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Legislature busy sending lots of minor bills for governor’s signature | Hal Bidlack

Updated 21 hours ago

One of the benefits of being, well, I guess technically, some type of journalist writing here on Colorado Politics, isI get on interesting mailing lists....

Killing off the Regional Transportation District | Miller Hudson

Updated 2 days ago

This column is appearing the same day state Sen. Matt Ball (D) of Denver and his legislative co-sponsors unveil legislation implementing many of the recommendations...

Green energy shouldn’t come at expense of Colorado farmers, ranchers feeding us | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 days ago

In 2023, the Department of Energy released the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC) study identifying areas they speculate would experience transmission capacity constraints of...

Bill in state legislature would put large apartment projects in single-family neighborhoods | Cronin & Loevy

Updated 2 days ago

There is an old joke that goes something like this: “When the state legislature is in session, no person and their property are safe.” That...

Colorado hates its disabled citizens | Jon Caldara

Updated 3 days ago

Kwame Spearman warrants plenty of criticism, not cancellation | SONDERMANN

Updated 4 days ago

Colorado’s place in President Trump’s oil-and-gas approach | Paula Noonan

Updated 6 days ago

What exactly makes you a public figure? | Hal Bidlack

Updated 1 week ago

Mum on his own replacement, Bennet disrespects voters | Dick Wadhams

Updated 1 week ago

What kind of energy independence did we pay for? | Miller Hudson

Updated 1 week ago

Those who cannot live without wild things | Rachel Gabel

Updated 1 week ago

Thank God for Wyoming — the un-Colorado | Jon Caldara

Updated 1 week ago

It’s time to let unaffiliated voters caucus | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 weeks ago

A Mile High, again: Capitol M | Week of March 21, 2026

Updated 2 weeks ago

The insular bubble of caucuses and assemblies | SONDERMANN

Updated 2 weeks ago

Nearly 30 years ago, then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan coined the term “irrational exuberance” to describe the overheated stock market. That descriptive phrase could also...

Penny wise but foolish by pounds | Paula Noonan

Updated 2 weeks ago

Leadership of Colorado’s General Assembly introduced the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Legislative Appropriation bill, HB26-1333, at $75.72 million. That will be the budget to run the...

Want to talk to the Colorado legislature? Be nice | Hal Bidlack

Updated 2 weeks ago

As I peruse Colorado Politics each week, in search of a topic upon which I can wax philosophic, I sometimes come across stories that seem,...

Constituents still message DC — but are our reps even listening? | Miller Hudson

Updated 2 weeks ago

Each time I visit the nation’s capital, it feels a bit like a homecoming — not that I would ever wish to return as a...

Stealing voters’ expectation of expert wildlife management | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 weeks ago

Are our overlords normalizing power outages? | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 weeks ago

Who has the power to declare war? | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 2 weeks ago

The delicate, ever-changing dance between politics and religion | SONDERMANN

Updated 3 weeks ago

Roasts, get yer roasts, here: Capitol M | Week of March 14, 2026

Updated 3 weeks ago

The backstory behind the school-funding TABOR ballot initiative | Paula Noonan

Updated 3 weeks ago

You get what you pay for in your state reps | Hal Bidlack

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado’s GOP at its best — and worst | Dick Wadhams

Updated 3 weeks ago

Someone’s lying in latest activist embarrassment for Polis’ CPW Commission | Rachel Gabel

Updated 3 weeks ago

Ask Secretary of State candidates if they’re in favor of independent election audits | Jon Caldara

Updated 3 weeks ago

Redistricting plan to give Colorado Dems 7 members of the U.S. House will split El Paso County | Bob Loevy

Updated 3 weeks ago

A proposed redistricting plan, which would give Colorado seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and only one Republican, will split El Paso...

Can deliberation save democracy? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 4 weeks ago

In September 2019, 523 Americans traveled to Dallas for an experiment called “America in One Room.” The gathering was designed to test a theory: Could...

Redistricting scheme would give Colorado Democrats seven House members, split El Paso County | Bob Loevy

Updated 4 weeks ago

A proposed redistricting plan, which could give Colorado seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and only one Republican, would split El Paso...

Is Trump a builder or just a latter-day headhunter? | SONDERMANN

Updated 4 weeks ago

It was well under 100 hours after President Donald Trump’s overly long, overly theatrical State of the Union speech that he unleashed American bombers across...