Mark Baisley, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
Mark Baisley joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026.
Baisley is a Republican state senator representing Colorado’s 4th Senate District, which covers parts of Douglas, Jefferson, Teller, and several other counties. He previously served in the Colorado House of Representatives for District 39 before his election to the state Senate.
Colorado delegation splits in House vote to end federal government shutdown
Ernest Luning
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Updated 1 day ago
Colorado’s U.S. House members divided mostly along party lines Tuesday in separate votes on a funding deal to end the federal government’s partial shutdown, while giving Congress more time to negotiate long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Lawmakers...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
Specter of litigation looms as Colorado River basin governors head to DC
Marianne Goodland
marianne-goodland@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
Feb. 14. That’s the next deadline for the seven states of the Colorado River to reach an agreement on how to manage the river after the current operating guidelines expire. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation would like the next guidelines...
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Colorado’s Democratic delegation calls for Noem’s removal, ICE overhaul
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 6 days ago
The Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on Tuesday called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or be impeached in the wake of the second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minnesota this month amid...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
Greenland is now Colorado’s problem. And that’s a good thing. | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
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Updated 1 week ago
The conclusion to the dizzying odyssey over Greenland this week reminded me a little of the ending of the “Wizard of Oz.” If you recall, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man finish a great and frightful quest...
Vince Bzdek
Reporter
Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper raises over $1.1 million in 4th quarter for reelection bid
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s reelection campaign raised over $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and finished the year with more than $3.8 million in the bank, the Colorado Democrat’s campaign said Thursday. The fundraising haul brings Hickenlooper’s total...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
Colorado farmers warn U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper tariffs and research cuts endanger agriculture
Marianne Goodland
marianne-goodland@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Northern Colorado farmers told U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper this week that tariffs and President Donald Trump’s decision to import $40 billion worth of beef from Argentina have hurt Colorado’s agricultural industry. But the administration’s cuts to scientific research are almost...
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Democrats Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser and their backers bank $9 million for Colorado gubernatorial race
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Democratic gubernatorial candidates U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser, and the campaign committees that support them, entered the election year with almost $9 million on hand, as the race to succeed term-limited Colorado Gov. Jared Polis heats...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
Colorado oilmen may play key role in Trump’s Venezuelan oil takeover plan
Vince Bzdek
vince-bzdek@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 weeks ago
When President Donald Trump summoned oil executives to the White House recently to push for major investment in Venezuela, an interesting sprinkling of smaller independent companies from Denver was invited along with the big names of American oil. One of...
Vince Bzdek
Reporter
Impeachment articles filed against Kristi Noem with backing from Colorado Democrats DeGette and Pettersen
Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner
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Updated 3 weeks ago
House Democrats introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday, coming after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved shooting in Minneapolis and DHS operations across the country. Signing on to the proposed articles of impeachment were...
Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner
Reporter
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser clash at Democratic gubernatorial forum
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 weeks ago
Things got a little chippy Saturday at a union hall north of Denver, as Democratic gubernatorial candidates U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sparred over the effectiveness of their respective responses to President Donald Trump’s second...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
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From mental health coverage to bison protection: New Colorado laws that take effect Jan. 1
A new year means new laws in Colorado, covering everything from health insurance and gun shows to “junk fees” and protections for wild bison. Here’s a list of laws passed during the 2025 legislative session that will go into effect on Jan. 1. House Bill 1002: Medical necessity determination insurance coverageThis law codifies and clarifies […]
Federal judge rules Trump administration can share illegal immigrants’ Medicaid data with ICE
The Trump administration can continue its practice of sharing the biographical, location, and contact information of illegal immigrants between federal agencies early in the new year, a federal judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, of the Northern District of California, issued the preliminary injunction order […]