Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Friday ended months of speculation about her immediate political future, announcing she won’t launch a primary bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020. At least one poll showed the Democrat would have been among the leaders in the crowded primary field if she had entered. […]
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Posted inCulture
Beer by the book: In Colorado’s shifting landscape of breweries and bars, the author discovers an expanding universe
John Frank spends his days and a lot of his nights covering politics for The Colorado Sun. Somehow, in the time he’s not doing that, he’s completed a mission to catalog the best the state has to offer on a topic that really reaches across the aisle — beer. The result of his tireless effort […]
Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government
On the heels of Colorado effort, Trump administration to set up plan allowing prescription drugs from Canada
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it will set up a system to allow Americans to legally import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, weakening a longstanding ban that had stood as a top priority for the politically powerful pharmaceutical industry. The news comes on the heels of a […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Colorado’s Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper set to share presidential debate stage
Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and former Gov. John Hickenlooper are slated to share a presidential debate stage later this month as 20 Democrats vying to lead the nation face off for the first time. Bennet and Hickenlooper were randomly selected to appear in the second of two, two-hour-long debates in Miami on June 26 […]
Posted inSunLit
Here are eight great books by Colorado authors for your summer reading list
With the recent announcement of another round of Colorado Book Award winners, 2019 has shaped up to be another stellar year for literature by Colorado authors. At SunLit, the weekly feature of The Colorado Sun that showcases the best of the best, we’re proud to publish excerpts and interviews with many of the state’s most […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, Health, News, Politics and Government
Colorado joins 19 other states in suing to stop Trump administration rule allowing health care workers to refuse abortions
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has sued the Trump administration once more, joining more than a dozen other states in challenging a rule that would broaden the ability of health care workers to refuse to provide abortions out of personal or moral objection. The Department of Health and Human Services policy is set to take […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Colorado’s 20,669 gun deaths since 1980, explained in five charts
The Colorado Sun analyzed 38 years of state data on gun deaths to learn more about the 20,669 firearm fatalities over that span and how they break down by gender, age group and manner. Last year, Colorado saw its highest gun-death rate per 100,000 people since 1986 at 15.5. In 2018, 885 people died by firearm […]
Posted inUncategorized
WATCH: The Colorado Sun’s post-legislative session forum Monday with Gov. Jared Polis and top state lawmakers
The Colorado Sun has teamed up with the University of Denver and CBS4 to host a post-legislative session forum Monday evening with Gov. Jared Polis and four top state lawmakers. While registration to attend the event is now closed (if you were a subscriber to The Sunriser our politics newsletter, The Unaffiliated, you would have […]
Posted inBusiness, Coloradans, Crime and Courts, Education, Energy, Environment, Growth, Health, News, Outdoors, Politics and Government, Technology, Wildfire
Here are all of The Colorado Sun’s award-winning stories from 2018
The Colorado Sun hasn’t been around for very long — we began publishing on Sept. 10, 2018 — but already we’ve won several big regional journalism awards for our stories on everything from health and political reporting to the outdoors and trash. Here’s a look at the work we did that has been honored: 2019 […]
Posted inBusiness, Coloradans, Crime and Courts, Education, Energy, Environment, Growth, Health, News, Politics and Government, Technology, Transportation
A look at how policies passed during Colorado’s 2019 legislative session will impact you
From education to criminal justice and health care to taxes, Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic legislative leaders set a new direction for Colorado in the 2019 legislative session. “I think looking back on this session, it’s pretty clear that it was one of the more transformative and productive sessions we’ve had in a long time […]