A proposal backed by Colorado Democrats to cut property tax rates while allowing the state to retain more excess tax revenue in the long term appeared to be decisively rejected by voters on Tuesday.
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‘Woke Ideology’ Is a ‘Threat’ to Rule of Law, Argues Prof Who Now Occupies Former Trump Lawyer Eastman’s Slot at CU
Two years ago, a visiting faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder’s conservative Benson Center held his post while allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Even Colorado Springs Could Reject a Republican for Mayor! We’ll Find Out May 16.
One candidate assures voters he’ll make Colorado Springs “the same kind of place, but better.” The other promises a “city on a hill.”
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‘It’s Water Vapor’: Colorado Republicans Deny the Existence of Climate Change While Dems Pass Bills To Help Fight It
In what’s become an annual tradition in the Colorado General Assembly, Democrats in the majority are spending the final weeks of the legislative session passing bills aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while their Republican colleagues persist in outright denial of the scientific consensus on manmade climate change.
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Prosecutor ‘Obviously’ Thinks There’s Enough Evidence To Support Hate Crime Charge Against Club Q Shooting Suspect
The suspect in last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub was formally charged Tuesday on more than 300 counts including first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault and “bias-motivated crimes.”
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Who Will Represent Colorado’s New Congressional District Is Still a Mystery
The race for Colorado’s newest seat in the U.S. House of Representatives proved as competitive as expected Tuesday night.
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Colorado Democrats Hold on to Treasurer, Secretary of State
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Treasurer Dave Young both comfortably won reelection Tuesday night, holding off Republican challengers and completing Democrats’ defense of the four statewide offices they won in a clean sweep in 2018.
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Turnout Among Non-White Colorado Voters Nearly 20% Lower Than for White Non-Hispanic Voters
This story is part of a project called Democracy Day, in which newsrooms across the country are shining a light on threats to democracy.
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Colorado Democrats, Environmental Groups Cheer Senate Passage of ‘Historic’ Climate Bill
The Senate’s weekend passage of a $369 billion package of spending to fight climate change is drawing cheers from environmental advocates and calls for the bill’s swift adoption in the House of Representatives.
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Joe O’Dea Defeats Ron Hanks in Republican Senate Primary
Denver construction CEO Joe O’Dea is poised to be the Colorado Republican Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in November after prevailing in a head-to-head primary contest with far-right state Rep. Ron Hanks.