KATRINA BLAIR … If you lived in Durango, you knew Katrina. Her family was prominent. Her dad a geomorphologist at the Fort. He founded the Mountain Studies Institute originally to be a Silverton-based repository for all the extant scientific papers about the San Juan Mountains. As a county commissioner, I joined an early board. Her dad and I and Katrina loved Dolores LaChapelle. Helped scatter her ashes into the waterfalls of South Fork Mineral Creek …
With less than six months to go until the 2026 election, the forecast shows a high chance that Coloradans will have another long ballot this year. Hundreds of citizen ballot initiatives have been submitted to Colorado’s Title Board for this election, of which five have been approved, and backers of over two dozen are currently collecting signatures to qualify.
Below are protest and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming public events in Colorado, please let us know at [email protected].
A closer look at the Supreme Court’s indefensible “whites-first” reasoning on gerrymandering.
“[Gabe] Evans has made the purposeful decision to belly up to the trough and then just start taking the money and turning a blind eye,” explained U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) in an Accountability Town Hall on Monday.
Believe it or not, sometimes partisan politics can get in the way of good governance. A clear example of how ideologically motivated political actors can endanger the efficient operation of vital state, municipal, and county offices can be seen in El Paso County’s 2022 coroner election. Incumbent Coroner Dr. Leon Kelly, the long-serving medical examiner and forensic pathologist, was challenged by Dr. Rae Ann Weber, an osteopath who served on the board of conservative activist group FEC United. Due to the nature of Colorado’s assembly process, Kelly was nearly kept off the ballot after FEC United was able to manipulate Republican assemblies across the state to give their slate of extremist candidates topline billing — they were all handily defeated in the primary, and Kelly’s tenure as coroner continued until he resigned in 2024.
A high-profile political rally featuring Democratic congressional candidates and social media influencers from around the country took place at the state Capitol on Sunday after three separate local venues canceled contracts with the organizers. At least two of the three venues that backed out of the event are owned by or otherwise financially entangled with Republican mega-donor Phil Anschutz, Colorado’s wealthiest citizen. Though Anschutz has long been known for his involvement with Republican politics, the rally dust-up is yet another indication of his growing attempts to influence Democratic politics as well.
Healthcare price transparency isn’t just a policy issue. It’s a justice issue.
President Donald Trump has earned historic negative ratings, with 61% of Americans disapproving of his performance as president, according to Fox News. But Family Research Council and other groups loyal to Trump claim his goals enjoy “broad support.”
