Author: Marianne Goodland
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Another translocated wolf dies in Colorado, bringing total to 12
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Friday morning that another British Columbia wolf, a female with the tag 2506, died in southwest Colorado. No cause of death was announced. A necropsy will be performed by U.S. Fish & Wildlife. The exact location was not identified, but southwestern Colorado is home to both the Ute Mountain Ute…
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Colorado figured out how to load state money onto EBT cards, officials say
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Colorado officials said they figured out a way to load state funds onto the electronic cards of food stamp recipients. Officials from the Department of Human Services told Colorado Politics they had spoken “extensively” with the vendor for the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card. The EBT card is called Colorado Quest. A Joint Budget Committee…
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Colorado Court of Appeals rules against Douglas Bruce in ‘trip and fall’ case
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Douglas Bruce — author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and a former inmate convicted of tax evasion — lost an appeal Thursday in the Colorado Court of Appeals related to a fall he suffered at the 2022 Western Conservative Summit. In April 2023, Bruce sued the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center and its…
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Colorado group files ethics complaints against 12 Democratic lawmakers over Vail retreat
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A group filed complaints Wednesday with the state ethics commission against 12 Democratic state lawmakers, alleging they accepted funding from the “dark money” group One Main Street Colorado for a three-day retreat at a luxury hotel in Vail last October. The complaints from Colorado Common Cause alleged the lawmakers accepted illegal gifts from One Main…
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Trump administration taps Steve Pearce to head Bureau of Land Management
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Steve Pearce, a former Republican congressman from New Mexico and, until last December, the chair of the New Mexico Republican Party, is the latest nominee from the Trump administration to head the federal Bureau of Land Management. The BLM manages public lands, a critical issue for Colorado, where the federal government owns more than a…
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Despite voter approval, Colorado’s SNAP recipients unlikely to see Proposition MM benefits anytime soon
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Colorado voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a tax hike on households earning at least $300,000, after being told it would not only help fund free school meals for students but also boost food assistance through the federal food stamp program. However, early indications are that the added benefits may not reach recipients of the Supplemental…
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Colorado voters OK tax hike to raise more money for school meals
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Two ballot measures that asked voters for more money to cover the costs to provide free meals to students at Colorado schools have secured a wide lead, according to the latest unofficial tally. Unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s elections division showed Proposition LL winning with about 63% of the vote; Proposition MM is…
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Gov. Jared Polis’ plan to privatize Pinnacol Assurance comes with legal questions
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Gov. Jared Polis recently announced that, as part of his proposed 2026-27 budget, he would allow Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s quasi-public workers’ compensation insurance division, to go private. However, questions on whether it’s possible or legal remain. The Polis administration previously claimed that Pinnacol is a state asset that can be “spun off.” Pinnacol, a domestic…
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Gov. Polis proposes privatizing Pinnacol Assurance to address next year’s budget deficit
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Gov. Jared Polis is hoping for a windfall from the privatization of Colorado’s quasi-public workers’ compensation insurance division to cover some of the anticipated deficits in next year’s operating budget. The 2026-27 state budget, as proposed by the governor, amounts to $47.9 billion, which translates to a 5.2% increase over the current budget. That’s twice…
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Gov. Jared Polis abruptly cancels unpublicized meeting with Joint Budget Committee
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Gov. Jared Polis was scheduled to talk to reporters at 12:30 p.m. on Friday at the Governor’s Mansion to discuss his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, which he is required to submit to the Joint Budget Committee on Nov. 1. Before addressing the media, Polis had planned to meet with the Joint Budget…
