The 2025 race for Colorado GOP Chair is heating up. Last week, Brita Horn, a former Routt County treasurer, announced intentions to challenge incumbent Dave Williams for the role, and today the Colorado GOP’s director of special initiatives, Darcy Schoening, announced her candidacy.
With the threat by the Colorado GOP to sue a Durango school district over a resolution that would allow teachers to display a version of the LGBTQ+ pride and Black Lives Matter flag as protected government speech, they are continuing their campaign of using transgender identities as a political tactic.
The bill has been assigned to the House Health & Human Services Committee for review.
Yesterday was the launch of Colorado’s 2025 legislative session, and Democrats and Republicans are both focused on affordability, housing, and mental health this year. But they disagree on what should be done.
Two Denver deputy sheriffs are being accused of brutally assaulting a man while he lay in a hospital bed at Denver Health after suffering from a severe mental health episode.
On New Year’s Day, a Tesla Cybertruck pulled up to the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, where the driver triggered a device consisting of fuel canisters and fireworks, detonating the vehicle. He claimed no lives but his own, whether or not he intended to.
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless issued a call for further legislative action after a report from the federal government documented an uptick in homelessness both nationally and in the state.
By Sara Wilson, Colorado Newsline
While conservatives are celebrating the victory and impending inauguration of Donald Trump, they are also preparing for 2025’s school board elections. Recent media appearances from some of Colorado’s most vocal conservative education activists indicate that the playbook for 2025 will focus on three tried and true issues — diversity programs, transgender people, and unions.
In an otherwise disappointing election year, Democrats’ wins in state legislatures were a bright spot.
