Tag: Colorado Politics
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How deep is Colorado’s rural-urban divide? 10 takeaways from the Rural Reckoning series | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save How bad is the rural/urban divide in Colorado? That’s what a team of reporters at Colorado Politics and The Colorado Network, our statewide collective of freelancers, set out to measure and understand. Through extensive interviews, data analysis and community voices, our journalists have documented the…
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Gazette newspapers win multiple Society of Professional Journalist Top of the Rockies awards
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Gazette family of newspapers — Denver Gazette, The Gazette of Colorado Springs and Colorado Politics — earned dozens of journalism awards, including 18 first place finishes and the contest’s most prestigious honors, from the Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies 2024 Contest. The…
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EDITORIAL: Elect O’Dea and replace an ineffective Sen. Bennet
Colorado has the choice to elect a senator who will achieve positive change. Voters should elect self-made businessman Joe O’Dea, whose lifetime work has netted positive results. Replace a Washington insider who has achieved almost nothing in 13 years. By electing O’Dea, voters will replace a senator so ineffective he did not garner 1% support…
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ENDORSEMENT: Elect Lang Sias, the Top Gun for Colorado
Tom Cruise is not running for Colorado state treasurer. Yet, we have Lang Sias. He’s like Top Gun’s Maverick — in real-life — minus the risky test-the-limits behavior. After a conversation with Sias, one must wonder why we lack candidates of this quality for president of the United States. That’s not an exaggeration. He is…
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Common Sense Institute names Kelly Caufield as its new Colorado leader
The Common Sense Institute tapped Kelly Caufield on Friday as executive director of the research organization’s Colorado branch. Denver-based Caufield will take the reins in Colorado as Kristin Strohm, the organization’s president and CEO, focuses on expanding the Common Sense Institute nationwide. Currently, the Common Sense Institute operates in Colorado and Arizona, with plans to…
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Q&A with Sen. Gonzales and Rep. Froelich | On making Colorado a sanctuary for abortion access
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, Colorado has emerged as a national leader for abortion protections. Even before the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was released in June, state lawmakers enshrined abortion as a fundamental right under the Reproductive Health Equity Act. Among the most permissive…
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Colorado contest allows high schoolers to design state’s next ‘I Voted’ sticker
The digital “I Voted” sticker to be sent to Colorado voters this November will be designed by a local high school student. The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office launched the sticker design contest Monday, allowing all high schoolers in the state to submit a design for the sticker that will be digitally sent to all…
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Polis elected as new chair of Western Governors’ Association
Gov. Jared Polis has been elected as the new chair of the Western Governors’ Association, chosen to lead the bipartisan coalition of 22 governors from the western half of the United States. Polis, who has served as vice chair of the association for the last year, was selected by his fellow governors to replace Idaho…
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Voter turnout dips among youth, rises for elderly in Colorado primary election
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This year’s primary election saw the lowest turnout of young voters since Colorado began tracking primary voter ages in 2018, with experts speculating the two major parties are failing to engage the youth. Only 4.3% of the 1.235 million ballots cast last month were from…