Straight outta #copolitics: fake news, ‘fake reporter’…fake pledge?
Colorado’s place in President Trump’s oil-and-gas approach | Paula Noonan
Paula Noonan
paula-noonan@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Head spinning is the unwanted reality of today’s world. Let’s start at the international level. The wars in the Middle East since the 1950s have never ended. Though religion and ethnicity are factors, oil and gas access is always predominant...
Reject onerous ad limits in sports-betting bill | OPINION
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
By Justin Sasso A dangerous precedent is potentially afoot in the Colorado state Senate right now, where a bill was recently introduced to restrict advertising for local broadcast media across Colorado. Senate Bill 26-131, seemingly designed to discourage Coloradans from participating...
Reform to Colorado’s grantmaking drives efficiency, strengthens state’s partnership with nonprofits | OPINION
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
By Marco Dorado and Jack Murphy Colorado’s nonprofit sector is one of the most significant contributors to our state’s economic and civic life, with more than 14,000 registered nonprofit organizations supporting more than 262,000 jobs — approximately 10% of all...
Costly auto mandate amounts to needless overkill | FEEDBACK
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
HB26-1199 is currently in the legislature, and let me explain how this affects you. Currently in the state of Colorado, your vehicle’s emissions have to meet California standards even though you do not live in California. Though we all can agree...
Colorado legislators consider $500 million in general fund cuts amid $1.5 billion deficit
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee is working through a list Wednesday of about 150 suggestions to cut as much as $1.5 billion in general fund dollars out of next year’s budget. The largest on the list prepared by JBC staff...
Colorado’s push for affordable housing continues as Gov. Polis signs HOME Act, workforce housing bill
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis held the first public bill signing of the 2026 legislative session on Wednesday, signing a pair of housing measures into law. The bills — House Bill 1001 and Senate Bill 001 — are part of Democrats’ affordable...
Colorado farmers begin spring planting season with soaring fertilizer costs and price-gouging fears
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 11 hours ago
As Colorado farmers prepare their fields for spring planting, many are sounding the alarm over fertilizer prices that have surged far beyond what they say global supply disruptions can explain. With nitrogen costs up 30% in a matter of days,...
Federal judge refuses to authorize immediate appeal in World Cup trafficking lawsuit
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
A federal judge declined to authorize an immediate appeal last week of a prior decision allowing companies operating out of Colorado to be sued for allegedly participating in a human trafficking venture involving Filipino laborers who constructed facilities for the...
Colorado lawmakers approve $150,000 ibogaine study bill targeting PTSD and addiction
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
The Colorado House Health and Human Services Committee advanced a bill that would create a $150,000 research pilot program to study the safety and effectiveness of ibogaine, a psychoactive compound that claims to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, opioid addiction, and...
Federal judge considers second round of sanctions against ex-Colorado judicial discipline director
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
A federal judge ordered Colorado’s former judicial discipline director on Tuesday to explain why she should not sanction him a second time for filing documents for improper purposes, such as harassment or delay. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Kathryn H....