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Gov. Jared Polis signs bill to establish Black Coloradan Racial Equity Commission

Jun 4, 2024

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Colorado Politics

Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill on Tuesday establishing a statewide racial equity study to “determine and make recommendations related to any historic and ongoing effects of slavery and subsequent systemic racism” on Black Coloradans as a result of state actions. Senate Bill 53 establishes the Black Coloradan Racial Equity Commission to conduct the study…
Colorado lawmakers vote to give themselves a pay raise beginning in 2025

Feb 22, 2024

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Marianne Goodl

Colorado House Democrats on Thursday voted to boost the pay of General Assembly lawmakers beginning in the 2025-26 fiscal year, with those living in the Denver metro area getting substantially more in actual dollars and rate increase than policymakers who reside outside. The cost to taxpayers for the higher per diems is just shy of…
With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin

Nov 24, 2021

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EVAN WYLOGE

The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
Controversy abounds in candidate field for Aurora City Council

Oct 12, 2017

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

Aurora’s race for City Council is heating up, and here we thought it would be because of the slew of liberal candidates running for the traditionally conservative body. The Aurora Sentinel’s Kara Mason has been busy muckraking on candidates running for local office this election cycle. The other day, she reported on candidate Abel Laeke…
Taste of Ethiopia festival in Denver is about food, culture with politics on the side

Aug 2, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Good food and community spirit can’t help but attract politics, and that will be the case Saturday in East Denver at the fifth annual Taste of Ethiopia Festival at Parkfield Lake Park. The event that draws heavily from metro Denver’s immigrant community – as well as international food and entertainment fans – has also become…
Arapahoe County Democrats grapple with outrage over years-old ‘too many blacks’ remark

Apr 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Arapahoe County Democrats say they’re working to resolve racial tensions within the party after a years-old remark about “too many blacks” running for office in the county resurfaced recently on social media and in a newspaper article, reigniting a long-simmering controversy. The conflict stems from a candidate training session conducted by party officials in Aurora…
BARTELS: Sometimes Secretary Wayne Williams has to deliver bad news

Apr 21, 2016

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Lynn Bartels

A tough part of the Secretary of State’s job is occasionally crushing the dreams of a candidate by telling him or her the campaign came up short in collecting enough signatures to make the ballot. Democrat Michele Fry got the bad news last week. The Denver state House candidate turned in her signatures on …
The Hot Sheet, March 17, 2016

Mar 17, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 45 | MARCH 17, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Happy St. Patricks Day! Lot’s of phone calls and emails from y’all yesterday. You folks absolutely love The Hot Sheet. It warms my heart. We are going to continue to dig deep…