washington d.c.
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Why immigrants from South America choose Denver
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In early November – long before the crisis at the border in El Paso, Texas spilled over into Denver – a bus of immigrants rolled into the Mile High City. Andrea Loya, executive director of Casa de Paz, had been communicating with a volunteer organization in El Paso since August to see if the Denver…
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Christmas Tree from Colorado lights up the U.S. Capitol
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After traveling over 1,800 miles cross-country, a Englemann spruce from Colorado brightened the sky outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, as many gathered around it to take in the red, green, yellow and blue lights. Members of the Colorado delegation, including U.S. Reps Diana DeGette, Joseph Neguse and Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner, stood…
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Mike Coffman, Jason Crow give thumbs down to Trump’s ‘marching orders’ for military parade
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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and Democratic challenger Jason Crow, both combat veterans, scowled Wednesday at reports President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a grand military parade in the streets of Washington, D.C. “No shutdowns, no parades,” Coffman told Colorado Politics through a spokesman while the House was grappling with legislation to…
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Letter: Gardner behind closed doors on ACA repeal
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Editor: Republicans in the U.S. Senate are secretly crafting a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. What has Sen. Cory Gardner told the citizens of Colorado about this bill? Nothing! Why the secrecy? Why no open hearings? The ACA had 100 open hearings. Currently in Colorado, 175,964 citizens enrolled in ACA health insurance plans for…
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Hudson: Turn the other cheek … again?
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My phone lit up this weekend with news that a group of Republicans marching in Denver’s Pride Fest had been “attacked on the parade route by an angry group wearing masks.” One text described the attackers as cursing lesbians dressed all in black. Another text said that all was well and nothing appeared to be…
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May: The Qatar ultimatum
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In the war against terrorism, some nations are with us, some are against us and some are both In the aftermath of the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush drew a line in the sand. “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make,” he announced. “Either you are…
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McCann: Sessions’ federal sentencing directive ‘disturbing’
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann, Breckenridge District Attorney Bruce Brown and Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett are among close to 30 current and former local and state prosecutors to oppose a recent directive from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that instructs federal prosecutors to charge, pursue and seek the longest possible sentences for the “most…
