How Colorado voted: What happened on Election Day
Here’s a rundown of some of the other major outcomes from Election Day:
Source: The Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Secretary of State’s Office
Colorado schools growing the next generation of teachers in their classrooms
Eric Young
eric.young@gazette.com
Updated 19 minutes ago
At Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, first-year family and consumer sciences culinary teacher Taiyah Mooney feels right at home. In addition to graduating from the very school not long ago in 2022, she returned to her stomping grounds uniquely...
Colorado justices consider whether man can be convicted for convincing mom to lie for him
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 minutes ago
There was no dispute that Michael Thomas Hupke asked his mother to lie to his parole officer on his behalf. Further, Hupke acknowledged Mesa County prosecutors could have charged him as an accomplice to his mother’s deceit, or for soliciting...
Colorado’s recidivism rate has decreased significantly, but violent crime is up, new analysis finds
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A new analysis by the Common Sense Institute has found that Colorado’s criminal justice reform policies have led to a significant decrease in recidivism in the state’s prisons, but lowered penalties for certain offenses have led to an increase in...
Financial challenges mount for 16 Colorado school districts, audit reveals
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Sixteen school districts in Colorado, almost all of them rural, are showing signs of financial stress, according to an audit released on the fiscal health of the state’s 178 public school districts. Eighteen other districts, however, are moving off the...
Trump-Putin summit planned for Budapest is on hold after Rubio spoke with Lavrov, US official says
Matthew Lee
matthew.lee@associatedpress.com
Updated 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans are on hold for President Donald Trump to sit down with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about resolving the war in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official. The meeting had been announced last week. It...
Air Force Academy association to revisit honoring activist Charlie Kirk
Mary Shinn
mary-shinn@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
The Air Force Academy’s Association of Graduates board will revisit whether to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk after receiving an outpouring of feedback on the controversial figure. Retired Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop introduced motions to recommend Kirk receive an honorary...
Combat veteran, author Matt Cavanaugh launches independent challenge to Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
Army combat veteran and author Matt Cavanaugh on Tuesday launched an independent bid to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, predicting that its voters are hungry for an alternative to what he termed the...
Aurora police allowed to use facial recognition tech, lawmakers decide
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 36 minutes ago
Aurora City Council gave Aurora Police Department permission to use facial recognition technology in a council meeting Monday night, with two councilmembers voting against it. The Aurora Police Department’s facial recognition technology would give police opportunities to enhance productivity, crime...
‘Mental gymnastics’: Lawyers, judge dissect Colorado Supreme Court’s racial bias rule for jury selection
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Lawyers from the prosecution and defense communities, along with a trial judge, attempted on Thursday to demystify a recent rule change addressing racial discrimination in criminal jury selection, with some head-scratching about what the Colorado Supreme Court had actually done....
Connect for Health Colorado has serious financial management problems, audit says
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours 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 to a new audit. But the state audit found that Connect for Health Colorado has...
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