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Nuclear cheerleading is fine — but what about the cost?
It mystifies me, this perfervid belief in nuclear energy that I see in parts of Colorado. Just weeks ago, the commissioners in one Western Slope county added their support for nuclear. They noted that 65% of residents of northwest Colorado support nuclear. Conferences in Montrose and Pueblo devoted ample time to nuclear cheerleaders. They promise […]
Data shows first-time voter registrations surged in Colorado in July
Last month’s shakeup of the 2024 presidential race appears to have fueled a surge in Coloradans registering to vote, according to data released by the secretary of state’s office. A total of 26,621 people across Colorado’s 64 counties registered as new voters in July, the highest monthly figure the state has recorded since November 2022, […]
‘Republicans for Harris’ rallies members of GOP to campaign for Democratic ticket
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign over the weekend launched a “Republicans for Harris” initiative, as her campaign looks to court moderate GOP voters and others who don’t support former President Donald Trump’s reelection bid for the White House. The Harris team said the effort will be a “campaign within a campaign,” in which […]
Dozens of new state laws poised to take effect in Colorado
A large set of the new laws approved by the Colorado Legislature earlier this year will go into effect this week. Aug. 7 marks the end of the 90-day period following the adjournment of the Legislature when Colorado voters can petition to have certain bills placed on the ballot as a statewide ballot issue. If […]
Colorado abortion ballot organizer says amendment could improve access for Latinx community
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of conversations about voter-initiated efforts to restore abortion access across the country. Colorado is one of five states to have confirmed an abortion-related question on the ballot in November. Many of the proposed amendments (Florida, Maryland, Nevada and South Dakota have also confirmed, while qualification efforts continue […]
Key witness takes stand in Tina Peters election security trial
Gerald Wood, a key witness, testified in the Tina Peters trial Friday. It was day three of the trial in Grand Junction, where two Mesa County election workers, a former human resources director for the county, and the operations manager for Mesa County also testified against Peters. Peters, 68, has been charged with seven felonies […]
Colorado attorney general backs Biden’s proposed Supreme Court reforms
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser this week, in an exclusive interview with Colorado Newsline, endorsed President Joe Biden’s three-pronged plan for reforming the U.S. Supreme Court, with his own tweaks. And he said he is “terrified” by the Project 2025 plan, which could guide a second administration of former President Donald Trump. Trump, the Republican […]
Project 2025 puts public lands in peril
Google “Project 2025.” It’s a 920-page manifesto for a potential second Trump administration that has something (bad) for everyone, but our great public lands estate is put in particular peril. Like most elk (and other) hunters in Western states, I depend on public lands for hunting, hiking, camping and outdoor recreation in general. But more […]
Presidential candidate Kennedy qualifies for Colorado ballot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified to appear on the Colorado ballot in November as an unaffiliated presidential candidate, the Colorado secretary of state’s office announced Thursday. Kennedy and running mate Nicole Shanahan submitted a petition with 21,702 valid signatures. They needed 12,000 signatures. The Kennedy campaign as of Wednesday said it had qualified or […]
1 killed, nearly 10K acres burned in three wildfires along Colorado’s Front Range
Thousands of Coloradans remain evacuated from their homes as three major wildfires burn along the Front Range, and authorities say at least one person has been killed. Human remains were found Wednesday in a home north of Lyons in the burn area of the 1,500-acre Stone Canyon Fire, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said. Five […]
Open primary, ranked choice voting measure earns enough signatures, election reformers say
An election reform group backed by an influential Colorado megadonor says it has submitted 213,000 signatures to the Colorado secretary of state’s office in support of a sweeping measure to abolish party primaries and adopt ranked choice voting. The submission makes it likely that Initiative 310, backed by the group Colorado Voters First, will comfortably […]
With jury selection and opening statements, Tina Peters’ criminal trial is underway
After three postponements, the long-awaited trial of former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters is finally underway. Fifteen jurors — eight women and seven men, 12 jurors and three alternates — were selected Wednesday after two days of vetting by Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew Barrett and attorneys on both sides. In 2022, […]
Republic or democracy? Colorado Republicans are confused.
Conservatives often insist that the United States is “a republic, not a democracy.” It’s actually both, and many Americans use the terms interchangeably. But what’s irrefutably true is that democracy — rule by the people — was there from the beginning, whatever republican systems accompanied and shaped it. It’s also true that democratic values have […]
Boebert challenger Trisha Calvarese fights against the odds in Colorado’s 4th District
When Lauren Boebert won the Republican U.S. House primary election in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in June, news outlets nationwide declared that her efforts to remain in Washington D.C. for another term — which included moving across the state, fending off a scandal at a Colorado theater and courting a different set of constituents — […]
Fate of oil and gas drilling proposal near Aurora homes to be decided following hearing this week
Colorado regulators this week could decide the fate of an oil and gas extraction plan on a large tract of state-owned land east of Aurora, in one of the highest-profile tests to date of the stricter drilling rules enacted under a 2019 health and safety law. The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission, a five-member […]
3 wildfires force evacuations along Colorado’s Front Range amid hot, dry conditions
A fast-growing overnight wildfire on the southwest edge of the Denver metro area is the latest of three fires prompting evacuations and emergency responses along the Front Range this week. Approximately 575 homes in south Jefferson County were under mandatory evacuation orders early Wednesday morning due to the Quarry Fire, which grew overnight to roughly […]
Undocumented immigrants paid $437 million in taxes in Colorado in 2022, study says
A new study shows that undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue in 2022 while many are shut out of the programs their taxes fund. The findings run counter to anti-immigrant rhetoric that undocumented immigrants are “destroying” social programs. In 40 states, including Colorado, undocumented immigrants paid higher tax […]
There is no unity in presidential immunity
This commentary originally appeared in the Rhode Island Current. President Joe Biden suspended his campaign for reelection in a call to unite his party, and the country. The Republican candidate also called for national unity. They have very different ideas about what that unity is. In a country as big and diverse — in every […]
South Dakota father is leading effort to restore abortion rights in the state
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of conversations about voter-initiated efforts to restore abortion access across the country. Unlike other abortion-rights initiatives across the country, major reproductive rights groups haven’t backed the effort to restore access in South Dakota. But that hasn’t stopped Dakotans for Health — a ballot question committee behind […]
‘Weird’ Republicans: Trump, Vance and Kobach can be summed up in one word
This commentary originally appeared in the Kansas Reflector. The word of the moment is “weird.” That’s the term floating around about former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance. Pioneered as an attack line by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “weird” encapsulates the peculiar position of our modern-day […]
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