Shannon Bird, Colorado Democratic primary CD8 candidate
Shannon Bird looks to win the Democratic nomination for a chance to face incumbent U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans next year for Congressional District 8, which is being called one of the most vulnerable seats in Congress and could decide which party holds the majority in the US House.
Bird previously served in the Colorado House of Representatives representing House District 29 from 2019 to 2026 and was vice-chair of the legislature’s powerful Joint Budget Committee, where she helped shape state budget priorities.
With the deadline missed, Bureau of Reclamation plans to move forward on Colorado River operations
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 18 hours ago
Feb. 14 was no Valentine for the seven states of the Colorado River, which failed to come up with an agreement by that deadline on how to manage the river beginning Oct. 1. The Department of the Interior and the...
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Ken Salazar donates archives to Borderlands project, hoping history helps unify country
Vince Bzdek
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Updated 18 hours ago
About the same time the Pilgrims were setting up shop 400 years ago in Plymouth, Ken Salazar’s family was scratching out a toehold in what is now New Mexico, helping to establish the city of Santa Fe. The Salazars had...
Vince Bzdek
Reporter
Senate Democrats weigh skipping Trump State of the Union address
David Sivak, Washington Examiner
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Updated 3 days ago
EXCLUSIVE — Senate Democrats are grappling with whether to leave their chairs empty later this month when President Donald Trump travels to the Capitol to deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term. Senior Democrats have...
David Sivak, Washington Examiner
Reporter
Colorado Republicans set meeting to restrain state chair Brita Horn, but she says they can’t do that
Ernest Luning
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Updated 4 days ago
A Colorado Republican Party officer has scheduled a meeting of the party’s state central committee to consider whether to curb state GOP chair Brita Horn’s spending authority and hold a confidence vote in her leadership, but Horn said the party...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
Trump administration plans to hold back grant money from Colorado, 3 other states
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
The Trump’s administration is planning to withhold some public health and transportation money from a group of Democratic-led states, including Colorado. The other states are California, Illinois and Minnesota. Full details have not been released, including whether the states could...
Thelma Grimes
Reporter
Evans challenger Evan Munsing qualifies by petition for Democratic primary ballot in Colorado’s 8th CD
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
Thornton Democrat Evan Munsing, one of three major Democratic candidates challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans’ bid for a second term, became the first candidate to qualify for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District primary after submitting a sufficient number of valid...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
Colorado delegation splits in House vote to end federal government shutdown
Ernest Luning
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Updated 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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
vince-bzdek@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 weeks 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
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