The Colorado Senate GOP caucus tried to use a parliamentary objection to extend the session until at least Tuesday. Senate President Steve Fenberg blocked the maneuver in a dramatic turn, but the session will still last at least one more day because of the dust-up.
Jesse Paul
Jesse Paul is a Denver-based political reporter and editor at The Colorado Sun, covering the state legislature, Congress and local politics. He is the author of The Unaffiliated newsletter and also occasionally fills in on breaking news coverage.
A Colorado College graduate, Jesse worked at The Denver Post from June 2014 until July 2018, when he joined The Sun. He was also an intern at The Gazette in Colorado Springs and The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware, his hometown.
Jesse has won awards for long form feature writing, public service reporting, sustained coverage and deadline news reporting.
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Honors & Awards: Best Breaking News/Deadline Best Breaking News/Deadline Reporting: The minute-by-minute story of the Marshall fire’s wind-fueled tear through Boulder County. Jennifer Brown, Jesse Paul (Colorado Press Association). Best Politics Reporting: Meet the Colorado rancher spending $11 million – and counting – to prevent Jared Polis from winning reelection. Jesse Paul (Second Place, Colorado Press Association). Best Politics News Coverage (editor), 1st, Society of Professional Journalists April 2022. Best Breaking News Coverage, 2nd, Society of Professional Journalists April 2022. Best Short-Form Feature Reporting, 2nd, Society of Professional Journalists April 2022. Best Extended Coverage, 1st, Society of Professional Journalists April 2021. Best Long Form Feature Reporting, 1st, Society of Professional Journalists April 2021. Best Pandemic Coverage, 2nd, Society of Professional Journalists April 2021. Best Public Service Reporting, 1st, The Colorado Press Association May 2020. Best Public Service Reporting, 1st, Society of Professional Journalists April 2020. Best Politics Enterprise Reporting, 1st, Society of Professional Journalists April 2020. Best Long Form Feature Reporting, 1st, Society of Professional Journalists April 2020. Best Health General Reporting, 1st, Society of Professional Journalists May 2019. Best Politics General Reporting, 1st, Society of Professional Journalists May 2019. Best Sustained Coverage, 1st, The Colorado Press Association April 2018. Best Deadline News Reporting, 1st and 2nd, Colorado Press Association April 2018. Best Breaking News Reporting, 1st, Society of Professional Journalists Jan. 2016. Best Deadline News Reporting, 1st, The Colorado Press Association Jan. 2016.
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Posted inPolitics and Government
Donald Trump can appear on Colorado’s 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot, judge rules
Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace found, however, that Trump “incited an insurrection”
Posted inPolitics and Government
Democrats will pursue same property tax relief for homeowners offered under Proposition HH during special session
The big differences between Proposition HH and the Democrats’ special session property tax plan is that it wouldn’t affect TABOR refunds dollars and it would offer no new relief for commercial properties
Posted inPolitics and Government
Denver judge hears closing arguments in lawsuit aimed at blocking Trump from Colorado’s 2024 GOP primary ballot
Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace is expected to issue her ruling in the Colorado lawsuit before the end of this week
Posted inPolitics and Government
Support for Proposition HH began eroding the moment the Colorado property tax relief plan was introduced
That weak foundation was reflected in how voters rejected Proposition HH, a 10-year property tax relief and state spending overhaul, by an 18 percentage-point margin last week
Posted inPolitics and Government
Federal judge denies effort to block enforcement of Colorado’s new law imposing 3-day waiting period on gun purchases
The law, passed by the Democratic majority in the Colorado legislature this year, was challenged by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a hard-line gun rights group in the state
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado governor calls special session on property taxes following failure of Proposition HH
If the legislature doesn’t act before early December, a jump in home values will lead to large increases in Colorado property tax bills. But there’s no clear consensus on how to provide relief.
Posted inPolitics and Government
What the failure of Proposition HH means for your property taxes and TABOR refunds
Coloradans’ property taxes will rise by an average of 40% without legislative or local government intervention. People who make less than $99,000 will get smaller taxpayer refunds than they would have had Proposition HH passed
Posted inElection 2023
Colorado voters approve sending millions more dollars to the state’s new universal preschool program
Proposition II, which was approved by a wide margin Tuesday, lets the state keep and spend all the revenue collected through Colorado’s increased tobacco and nicotine taxes
Posted inElection 2023
Colorado voters reject Proposition HH, forcing governor and legislature back to the property tax relief drawing board
The ballot measure’s failure was a setback for Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who insisted the complex proposal to cut property tax rates while increasing state funding for K-12 was the best way to alleviate housing costs next year.