attorneys’ Council...
A day in the life of the Capitol: Capitol M | Week of Feb. 14, 2026
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Colorado judges lean left — just look at the numbers | George Brauchler
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Colorado policymakers scramble with prisons on track to exceed capacity
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Two front pages, one false choice for Colorado lawmakers | OPINION
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Hickenlooper, Crow plan to donate campaign cash from Palantir execs to immigrant rights nonprofits
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Two Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation said this week that they plan to donate more than $100,000 received in campaign contributions from current and...
Colorado’s data centers should pay their own way | OPINION
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By Sara Schueneman As energy costs soar and corporations look for new places and sweetheart deals to build data centers, consumers risk being electrified by...
Will Colorado’s Trump-and-Polis-approved education grift-gift continue? | Paula Noonan
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If President Donald Trump says it’s free money and Gov. Jared Polis says it’s free money, is it really free money? Both the president and...
Coaches can help improve Colorado kids’ mental health | OPINION
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By Vincent Atchity and Mark Allen Colorado’s kids need help. Last summer, Children’s Hospital Colorado reported a 26% spike in emergency room visits for youth...
Hail drives up to 54% of homeowners’ insurance premiums in parts of Colorado
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Colorado budget gets clean opinion from Office of the State Auditor
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Freight rail is Pueblo County’s competitive advantage | PODIUM
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SB 26-066 will make patient care harder, not safer | OPINION
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Colorado Title Board rejects challenges to graduated income tax ballot measure
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The state body that determines whether a ballot measure contains a single subject has rejected challenges to eight versions of the push to change Colorado’s...
President Pro Tem Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet to resign from Colorado Senate
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A top Democrat in the Colorado General Assembly is resigning to take a new job. President Pro Tem Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet of Commerce City,...
JBS strike could trip up Greeley’s economic surge
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GREELEY – The upward trajectory of Greeley has been hard to match by other Colorado communities in the here and now. The city is on...
‘I am shocked — shocked — about the cost of insurance!’ | OPINION
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By Brandi Bradley In a famous scene from the classic movie “Casablanca”, the police captain defends the closure of Rick’s Café by remarking to Humphrey...
Puppy-mill pipeline plagues Colorado consumers | OPINION
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Laura Clellan named sole finalist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife director
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Colorado’s legislative activity has increased 56% since 2012, report finds
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Pondering Colorado’s population pivot | Miller Hudson
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Hick, much like Trump, harmed rural Colorado | Dick Wadhams
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Why U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet won’t be governor of Colorado | Jon Caldara
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