Editor’s note: This letter was written in response to the Colorado Times Recorder’s article, “GOP Senate Candidate Blames ICE Protesters for Violence, Says ICE ‘Effectively Rescued’ 5-Year-Old Boy, Who Was Arrested,” published Feb. 6. 2026.
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State Health and Human Services Committee Delays Decision on ‘Do Not Abort’ Bill
Yesterday, the Colorado House Health and Human Services Committee delayed taking action on Rep. Rebecca Keltie’s (R-CO Springs) “Do Not Abort” bill. The bill, HB26-1085, would introduce a medical form that expresses the person’s wishes to not receive an abortion in the event the person is incapacitated or incapable of communicating.
Measles Is Surging; Get Vaccinated, Say Health Experts
Measles infections are already surging in 2026 after reaching their highest levels in decades across Colorado and the U.S. in 2025.
Ballot Measure Aims To Give You Wider Access to Gov’t Meetings & Documents
An initiative for the fall ballot filed Friday by the leaders of the Independence Institute and the League of Women Voters of Colorado would enshrine in the Colorado Constitution “a fundamental right to know the affairs of all levels of state and local government.”
DAVIS: A Strategic Evolution in the Fight for Colorado Schools
Last week, I received the kind of text message I love the most. “I have something you might be interested in,” it read, “but can you keep my name out of it?” I agreed, source confidentiality being a cornerstone of journalism, and was sent a document which did, in fact, interest me: it was a letter of engagement between the state’s 10th largest school district and a controversial law firm I have covered at length.
How Breckenridge Reserved Almost 75% of Its Full-Time Housing For Workforce
by Susan Shain, High Country News
Organizers Target CEO of the Real Estate Company That Owns Proposed ICE Jail
At a rally and news conference in downtown Denver today, protesters called on Robert J. Lange, the CEO of Highlands REIT, a real estate company, to “put people over profits” and refuse to rent his company’s detention center northeast of Denver to ICE.
CO Springs Ministry Praises Trump Admin for Promoting Prayer in Schools
“President Trump’s ongoing protection of religious liberty is deeply supported by faith leaders,” said Jim Daly of Focus on the Family.
Capt. B’s Earthship Log: ‘Valentine’s Day’
VALENTINE’S DAY … Once I left the seminary back in the Sixties, I got to be full-on romantic. Poetry, not the priesthood, held me in thrall. Riding around San Francisco on a Honda 250 with my opera jacket, long beard, and flowers in my hair, my wife’s scarf floating Isadora Duncan-style behind us down San Francisco’s Mission Street, as we wove our way in and out of traffic towork downtown …