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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.
Topic expertise: Politics, breaking news, skiing, aviation
Location: Denver
Newsletter: The Unaffiliated, Colorado’s premier, must-read politics and policy newsletter
Language(s) spoken in addition to English: Spanish
Education: Colorado College
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 inElection 2023
Colorado secretary of state’s robocall reminding millions of voters to cast their ballots cost $50,000
The call comes after Jena Griswold faced criticism last year when her office spent more than $1 million to run a TV ad featuring her and former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, a Republican, in the months leading up to the 2022 election
Posted inPolitics and Government
Congressman Ken Buck won’t run for reelection in 2024, citing GOP’s embrace of election conspiracies
Buck, who was first elected to the House in 2014, cited Republicans’ embrace of election conspiracies as part of his reason for leaving Congress
Posted inElection 2023
Group supporting Proposition HH launches $1 million ad blitz as Election Day nears
A late infusion of cash to Property Tax Relief Now made the spending possible, but the groups opposing the ballot measure have still raised and spent more money
Posted inPolitics and Government
Jared Polis vows to veto bill authorizing sites where people could use illicit drugs and be revived if they overdose
The governor’s opposition effectively means the so-called overdose prevention centers won’t be allowed in Colorado until at least after his term ends in January 2027
Posted inPolitics and Government
Police officers who responded to Jan. 6 riot testify at first day of trial in lawsuit aiming to block Trump from Colorado’s primary ballot
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, also testified in Denver District Court in a case that is part of a national effort to block the former president form running for reelection
Posted inPolitics and Government
Propuesta HH: Lo que necesita saber acerca del plan de ayuda fiscal sobre bienes inmuebles en Colorado
La Propuesta HH mitigaría esos elevados impuestos inmobiliarios en Colorado al menos por los siguientes 10 años. También haría crecer el presupuesto estatal, pondría nuevos límites al gasto de los gobiernos locales y modificaría la forma en que se distribuyen los reembolsos a los contribuyentes.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado GOP requires presidential candidates pay up to $40,000 to appear on the state’s 2024 primary ballot
Democratic and Republican parties in other states also force presidential candidates to pony up to appear on their primary ballots, but it doesn’t appear to have been imposed in Colorado in at least a decade
Posted inPolitics and Government
Ken Buck is being evicted from his main Colorado office. The landlord is a major GOP donor.
Buck, a GOP congressman from Colorado, said the eviction is because he refuses to support Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid to become House speaker
Posted inPolitics and Government
Fact check: Would Proposition HH really eliminate Coloradans’ taxpayer refunds?
The measure increases the chance that the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap won’t be exceeded in a given year, which would block refunds from going out, but it wouldn’t outright halt them permanently