Days before the November Election Day, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) refused to say whether she would support dismantling Obamacare, saying she would wait and “see what happens when I get to Congress.”
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Rally Spotlights Voting Rights, Which Prompted All-Star Game’s Move to Denver
Eighteen Colorado organizations sponsored a rally today at the Tivoli Quad on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver to celebrate Colorado’s gold-standard election laws and to lobby the U.S. Senate to pass the For the People Act, federal legislation to set national standards for election administration, protect voting rights, and reform campaign finance laws.
Buck: Outrage Over Critical Race Theory and ‘Boys Playing Girls Sports’ Will Lead GOP to Victory
Colorado Republican Congressman Ken Buck appeared to acknowledge in a leaked video yesterday that stirring up outrage over critical race theory and transgender kids playing on sports teams is a political strategy for Republicans to turn out voters and win back seats in Congress in 2022.
Using Similar Attacks and Inflated Comparisons to Cuomo, Republicans Blast Dem Governors Nationwide on Covid Nursing Home Issues
Last week, Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) was targeted by Republicans regarding COVID-19 deaths in Colorado’s nursing homes.
Colorado’s 2022 U.S. Senate Candidates: Who Are Bennet’s Challengers?
If he succeeds in his 2022 bid for re-election and carries out his full term, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) would become the longest-tenured U.S. Senator in Colorado history. The Colorado GOP is looking to prevent that from happening.
Boebert Appears Unconcerned About COVID Outbreak at Concert She Attended in June
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) isn’t showing any signs of worry about rising COVID cases in her district–or about a COVID outbreak that occurred at a music festival she attended during the last week of June.
COVID Surges in Rural Colorado County as the Bands Play On
By Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News
Colorado Schools Are Getting More Money. Bigger Changes Could Be On the Way.
When Colorado schools reopen in the fall, most of them will have a lot more money to work with — between 10% and 12% more per student for the typical district — and schools that serve large numbers of students who live in poverty and English learners will be the biggest beneficiaries.
Colorado Cracks Down on Offshore Tax Havens
Companies doing business in Colorado have long been able to avoid paying what they owe to the state through an accounting trick only practical for large corporations: stash their money overseas. After years of being stymied by Republicans who used to control the state Senate, Colorado Democrats finally closed, or at least tightened this classic corporate loophole.
Is CO GOP’s Upcoming ‘Contract With Colorado’ a Recipe for Success or a Rehash of Old Failures?
For months, Republicans in Colorado have been touting a “Contract for Colorado,” slated for public release in August, that’s intended to restore the state party to relevance after a 20-year trend of losing legislative majorities in the Colorado House and Colorado Senate and failing to sustain control of statewide offices.