School districts across Colorado are developing policies outlining how teachers and staff will honor student requests to use a chosen name as a result of this year’s non-legal name change bill. Last night, Pueblo’s School District 60 Board of Education passed just such a policy, with the caveat that parents must be notified if a child wants to use a name other than their legal name. LGBTQ activists and allies say mandatory parental notification puts youth at risk from hostile parents.
Pueblo’s failed anti-abortion ordinance is bringing increased scrutiny on the law’s sponsor, City Councilor Regina Maestri, including a campaign finance complaint, an ethics complaint, and questions about her residency.
The Leadership Program of the Rockies (LPR), Colorado’s premier conservative training course, has announced their 2025 participants. The list includes prominent activists, school board members, conservative think-tank employees.
According to a social media post from “America’s Mom,” Sherronna Bishop, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) had prior knowledge of Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters’ plan to breach the security of Mesa County’s Dominion Voting machines.
In 2022, Rep. Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) beat Republican Dave Donelson, a Colorado Springs City Councilor, by 710 votes. The narrow victory was a sign of the slow electoral shift in Colorado Springs, a city long considered a conservative stronghold. Since then, Vigil has focused on increasing protections for gig workers, renters, and LGBTQ people in Colorado, and that has made her public enemy number one for El Paso County Republicans.
Progressive public education advocates in Colorado have found an unlikely ally in their opposition to Amendment 80 — Christian homeschoolers.
Attorneys for former Dominion executive Eric Coomer have filed a motion for a “show cause” hearing for Douglas County podcaster Joe Oltmann, which could result in additional contempt charges and arrest if Oltmann refuses to comply.
In El Paso County’s Senate District 12, Colorado Rep. Marc Snyder (D-Manitou Springs) is running against El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf to replace Sen. Bob Gardner (R-Colorado Springs).
Pueblo City Councilor Regina Maestri is considering introducing an anti-abortion ordinance. Again.
El Paso County’s District 3 County Commissioner race is one of the most competitive in Colorado. Consisting of the westside of Colorado Springs, Old Colorado City, and Manitou Springs, all of which lean Democratic, as well as portions of conservative Monument and Palmer Lake, the district is evenly split between Republican and Democrat voters. El Paso County’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has been dominated by Republicans since the Nixon Administration, but in July the Colorado Democratic Party awarded $30,000 in grant funding to county parties — including El Paso — as part of its Colorado County Comeback strategic initiative.
