Healthcare and health insurance costs could skyrocket under the second coming of a Trump administration still seemingly bent on eliminating or at least undercutting Obamacare, consumer advocates warn, while the profits of large, corporate health systems are likely to grow.
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Police Chief in Rural Colorado Busts Fentanyl Myths As He Works to Combat Overdose Deaths
Rick Brandt, who’s the police chief in the northeastern Colorado town of Evans, considers himself a bit of a myth buster on the fentanyl front – a battle he’s been in the trenches of since 2007 when he took over as top cop in this city of 22,000 south of Greeley following 26 years with the Aurora Police Department.
Democrat Buerger Says His GOP Opponent Catlin Sides With Republicans Not His Western CO Constituents
Cole Buerger, a fifth-generation Coloradan with much deeper roots in Silt than former resident and Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, said his experience fighting for democracy overseas and his reaction to the U.S. Capitol riot in 2021 converged to get him into politics in 2021.
GOP State House Candidate Backs Trump for Prez But Blasts State Republican Leader in GOP Turf War Over ‘LGBTQ Stuff’
EAGLEVAIL, Colo. — Dave Williams reshaped his local Republican Party after 2020 election deniers took it over and shrank attendance by 80%. He rejected a MAGA pledge sent to him by the Colorado Republican Party to run for state House District 13 (HD13). And he has actively sought the removal of Donald Trump loyalist Dave Williams (no relation), chairman of the Colorado GOP.
Pointing to ‘Election Interference of the Media, Tech, Intelligence officials, Etc.,’ Evans’ Spokesman Defends Evans for Questioning the 2020 Prez Election
Pushing back on a Colorado Times Recorder story Monday based on an interview with Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans, a spokesperson for the critical 8th Congressional District (CD8) candidate’s campaign argued Evans has been very clear on the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by more than 7 million votes.
At Campaign Stop, Evans Declines To Say If He Wants To Shutter EPA and Dept. of Education
BASALT, Colo. – In this mountain town 18 miles northwest of Aspen – far from the Front Range flatlands of Adams and Weld counties – Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans was looking for anyone to meet and greet in his quest to represent Colorado’s newest congressional district.
In Wake of CTR Report, Sheriff Backs out of Children’s Story Hour Reading of Conspiracist Posobiec Book
Following a Colorado Times Recorder story on Thursday, Eagle County Sheriff James van Beek canceled his children’s story time reading of a book by far-right extremist and “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec, which had been set for Saturday at the Eagle Library.
Sheriff to Read Book by Antisemitic Conspiracy Theorist to Kids at Eagle Library
The Eagle County Republican Party twice in the last week has promoted the reading of Posobiec’s “The Island of Free Icecream [sic]” as a political event in email blasts to constituents.
In Vail, Polis Blasts ‘Worrisome’ Project 2025, SCOTUS Enviro Record
VAIL, Colo. — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday, following the launch of a state-funded geothermal project here, took on the Trump-aligned Project 2025 plans for rolling back renewables and exploiting public lands with a massive surge in fossil fuels.
Polis: Biden Needs To ‘Show What Will Change’ To Enable Him To Win Because If the ‘Election Was Held Today, He Likely Wouldn’t Win’
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – It’s understandable when you host a meeting featuring actor Matthew McConaughey – and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pops in as a surprise guest – that the mundane business of bipartisanship and saving democracy maybe gets lost in the shuffle.