• Become a member
  • Login
  • My Account
  • Logout
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Election 2022
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
  • Housing
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • 2022 Holiday Book Guide
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How The Colorado Sun is funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Election 2022
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
  • Housing
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • 2022 Holiday Book Guide
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How The Colorado Sun is funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
Skip to content
The Colorado Sun

The Colorado Sun

Telling stories that matter in a dynamic, evolving state.

  • Become a member
  • Login
  • My Account
  • Logout
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Election 2022
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
  • Housing
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • 2022 Holiday Book Guide
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How The Colorado Sun is funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us
  • Trending:
  • Colorado hospital stops letting women get their tubes tied
  • Has legal pot made other drug problems worse?
  • Ouray may soon have some of the priciest water in Colorado
  • Telluride latest town where housing, conservation clash

Jesse Paul

The Colorado Sun — jesse@coloradosun.com

Desk: 720-432-2229

Jesse Paul is a 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.


Email: jesse@coloradosun.com Twitter: @jesseapaul

Posted inPolitics and Government

Colorado’s sports betting tax revenue is expected to double. That would mean a lot more money for water projects.

by Jesse Paul 3:10 AM MST on Dec 29, 20228:56 AM MST on Jan 2, 2023

Colorado budget analysts project that sports betting tax revenues will be as high as $24 million in the current 2022-23 fiscal year, which began July 1. That’s double what was collected in the prior year.

Posted inOutdoors

Colorado’s first avalanche death of 2022-23 winter happens on Berthoud Pass

by Jesse Paul 8:44 PM MST on Dec 26, 20227:18 AM MST on Dec 28, 2022

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office says it was called about the avalanche on the west side of Berthoud Pass, near the town of Winter Park, just before 1 p.m.

Jared Polis uses his finger to add emphasis while speaking at a podium
Posted inPolitics and Government

Colorado governor commutes 4 inmates’ sentences, pardons 20 people, including state trooper who guarded Capitol

by Jesse Paul and Sandra Fish 5:44 PM MST on Dec 22, 20228:37 AM MST on Dec 23, 2022

The former trooper, Jay Hemphill, was sentenced to a year of probation after he pointed a gun at a woman near the Capitol in 2021

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado shoppers will be charged 10 cents per plastic and paper bag starting Jan. 1

by Jesse Paul 3:25 AM MST on Dec 22, 20228:10 AM MST on Dec 22, 2022

People who are in federal or state food assistance programs don’t pay the fees as long as they can prove that they are enrolled in one of those programs

Posted inPolitics and Government

Two ballot measures Colorado voters just passed slashed state tax revenue. They won’t slash the state budget — yet.

by Jesse Paul and Elliott Wenzler 11:27 AM MST on Dec 20, 202212:04 PM MST on Dec 20, 2022

Nonpartisan Legislative Council Staff and the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting presented their quarterly economic and tax revenue forecasts to state lawmakers Tuesday

Posted inPolitics and Government

Kristi Burton Brown won’t seek another term as Colorado GOP chair after Republicans’ 2022 losses

by Jesse Paul 2:21 PM MST on Dec 19, 202210:12 AM MST on Dec 20, 2022

The Colorado GOP will select Burton Brown’s successor early next year, and several candidates are already lining up to replace her

Posted inPolitics and Government

Judge overseeing Tina Peters’ criminal prosecution won’t be deposed in separate case against indicted Mesa County clerk

by Jesse Paul 11:56 AM MST on Dec 19, 202212:52 PM MST on Dec 19, 2022

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Mesa County District Judge Matthew Barrett’s deposition isn’t necessary in a contempt of court case against Peters. The deposition threatened to upend the separate criminal case against Peters.

Posted inPolitics and Government

What’s in a domain name? Colorado may spend $2 million to switch to .gov.

by Jesse Paul 3:10 AM MST on Dec 19, 20221:15 PM MST on Dec 20, 2022

Until recently, all email addresses for state employees used the state.co.us domain name extension

Posted inPolitics and Government

U.S. Supreme Court case could totally undermine Colorado’s new congressional redistricting process

by Jesse Paul 3:05 AM MST on Dec 15, 202210:57 AM MST on Dec 15, 2022

The North Carolina case — Moore v. Harper — hinges on the question of who has the ultimate authority when it comes to redistricting

Posted inElection 2022

Lauren Boebert’s narrow victory confirmed by mandatory recount in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District

by Jesse Paul 5:37 PM MST on Dec 12, 20225:51 PM MST on Dec 12, 2022

The recount had to be completed by Tuesday. Democrat Adam Frisch conceded to Boebert on Nov. 18 after it became clear he couldn’t win.

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 140 Older posts
The Colorado Sun
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram

Follow The Sun

  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Temperature
    • The Outsider
    • Colorado Sunday
    • Mike Littwin
    • What’s Working
    • The Headlines
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Get to Know Us

  • About Us
  • Membership FAQs
  • Ethics Policy
  • Annual Reports
  • Events
  • Sponsor Us
  • Business Memberships
  • How We’re Funded
  • Work For The Sun

More

  • Membership Support
  • Store
  • How To Support The Sun
  • Gift Membership
  • RSS
  • (720) 263-2338 — Call, text, Signal or WhatsApp
  • News Literacy Resources

Got a story tip? Drop us a note at tips@coloradosun.com


The Colorado Sun

The Colorado Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado so that our state — our community — can better understand itself.

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
© 2023 The Colorado Sun. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Colorado Sun Privacy Policy