The Libertarian Party of Colorado (LPCO) convened March 23 in Colorado Springs to elect a slate of 41 candidates for federal, state, and county offices.
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Dems Aim To Stop Black Women From Dying When They Give Birth
Last week, the Colorado Legislature’s Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed Senate Bill 24-175, which aims to improve perinatal health outcomes, especially in Black and historically marginalized communities by requiring large employer health benefit plans to cover doula services in alignment with Medicaid. The bill would also instruct hospitals that provide labor and delivery or neonatal care services to participate in at least one maternal or infant health quality improvement initiative.
Republicans To Face Off in High Stakes Primary in Colorado’s Most Competitive Congressional District
Northern Colorado Republicans selected state Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) and former state lawmaker Janak Joshi today to advance to the GOP primary in Colorado’s most competitive congressional district.
Right-Wing Christian Leader in CO Was Key Backer of Evangelical Senator Vying To Replace Mitch McConnell
John Thune, the evangelical Christian elected to the U.S. Senate 20 years ago from South Dakota with the help of right-wing Christian James Dobson, who founded Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, announced he wants to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader after McConnell retires later this year.
Co Springs School District Hires Conservative Law Firm to Fight Union
With its teachers union contract up for renewal, Colorado Springs School District 11 (D11) has spent $118,000 on attaining additional legal counsel and communications support for upcoming interest-based bargaining (IBB) sessions with the Colorado Springs Education Association (CSEA). This is a new move for the district, which has not utilized legal counsel during the annual IBB sessions in the past.
‘Here I Am:’ Trans Storytellers Honored at CO Capitol
“We want to give people a little sense of what it is to be trans, the struggles of being trans, and who we are as people,” said state Rep. Brianna Titone.
DAVIS: Project 2025 and its Colorado Connections
One of the most audacious efforts in the history of American politics is currently being planned, not in smoke-filled rooms, but out in the open. It’s named Project 2025, and, if it succeeds, it promises to remake American government and civic life for decades.
Exhibit Reveals How Undergarments Shaped Women’s Liberation and Social Roles
The Center for Colorado Women’s History will present "Rumors of Bloomers," an exhibition opening on March 29 that explores the evolution of women's undergarments and their impact on society.
‘A Massive & Horrible Conundrum:’ GOP Election Expert Skeptical of His Party’s Plan for Scantron Voting at Assembly
When it comes time for a party led by election deniers to count ballots, trust is inevitably hard to come by. Chairman Dave Williams, along with former state Rep. Ron Hanks, a fellow election fraud conspiracist whom Williams has appointed Chair of the party’s Ballot & Election Security Committee, are in a tough spot. They must placate the anti-machine majority (in which they claim to include themselves) who insist on hand-counting only, while at the same time attempt to administer a functional election and tabulation process involving thousands of ballots and dozens of candidates, resolutions and committee positions. Their task is made even more difficult in the wake of their last assembly tabulation disaster in 2022, when numerous candidates accused then-Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown of rigging the electronic vote clickers.
Boebert Declares ‘No Path to Victory’ for Rivals After She Secured Trump Endorsement; Poll Indicates Otherwise
In the race for Congress, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) stated her anticipation of victory on June 25, the state primary, following an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.