The Colorado House and Senate passed “Protecting the Freedom to Marry” resolution, which, if approved by voters in November, would amend the state’s constitution by eliminating the ban on same-sex marriage. Although same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015 with the Obergefell v. Hodges’ decision, the Colorado Constitution still contained this unconstitutional language.
Significant majorities in Congress voted for aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan last month: 385 of 435 House members supported aid for allies in the Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan; 366 supported weapons for Israel and humanitarian aid for Gaza; 311 supported aid for Ukraine.
A bill is sitting on the desk of Colorado Governor Jared Polis that would begin a process of reintroduction of the wolverine, the largest member of the weasel family and a native Colorado species, back into the state.
Cobalt, the Colorado nonprofit that helps patients access abortion care, continues to report an increased demand for abortion care and support in Colorado following the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Palisade resident Rob Scribner poses with former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson before getting his book signed at an event in Grand Junction.Former White House aide gives first-hand account of working for Trump administration.
Another session of the Colorado General Assembly has concluded in the standard way: with both a bang and a whimper. Laws were made, tears were shed, and minds were frayed, all as life outside the building continued per usual. The legislative session, which consists of a mad dash through the General Assembly’s constitutional requirements in the constitutionally limited timespan of 120 business days, is over.
When Turning Point USA — an $80 million secular conservative political group beloved by many evangelicals — promotes “election integrity,” guard your ballot boxes!
Same-sex marriage has been a turbulent political subject across the U.S., but that’s especially true for Colorado.
Right wing activist and self-proclaimed “America’s Mom” Sherronna Bishop and Kelly Kohls, director of school board leadership for Moms for America, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center deems an anti-government extremist organization, outlined their strategy to end the community-led effort to recall Garfield School District RE-2 board member Tony May during a secretly-recorded Zoom call obtained by the Colorado Times Recorder earlier this month.
El Paso County Commissioner Carrie Geitner defended her efforts to deny grant funding to nonprofit Peak Education, a mentoring and college access organization, during an appearance on the Richard Randall show last week.
