Kerry Donovan
Proposal to shrink Holy Cross Wilderness, increase water storage draws hundreds of comments
Environmentalists are lining up against the plan to benefit Aurora, Colorado Springs and some Western Slope interests. The fight, they say, “will be as big as the Two Forks fight was.”
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Want to understand the state of U.S. politics? Look no further than Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District primaries
By Jesse Paul Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Chaos and compromise: Colorado’s coronavirus legislative session ends with a flurry of big bills
By Jesse Paul Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado could stop tourism marketing as budget writers look to slash $3 billion in spending
By Jason Blevins Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published
$10,000-a-day fines and other things to know about Colorado’s new public health insurance option bill
By John Ingold Health Primary category in which blog post is published
West Slope lawmaker tries to pump the brakes on Colorado wolf reintroduction
Democratic Sen. Kerry Donovan’s bill would delay wolf management to study and fund compensation for lost livestock. It would also cancel a plan to bring back the predators if a “self-sustaining population” is confirmed.
Colorado’s 2020 legislative session begins this week. Here’s a rundown of 10 issues to watch.
The state legislature’s break-neck pace from 2019 may not return, but expect fierce debates over health care, criminal justice, guns and transportation
National Democrats call Colorado Republican Scott Tipton’s seat a top pickup opportunity. But is it winnable?
Tipton has easily soared to reelection for three cycles in a row, despite high-dollar efforts to dislodge him from the 3rd Congressional District
Democratic state Sen. Angela Williams launches bid for U.S. Senate
Williams had said in May that she was seriously looking at the race and told Politico that she met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about the idea
GOP blasted Democrats for the 2019 legislative session. But they supported nearly every bill, analysis shows.
A dozen Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Kevin Priola, sided with the Democratic legislative agenda the vast majority of the time
The 2019 legislative session in Colorado explained in 5 graphics
An analysis of votes in the House and Senate shows Republicans split and Democrats in alliance on the 460 bills passed this year
Alice Madden, former Democratic leader at Colorado Capitol, joins crowded primary to unseat Cory Gardner
The former state representative and environmental adviser to former Gov. Bill Ritter and President Barack Obama is the most well-known woman to enter the race
Voters could decide on legal Colorado sports betting in November; tax revenue would go toward state’s water plan
If House Bill 1327 passes the legislature and is signed off on by voters later this year, sports betting in Colorado could be a thing by May 2020
Here’s what the crowded Democratic field for U.S. Senate is missing, and why it may soon change
Former Colorado House Speaker Alice Madden is expected to enter the contest. Secretary of State Jena Griswold is mulling a bid.
