Soon after he voted against extending funds for an Obamacare program that helped lower health insurance premiums for over 200,000 Coloradans, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) announced, “Extending that for three more years isn’t reform. It’s rewarding failure.”
This year, the Colorado Times Recorder introduced the Fever Swamp Review, a podcast focused on hot topics in Colorado politics. The 17-episode season took viewers and/or listeners inside events, offering a first-hand look at the personalities and perspectives shaping our print reporting, allowing our audience to see for themselves the sometimes unbelievable antics of elected officials and political operatives.
The last thing our ruling Democrats want to do amid mass skepticism of our government leaders is shut off the cameras that have been allowing us to watch key proceedings at the state legislature for the past five months.
Every year, the Colorado Times Recorder is threatened online, attacked by officials, and dismissed as illegitimate.
We share highlights from a recent event in Northern Colorado featuring author James Lindsay and local anti-trans activists while discussing potential ballot initiatives. Stay to the end for a special message from the host.
Of the 87 ballot initiatives listed on the website for the Colorado Title Board, which manages the state's ballot initiative process, Advance Colorado president Michael Fields is listed as a proponent for 61 of them.
CTR takes a look at candidates in D49 and D11, discussing prevailing issues in both districts, including the recent strike in D11.
I’ve been reporting on how Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans promotes himself as a “rancher” in his rural district — despite criticism that he’s “all hat, no cattle,” since he owns just three cows, which he’s put in the care of a neighbor, reducing the number of Longhorns he’s actually raising to zero.
Amid continuing gun violence, CTR attends Dragonman’s 33rd Annual Freedom Shoot and talks with attendees about gun policy, also a visit to Raw Tools, a nonprofit that turns guns into garden tools.
A group of Colorado and national LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief this week defending Colorado’s 2019 law banning conversion therapy for minors in a case challenging the law before the U.S. Supreme Court.
