As part of our weekly roundup of articles about political extremism in Colorado, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Erik Maulbetsch’s coverage of former CU Regent Heidi Ganahl’s press conference where she both called into question the results of the election she lost and announced a plan to recruit volunteers taken with election conspiracy theories to ‘monitor’ ballot boxes in the upcoming general election. We are also showcasing Jason Salzman’s and Maulbetsch’s analysis of mainstream Republicans endorsing election conspiracists in their races, Heidi Beedle’s coverage of posts from Lauren Boebert’s campaign manager that indicate the congresswoman had been in contact with Tina Peters ahead of her plan to undermine Mesa County’s election safety, and Owen Swallow’s coverage of a rally held by Gays Against Groomers, a group connected to other extremist groups like Moms For Liberty, and the counterprotests that outnumbered them. Take a look out for our coverage of yesterday’s Trump rally in Aurora. 

In 2019, facing growing pushback from environmental groups and activists like the Chittoors, the state mandated that regulators consider the public health and environmental impacts of oil and gas development.