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Why do out-of-state donors have more power than in-state voters? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 10 hours ago

Why is Michael Bloomberg, the former presidential candidate, three-term New York mayor and founder of the financial info firm that bears his name, spending millions...

Gov. Polis proposes privatizing Pinnacol Assurance to address next year’s budget deficit

Updated 1 day ago

Gov. Jared Polis is hoping for a windfall from the privatization of Colorado’s quasi-public workers’ compensation insurance division to cover some of the anticipated deficits...

Gov. Jared Polis abruptly cancels unpublicized meeting with Joint Budget Committee

Updated 1 day ago

Gov. Jared Polis was scheduled to talk to reporters at 12:30 p.m. on Friday at the Governor’s Mansion to discuss his budget proposal for the...

Nebraska says Colorado is stealing its water

Updated 3 days ago

The fight over Nebraska’s attempt to seize privately-owned land in northeastern Colorado persisted this week, with Nebraska accusing Colorado of stealing its water in a...

Election 2025: Over 500,000 Coloradans have cast ballots

Updated 4 days ago

Colorado joins 22-state lawsuit to restore SNAP benefits amid government shutdown

Updated 4 days ago

Colorado: Health insurance premiums set to double in 2026

Updated 5 days ago

Importing beef is not the solution | GABEL

Updated 5 days ago

How to build faith in Colorado’s mail-in ballots | CALDARA

Updated 6 days ago

Colorado hospitals are operating on ‘unsustainable’ margins, report finds

Updated 1 week ago

US Fish and Wildlife Services tells Colorado: No more wolves from Canada, Alaska

Updated 1 week ago

Denver voter guide 2025: Key races and ballot questions across the metro area

Updated 1 week ago

Gov. Jared Polis asks lawmakers for $10 million to sustain food stamp program in Colorado as shutdown enters fifth week

Updated 1 week ago

Financial challenges mount for 16 Colorado school districts, audit reveals

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado’s recidivism rate has decreased significantly, but violent crime is up, new analysis claims

Updated 2 weeks ago

Changes to Colorado’s crime policies led to a significant decrease in recidivism in the state’s prisons, but lowering penalties for certain offenses also increased the...

Connect for Health Colorado has serious financial management problems, audit says

Updated 2 weeks ago

Worries that the quasi-governmental agency that operates Colorado’s official state-based health insurance marketplace was spending money for political purposes turned out to be unfounded, according...

Colorado voters to decide fate of additional funding for school meals program, SNAP

Updated 2 weeks ago

Two statewide ballot measures are up for voter approval early next month, the aim of which is to raise additional funds for free school meals...

Colorado’s changing role as policy lab | CALDARA

Updated 2 weeks ago

For decades, Colorado has served as the nation’s favorite guinea pig — a testing ground for policies so bold, so idealistic and so occasionally boneheaded...

Colorado title board rejects graduated income tax ballot measures

Updated 2 weeks ago

Medicaid spending surge for therapy sessions prompts Colorado to reinstate limits

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado responds to Nebraska’s ‘unserious’ Supreme Court lawsuit over water diversion

Updated 2 weeks ago

Gov. Polis convenes new working group to address Colorado’s lingering AI law challenges

Updated 2 weeks ago

Democrats retreat in Vail raises intraparty eyebrows

Updated 2 weeks ago

Gov. Polis chooses electric vehicles over the handicapped | CALDARA

Updated 3 weeks ago

Energy battle: Colorado power plant closures ignite debate over jobs, taxes and energy future in Pueblo

Updated 3 weeks ago

Republicans choose Ava Flanell in do-over of district vacancy election

Updated 3 weeks ago

Energy battle: Colorado power plant closures ignite debate over jobs, taxes and energy future in Pueblo

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado Springs State Rep. Rebecca Keltie won’t seek re-election in 2026

Updated 3 weeks ago

Polis administration touts local cities’ ‘compliance’ with housing laws

Updated 4 weeks ago

The Polis administration is taking a victory lap this week on local government compliance with housing laws passed by the General Assembly in the past...

Colorado state GOP strives for irrelevance | WADHAMS

Updated 4 weeks ago

To get an intimate and terribly disturbing look at the decline of the Colorado Republican Party, one should watch the YouTube video from Saturday, Sept....

Colorado charities pay bingo volunteers despite law prohibiting it

Updated 4 weeks ago

Colorado’s charitable gaming laws succinctly prohibit state nonprofits from paying or remunerating volunteers who work the bingo and raffle games they host. That doesn’t seem...

Colorado bingo nonprofits don’t always tell the IRS what they tell the state, some say nothing

Updated 4 weeks ago

Editor’s note: This is the last in a three-part series examing Colorado’s $110 million charitable gaming industry. Colorado nonprofits that rely on charitable gaming to...