yolanda avila

With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin

Nov 24, 2021

—

by

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,…
Dozens of Latino leaders endorse Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis

Feb 3, 2018

—

by

Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a leading Democratic candidate for governor of Colorado, announced Friday he’s been endorsed by more than 40 Latino current and former elected officials and civic leaders. “I’m so honored to have earned the support of so many hardworking community leaders, and I look forward to partnering with them to build a…
El Paso County could chip away at I-25’s Gap, as locals hit go on funding

Aug 14, 2017

—

by

JOEY BUNCH

By chipping away at The Gap, El Paso County voters could do something that some state legislators encourage and others dread: siphon off support for a statewide transportation plan by spending their money locally. The Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority board last week approved a ballot question to ask voters if it’s OK to set…
New political group pushing progressive politics in Colorado Springs

Apr 25, 2017

—

by

Adam McCoy

In one of the reddest cities in the state and the country, three political progressives were elected in landslides to the Colorado Springs City Council earlier this April. Though those City Council seats are nonpartisan, Dawn Haliburton-Rudy says it’s the first steps in changing the political geography of the long-time conservative stronghold in El Paso…

yolanda avila

With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin

Dozens of Latino leaders endorse Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis

El Paso County could chip away at I-25’s Gap, as locals hit go on funding

New political group pushing progressive politics in Colorado Springs