The longest-running government shutdown hinges on the extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025. When the ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits expire, people across Colorado who get their health insurance from the ACA marketplace will see a marked increase in their monthly health insurance premiums. The next open enrollment period begins this Saturday, Nov. 1.
Colorado elected officials are reacting to President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama.
Heidi talks about the recent special session as a result of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the fallout of the bill for Planned Parenthood, and Representatives Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans responding to the bill.
Last week, Congressman Jeff Crank (R-CO) told a radio show host he wanted to see transparency in the Epstein case. Yesterday, he, along with the rest of Colorado’s Republican delegation, voted against making those files public.
Colorado Republicans held a town hall Saturday for El Paso County board of education candidates. The candidates for the ostensibly nonpartisan seats in Colorado Springs School District 11, District 49, and Academy School District 20 were joined by Colorado House Minority Leader Rep. Rose Pugliese (R-El Paso County), U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO), and Colorado GOP Chair Brita Horn. The primary focus of all candidates was policies banning transgender athletes from competing in sports associated with their chosen gender.
Last night the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s proposed budget bill, his so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Critics say the bill will slash Medicaid, impact Coloradans’ health insurance, and cut food assistance to give tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.
On Tuesday, freshman Republican congressional representatives visited the White House and met with President Donald Trump.
Congressman Jeff Crank (R-Colorado Springs) said on conservative talk radio last month that he supports Trump’s efforts, led by billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to cut the budget of the Department of Defense.
Colorado Springs residents protested proposed cuts to Medicaid Friday afternoon. The protest took place outside U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank’s (R-CO) district office in the Catalyst Campus in downtown Colorado Springs, a building owned by Crank supporter and co-owner of the Colorado Springs Independent, Kevin O’Neil.
Conservatives from across Colorado participated in a “fun-fundraiser” for The Peak News Educational Foundation’s “Journalistic Ethics and Media Vocational Training Program” at the Pinery in Colorado Springs on Thursday night. The crowd was a diverse mix of current and former elected officials — congressmen, El Paso County Commissioners, Colorado Springs City Councilors, and local school board members, the leaders of the El Paso County chapter of Moms for Liberty, recently pardoned Jan. 6 rioters, local pastors, libertarians, and the Gazette’s Debbie Kelley, who has penned credulous profiles of the ‘J6 Praying Grandma’ Rebecca Lavrenz and conservative faith healer Mario Murillo.
