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Diverging grassroots, super PAC funding shaping Colorado’s 2024 congressional races
Races in three of Colorado’s eight congressional districts are attracting campaign contributions by the truckload in 2024, especially from Democrats. But outside spending figures suggest a significant mismatch between the headline-grabbing contests drawing donations from grassroots donors and the battlegrounds judged to be the most competitive by both parties’ deep-pocketed national super PACs. Democrat Trisha […]
New cumulative impacts rules fall short of meaningful protections for Coloradans’ health
We’re seeing the impacts all around us: wildfires up and down the Front Range, unhealthy air quality from smoke and pollution, extreme heat forcing us indoors, inflated energy costs due to increased usage of air conditioning — if we’re lucky enough to have access. Climate change is here and now, and we know that many […]
New Colorado rule on oil and gas ’cumulative impacts’ falls short, environmentalists say
Colorado oil and gas regulators have given final approval to a new rule requiring drillers to better analyze the combined environmental effects of their operations, but activists say the move is the latest example of the state failing to live up to the goals of a 2019 health and safety law. Members of the Energy […]
Grocery overcharges among faults highlighted in Colorado commercial scale audit
The entity in charge of making sure commercial scales, such as shipping scales and the ones at grocery store checkouts, has not been inspecting all of them as required by law, a recent state audit found. Scales that overweigh items can collectively cost consumers thousands of dollars per year. “I appreciate you realizing that this […]
The people leading abortion-rights ballot efforts
Abortion questions are on the ballot directly in 10 states across the nation. Behind most campaigns seeking to secure abortion rights are everyday Americans who put in months — even years — of work to get these ballot measures before voters. (Maryland and New York are the exceptions, with ballot questions drafted by lawmakers instead.) […]
Where to find the cost of living on your ballot
This story originally appeared in The Colorado Sun. One of the top issues on the minds of Colorado voters this election is the cost of living, with about 15% in our Voter Voices survey saying they intend to focus first on the economy as they mark their ballots. Coloradans are concerned about the price of housing, […]
Pueblo City Council narrowly votes down anti-abortion ordinance
Pueblo City Council members voted Tuesday night to kill a proposed city ordinance that would have banned abortion access in the city, saving itself from an almost certain legal fight with the state. The council voted 4-3 against advancing the ordinance for a public hearing and a final vote. Council members Regina Maestri, Mark Aliff […]
Harris in interview with Charlamagne Tha God urges disillusioned voters to not give up
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on a popular radio show Tuesday encouraged Americans to vote this year even if they don’t believe all of the issues they’re concerned about can be fixed in the immediate future. “The solutions are not going to happen just overnight, and the solutions that we all want are not going […]
Colorado’s home health care workers poised for historic step forward
If you follow news from the health care industry, you might have seen a recent article shedding light on a report forecasting an impending shortage of home health care workers in Colorado — more specifically, a shortage of nearly 20% of care workers in our state’s rural communities. I read the report, but I wasn’t […]
Fact check: Colorado voting machines not connected to the internet
Most counties in Colorado have upgraded their voting systems equipment since 2020 to models that physically cannot connect to the internet, and those that rely on older machines are statutorily required to disable any wireless capability. Election officials say that even the older models do not create a vulnerability in the voting system, as some […]
Overdose deaths are down nationally, but up in many Western states
This story originally appeared in Stateline. Despite an encouraging national dip in the past year, overdose deaths are still on the rise in many Western states as the epicenter of the nation’s continuing crisis shifts toward the Pacific Coast, where deadly fentanyl and also methamphetamine are finding more victims. Overdose deaths remain sharply higher since […]
Where to find immigration on your ballot
This story originally appeared at CPR News. Immigration — who’s coming to the country, how they arrive here and what it means for the nation’s identity — has long been a top concern for many voters. Our ongoing Voter Voices survey shows it remains so among large groups of Coloradans, and especially for self-identified conservatives. […]
Colorado officials encourage voters to be wary of intimidation, election disinformation
Two top state officials in Colorado recently shared information to ensure voters are informed on their right to vote free of intimidation and how to avoid election disinformation ahead of the 2024 election. A public advisory Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a Democrat, released Monday explained Colorado’s legal protections against voter intimidation, how someone can […]
Lawsuit over Colorado GOP leadership dismissed, leaving Dave Williams as chair
A lawsuit over the leadership of the Colorado Republican Party has been dismissed, leaving Dave Williams as the chair of the state party after a group of party members tried to vote him out. The lawsuit in El Paso County District Court was dismissed earlier this month at the request of Eli Bremer and two […]
As AI takes the helm of decision making, signs of perpetuating historic biases emerge
In a recent study evaluating how chatbots make loan suggestions for mortgage applications, researchers at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh University found something stark: there was clear racial bias at play. With 6,000 sample loan applications based on data from the 2022 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the chatbots recommended denials for more Black applicants than identical white counterparts. […]
Trump attacks immigrants, repeats debunked gang takeover rhetoric in Aurora rally
Former President Donald Trump stoked fears about increased immigration on Friday during a highly-anticipated rally in the Denver suburb that made national headlines over debunked claims of a Venezuelan gang takeover. “What the hell are they doing to our country? What are they doing to Colorado? They’re ruining this state,” he said at the beginning […]
Colorado Democrats slam Trump’s ‘lies and distortions’ ahead of Aurora rally
Five of Colorado’s top Democratic elected officials held a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris at an Aurora brewery on Friday morning, where they pushed back on the racist rhetoric and false claims about immigrants made by former President Donald Trump in the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election. Later on Friday, Trump […]
Trump visits Colorado: Updates on rally in Aurora
Former President Donald Trump plans to speak at a rally in Aurora on Friday. He is visiting Colorado to highlight the purported danger of Venezuelan gang members in Aurora, according to an announcement from his presidential campaign this week. This premise is based on false claims, amplified by local Republican officials, that members of the […]
How false claims of a ’complete gang takeover’ drew Trump to Aurora
Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally at a luxury resort in Aurora on Friday, a little over two months after local right-wing political figures began to spread the false and exaggerated claims about a gang “takeover” that have thrust the city into the spotlight of the 2024 presidential campaign. No major-party presidential candidate […]
Candidate Q&A: Colorado’s 7th Congressional District
Coloradans will elect representatives to the 119th Congress in all eight of the state’s congressional districts in 2024. Members will be sworn in to serve two-year terms beginning on Jan. 3, 2025. Republicans currently hold a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, which they have used to stonewall President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda while […]
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