Tag: Featured Stories
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Party-line vote sends ‘red flag’ law expansion to Colorado Senate
A panel of Colorado state senators voted along party lines Tuesday to advance a bill that would further expand who can ask a judge to temporarily restrict a person’s access to firearms under Colorado’s extreme risk protection order law. The Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted, 3-2, to move the bill to the full…
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From child actors to ‘kidfluencers’: Colorado lawmakers consider digital-age Coogan Act
Jackie Coogan had been an actor since birth, or just about. His first acting gig was as a toddler in the 1917 silent film, “Skinner’s Baby,” where he played the titular infant. At age 7, he starred alongside Charlie Chaplin in 1921’s “The Kid,” and by the time he turned 21, he was estimated to…
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Colorado Democrats reignite debate over gender identity in child custody cases
Democratic lawmakers eye reviving a provision related to gender identity in child custody cases that was stripped from a bill signed into law last year. Last session, lawmakers passed House Bill 1312, which dealt with legal protections for transgender individuals. The law included new provisions dealing with name changes on marriage certificates, sex designations on…
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Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper raises over $1.1 million in 4th quarter for reelection bid
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 receipts to nearly $7.6 million since the former two-term governor ousted a Republican incumbent in…
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Colorado wildlife officials report first wolf death of 2026 as mortality count reaches 13
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced late Monday that another British Columbia female gray wolf, known as 2504-BC, was found dead in northwest Colorado on Friday. No cause of death nor an exact location of where the wolf was found was disclosed by CPW. A necropsy will be performed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.…
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With guidelines expiring, federal agency releases draft plan for Colorado River operations
Two months after the seven states of the Colorado River Basin failed to reach consensus on managing the waterway, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation issued a set of proposed alternatives. The alternatives are familiar concepts, including “no action” — an unlikely scenario — and certain levels of coordination, including voluntary measures, among the states. One…
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No kings here: Colorado House votes to strip ‘His Excellency’ from governor’s title
In a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, the Colorado House voted on the first day of the 2026 legislative session to change Gov. Jared Polis’s title in a resolution. In an amendment pitched by Rep. Ken DeGraaf, R-Colorado Springs, lawmakers voted, 60-5, to change the governor’s title from “His Excellency” to “Honorable” in a resolution…
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No TABOR refunds this year, as Colorado Gov. Polis warns of tight fiscal outlook
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday submitted revised budget requests for the next two fiscal years, calling for new public safety spending, changes to Medicaid growth, and renewed efforts to privatize Pinnacol Assurance. Notably, the governor said Colorado residents won’t get refunds from the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR). “We are focused on protecting the issues…
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Independent Crank challenger Matt Cavanaugh joins Democratic primary in Colorado’s 5th CD
Matt Cavanaugh, the Army combat veteran and author who has been running an independent campaign to unseat first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, registered this week as a Democrat and will seek the party’s nomination for the seat. Cavanaugh told Colorado Politics that his principles haven’t changed, but the former…
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‘Rot in hell’: Trump post reignites feud with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over Tina Peters
Heading into the New Year, President Donald Trump said he would like Gov. Jared Polis and others in Colorado to “rot in hell.” The object of the president’s ire is Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of state crimes for a data breach in the 2020 election. Polis, along with other Colorado officials, has…