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

Updated 4 hours ago

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...

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

Updated 3 days ago

The Denver Gazette and Colorado Politics are hosting both debates in partnership with the University of Denver and 9NEWS. DENVER — Candidates vying to be...

Polis signs RTD overhaul bill aimed at rebuilding transit ridership

Updated 3 days ago

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday approved an overhaul of the Regional Transportation District, signing legislation that sponsors hope would reverse stagnant ridership by, among other...

Gazette, Centennial Institute cosponsoring Republican gubernatorial debate Tuesday

Updated 5 days ago

The Gazette and the Centennial Institute are cosponsoring a Republican gubernatorial debate Tuesday at Colorado Christian University, featuring candidates state Rep. Scott Bottoms, a Colorado...

Trump administration releases $40 million for Colorado water project

Updated 1 week ago

Congressional panel probes Denver, Boulder over ICE cooperation limits

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado county Republican chair arrested in sting on allegations he tried to pay for sex with a child

Updated 2 weeks ago

DOJ sues Colorado over gun law banning ‘large-capacity’ magazines

Updated 3 weeks ago

Bill prohibiting Colorado legislators from holding multiple elected offices heads to governor’s desk

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado congressional elections see over $9M in ad reserves from House Democrats’ super PAC

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado title board rejects government transparency measure, backers plan appeal

Updated 1 month ago

Polis administration awards $12.4 million for geothermal projects in Colorado

Updated 1 month ago

Congress presses Colorado court about rule tied to immigration enforcement

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado GOP votes down bid to ask court to prevent unaffiliated voters from voting in June primary

Updated 2 months ago

Phil Weiser wins top spot in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary at party’s state assembly

Updated 2 months ago

Attorney General Phil Weiser’s name will appear first on Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot after his overwhelming win Saturday at the party’s state assembly in...

Seligman, Bridges, Gonzales lead downballot races heading into Colorado Democrats’ state assembly

Updated 2 months ago

As Colorado Democrats prepare to designate candidates to the June primary ballot at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo on Saturday, three candidates appear poised...

It’s time to let unaffiliated voters caucus | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 months ago

There’s no getting around it: Colorado’s 3,000 county caucuses, which just wrapped up recently, left half the electorate out in the cold. Since unaffiliated voters...

Colorado voters will decide whether transgender students can join girls’ sports

Updated 3 months ago

A ballot initiative that would require student athletes to only join sports teams that correspond to their biological sex has qualified for the November ballot,...

Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn says she’ll resign next month, points to ‘divide within our party’

Updated 3 months ago

Can deliberation save democracy? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 3 months ago

As parents claim some AI chatbots encourage teen suicide, Colorado legislators eye regulation

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ignites fierce debate after raising clemency questions in Tina Peters case

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn loses ‘no-confidence’ vote, vows to refocus on ‘mending that divide’

Updated 3 months ago

Primary rival sues to prevent Democrat Eileen Laubacher from going through assembly in Colorado’s 4th CD

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado bill aims to launch $1 million ‘Cradle to Career’ program

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado lawmakers react along partisan lines to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address

Updated 3 months ago

Trial delayed for former Fountain city councilwoman accused of public assistance theft

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado colleges must conduct wellness check if a student is reported missing under proposal

Updated 3 months ago

Battle lines drawn as Colorado considers decriminalizing prostitution

Updated 3 months ago

Battle lines have begun to form at the Colorado state Capitol, where legislators are preparing to tackle a proposal to decriminalize prostitution statewide. Proponents said...

In a meeting Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn calls ‘illegal,’ Republicans vote to demand her resignation

Updated 3 months ago

Roughly half the membership of the Colorado Republican Party’s state central committee on Saturday voted overwhelmingly to approve a resolution expressing “no confidence” in state...

Democrats Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser make their cases to be Colorado’s next governor ahead of primary

Updated 3 months ago

Nearly eight months before ballots will be counted in Colorado’s race for the its open gubernatorial seat, voters are lining up behind two of the...

Colorado GOP officers set competing meetings to hold ‘no-confidence’ votes on state chair Brita Horn

Updated 3 months ago

Once again, members of the Colorado Republican Party’s central committee have scheduled separate, competing meetings to consider whether the state GOP’s governing body supports its...