Keenesburg grew by 65% from 2020 to 2022, estimates show. Large cities were relatively stable while some ski towns lost residents.
Elliott Wenzler
Elliott Wenzler wrote about politics, water, housing, and other topics for The Colorado Sun from October 2022 through September 2023. She has covered community issues in Colorado since 2019, including for Colorado Community Media. She has been featured in various outlets for her reporting, including on Colorado Public Radio's show Colorado Matters and the podcast City Cast. Previously, she wrote about local issues for the Palm Beach Post in Florida and Main Street Media in Tennessee.
Topic expertise: Politics, housing, guns, water, abortion
Location: Denver
Education: University of Arkansas
Honors & Awards: CPA awards - first place in 2023 for environmental reporting for a story on malfunctioning sewage system in Castle Pines; Awarded second for Best Health Feature in 2021 by the Colorado Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists; Awarded second for a package of stories on the local school district in 2023 by the Colorado Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
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Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado governor vetoes three bills, including one that may have delayed wolf reintroduction
The other two measures Jared Polis vetoed would have changed the clemency application process and offered a cost reduction for low-income Coloradans pursuing driver’s education
Posted inWater
Colorado’s legislative action on water this year was mostly about what lawmakers didn’t do
Water issues fell by the wayside at the Colorado Capitol as topics like gun control, housing and abortion took center stage.
Posted inPolitics and Government
The defining moments of the 2023 legislative session in Colorado
Here are the things that happened under the gold dome in Denver this year that shaped the 120-day lawmaking term
Posted inPolitics and Government
101 bills debated in the Colorado legislature in 2023 that you should know about
The Colorado Sun combed through the 600-plus bills introduced at the Capitol this year to find the ones that will affect — or would have affected — your life
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado legislature asks voters to approve 10-year property tax relief plan, make $2B in taxpayer refund checks equal
The Colorado General Assembly ended its 120-day lawmaking term Monday night by putting a measure on the November ballot
Posted inHousing
Colorado Senate kills languishing land-use bill from Jared Polis that aimed to boost affordable housing
The chamber will not take up the measure, Senate Bill 213, before the lawmaking term ends at 11:59 p.m., effectively shelving the legislation
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado legislature runs out of time on just-cause eviction bill, single-payer health care study
At least four bills died on the calendar Sunday after the Colorado legislature ran out of time to debate them before the 2023 lawmaking term ends Monday
Posted inCrime and Courts
Colorado legislature shuts down state criminal justice commission that has made policy recommendations for nearly 20 years
Formed by state lawmakers in 2007, the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice was the brainchild of then-Gov. Bill Ritter. The panel was intended to remove partisanship from the process of drafting criminal justice policy, but progressives said it had become a roadblock.
Posted inHousing
House Democrats will try to resurrect provisions in Colorado land-use bill that were gutted in the Senate
The House sponsors of Senate Bill 213 want to add back provisions mandating density. If approved, the measure could lead to a clash with the Senate in the final days of the 2023 lawmaking term