Tag: Politics
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As lawmakers return, federal pressure and fiscal stress poised to shape Colorado’s 2026 session
The eight months since lawmakers wrapped up the 2025 legislative session have been anything but quiet. Federal funding cuts, a flurry of presidential executive orders, an election year fast approaching — not to mention a projected $1.2 billion budget shortfall — are all converging as policymakers prepare to return to the Capitol for the 2026…
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Aurora’s new progressives rewrite reality | Michael A. Hancock
Progressive politics rarely arrives announcing itself as ideology. It arrives as emergency, not to solve a problem, but to justify a savior. The language is familiar: equity, justice, compassion, fairness. The tone is moral. The urgency is absolute. And the message is always the same — this city is broken, its institutions are corrupt, and…
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Governor, legislators, advocates seek changes after cases expose gaps in Colorado’s competency system
After a series of high-profile crimes throughout the state last spring and summer exposed gaps in Colorado’s legal system for individuals declared incompetent to stand trial, lawmakers and an advocacy organization are pushing for changes this year. Extensive media coverage of cases such as Solomon Galligan’s — a convicted sex offender arrested last year for…
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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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Tim Walz, Democrats’ 2024 VP candidate, won’t run for a third term as Minnesota governor
ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats 2024 candidate for vice president, is ending his bid for a third term as governor less than four months after launching a reelection campaign. Walz said in a statement Monday that he believes he would have won another term but decided “that I can’t give…
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Hegseth censures Kelly after Democrats’ video urging troops to resist unlawful orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that he censured Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. Hegseth said the censure — by itself simply a formal letter with little practical consequence — was “a necessary process…
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Campbell was a unique political character
There are many things to appreciate about the late Ben Nighthorse Campbell, but one of the items at the top of the list is his belief that it’s more important to kill bad bills than to sign onto a mediocre bill in the name of visibility. His time in the statehouse was the era of…
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Next move: Rubio says Cuba ‘in a lot of trouble’
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn’t divulge details on what the future holds for Cuba after the United States captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, only saying the Trump administration isn’t “big fans” of Cuba’s regime. Rubio dismissed the idea of the U.S. being at war with Venezuela, suggesting the U.S. is actually at war against drug trafficking organizations. In the…
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Jeffries mum on whether he supports another gov’t shutdown
Jenny Goldsberry Washington Examiner House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) avoided a question about whether he would support another government shutdown at the end of this month. Congress made history at the end of last year by shutting the government down for the longest period in history, at 43 days. However, the continuing resolution that reopened and funded the government…
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Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado dies at 92
DENVER — Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former senator and U.S. representative of Colorado known for his passionate advocacy of Native American issues, died Tuesday. He was 92. Campbell died of natural causes surrounded by his family, his daughter, Shanan Campbell, confirmed to The Associated Press. Campbell, a Democrat who stunned his party by joining the…