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Colorado Republican Mark Baisley exits gubernatorial race, launches U.S. Senate campaign
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Republican state Sen. Mark Baisley on Monday withdrew from the Colorado gubernatorial race and announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat John Hickenlooper. His departure leaves 20 Republicans running for the office held by term-limited Democratic Gov. Jared Polis. “Colorado needs a U.S. Senator who will fight relentlessly for our Constitution,…
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife threatens to terminate Colorado’s authority to manage wolves
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With no apparent plan in place to bring in more wolves to Colorado for 2026, Colorado Parks and Wildlife may have an even bigger problem. A Dec. 18 letter from Brian Nesvik, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), threatens to terminate the state’s authority to manage wolves unless certain conditions are met.…
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US captures Venezuela’s leader and his wife in a stunning operation and plans to prosecute them
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in a stunning military operation early Saturday that plucked a sitting leader from office. President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily and was already doing so. The action marked…
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US Rep. Lauren Boebert calls for override vote after Trump vetoes bipartisan Colorado water bill
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President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his second term Tuesday, blocking a long-awaited bipartisan effort to finish a southeastern Colorado water project that supporters say is critical to delivering clean drinking water to roughly 50,000 residents of the lower Arkansas Valley. The president described the project as economically not viable — and one…
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Ben Campbell, former US senator from Colorado and advocate for Native American rights, dies at age 92
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Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who represented Colorado for two terms beginning in 1993 and was the first Native American elected to the chamber since the 1920s, died Tuesday, his family and close associates confirmed. He was 92. Campbell, a former Democratic state lawmaker from Ignacio, represented the 3rd Congressional District for two terms…
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert: On representing Colorado, working with Trump and releasing the Epstein files
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For years, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s name has become a shorthand for controversy in her home state and in the nation’s capital. Recently, the outspoken Colorado Republican has drawn rare praise from some of her fiercest critics, particularly after breaking expectations during a key vote. Boebert insisted the moment isn’t a departure from her values…
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Colorado podcaster who has called for political foes to be executed joins GOP primary for governor
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Joe Oltmann, the conservative Colorado podcaster who has repeatedly called for Colorado’s top elected officials to be executed and whose uncorroborated claims that the 2020 election was rigged spawned multiple defamation lawsuits, declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor last week. Oltmann joins a crowded field of Republicans seeking to take over from…
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Colorado PUC slates January hearings on natural gas plan, transmission line appeal, railroad rules
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission announced January public comment opportunities on railroad safety rules, natural gas infrastructure, and a major transmission line siting appeal. The hearings form part of expanded outreach efforts the commission launched to increase public participation in regulatory proceedings. NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE Xcel Energy seeks approval for two projects in its proposed…
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As Aurora police worry about court ruling’s impact on crime, council sees opening to revisit penalties
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Aurora’s top police official is worried about the impact of a Colorado Supreme Court decision about penalties on the city’s crime rate, while progressive councilmembers see an opening to reverse decisions made by previous city councils. The court ruled on Monday that municipalities may not subject defendants to sentences that are harsher under their own…
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Colorado Supreme Court holds municipal sentences may not be greater for identical state crimes
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that municipalities may not subject defendants to sentences that are harsher under their own ordinances than for identical offenses under state law. In the Dec. 22 opinion, Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez noted localities are free to prosecute defendants in municipal court for crimes that could also be…
