Pueblo City Councilor Regina Maestri is considering introducing an anti-abortion ordinance. Again.
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Kaiser to Expand CommonSpirit Partnership After Stint with Intermountain Health in Colorado
Kaiser Permanente is expanding its partnership the CommonSpirit Healthcare network in Colorado starting “in early 2025,” which could give an estimated 515,000 Coloradans access to the hospital network’s in-patient and emergency care services, the two healthcare giants announced on Sept. 10.
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Housing, Immigration Hot Topics in El Paso County Commissioner Race
El Paso County’s District 3 County Commissioner race is one of the most competitive in Colorado. Consisting of the westside of Colorado Springs, Old Colorado City, and Manitou Springs, all of which lean Democratic, as well as portions of conservative Monument and Palmer Lake, the district is evenly split between Republican and Democrat voters. El Paso County’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has been dominated by Republicans since the Nixon Administration, but in July the Colorado Democratic Party awarded $30,000 in grant funding to county parties — including El Paso — as part of its Colorado County Comeback strategic initiative.
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Commerce City Announces Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations
Commerce City announced a lineup of live entertainment and activities to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month this weekend. The event, scheduled on Sunday, Sept. 22, will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the intersection of 72nd Place and Monaco Street.
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GOP State House Candidate Backs Trump for Prez But Blasts State Republican Leader in GOP Turf War Over ‘LGBTQ Stuff’
EAGLEVAIL, Colo. — Dave Williams reshaped his local Republican Party after 2020 election deniers took it over and shrank attendance by 80%. He rejected a MAGA pledge sent to him by the Colorado Republican Party to run for state House District 13 (HD13). And he has actively sought the removal of Donald Trump loyalist Dave Williams (no relation), chairman of the Colorado GOP.
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DAVIS: Colorado’s Nicest State Senator Should Not Be Re-Elected
Politics runs on reputations, and when you hang around the state Capitol enough you get a feel for the reputations which have been cultivated – intentionally or otherwise – by the various state representatives and senators. There are dealmakers and backbenchers, cynics and wise men, work horses and show horses. And, in one way or another, these reputations impact how they interact with each other, and how laws ultimately get made.
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The Shomer: Racist Sign Poster Charged, But No Culprits Identified for Antisemitic Sign Posters
It was late March when the professional-looking, xenophobic and racist signs popped up along the E. Colfax corridor near the Capitol building in Denver. And then more appeared in late August.
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At a CU Rally Hours Before Trump-Harris Debate, Right-Wing Pundit Kirk Delivers Falsehood That Immigrants Are ‘Eating People’s Pets’
Right-wing conservative influencer and political pundit Charlie Kirk held an event at the University of Colorado Boulder just hours before last week’s second presidential debate of the 2024 election.
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Colorado Republican Party Briefly Supported and is Now Neutral on Protecting Gay Marriage
For a few hours this week, the Colorado Republican Party supported gay rights, or at least gay marriage.
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Extremism Rewind – September 13, 2024
It is time once again for our weekly roundup of articles about political extremism in Colorado. Highlights from the Colorado Times Recorder’s reporting include an article by Erik Maulbetsch on congressional candidate Gabe Evans’s political director’s history of posting Facebook content promoting antisemitism and conspiracy theories, a report by Heidi Beedle on competitive races for El Paso County commissioner, and and and a write-up by Owen Swallow on Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s warning about election-related deep-fakes. We’ve included an analysis from Denverite’s Andrew Kenney on the situation in Aurora regarding Venezuelan gangs.