Colorado State Senate

A Day Without Hate: High school movement spreads to CU-Boulder, Governor's mansion

In 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a student at Virginia Tech, killed 32 people in one of the deadliest campus shootings in U.S. history. About 1,500 miles away, Ben Reed, a teacher at Standley Lake High School in Westiminster had seen enough. But little did he know what his search for a positive way to deal ... More >>

American Guns' Gunsmoke Guns: Did Wyatt family rip off the I.R.S. for years?

Update: We've been following a series of surprising incidents involving Gunsmoke Guns, a Wheat Ridge store that served as the setting of American Guns, a reality TV series that was recently canceled by the Discovery Channel; see our previous coverage below. First, there was a robbery. Then, there w ... More >>

Gun policy: Rep. Ed Perlmutter appointed vice chair on national violence prevention task force

In the contentious debates on gun policy that are likely to remain at the forefront of national politics in the coming months, Colorado is an important player given its history of tragic mass shootings. And on one national task force dedicated to reducing gun violence, U.S. Representative Ed Perlmut ... More >>

Ed Perlmutter, Joe Coors launch attacks during season's biggest Congressional debate

Candidates for Congress fielded questions for hours this morning at a forum in Thorton where six politicians debated the economy and job creation, taxes, energy policy and unsurprisingly, health care -- launching a jam-packed week of political events in Colorado.

Video: Rachel Maddow says Colorado road map key to Obama victory

When Colorado Senator Michael Bennet defeated Republican challenger Ken Buck in the 2010 U.S. Senate race, observers were surprised -- but they also saw in Bennet's approach a potential template that might be applied elsewhere. Last night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow outlined the concept, pointing out in ... More >>

Colorado tourism hopes go up in smoke

A week ago, the state's tourism office announced that 2011 had been a record-breaking year. And 2012 will break all kinds of records, too -- but not the ones boosters like to shatter. Most disappointing ski season. Rafting industry drying up. And the rest of the summer tourism season going up in smo ... More >>

Civil unions bill: Pat Steadman calls measure's killing a disgusting spectacle

Last night, House GOP leadership killed a civil unions bill sponsored by Senator Pat Steadman by preventing a procedural vote that would have brought it to the chamber's floor today. Steadman was severely disappointed by this manner of murder, which also prevented the passage of many other bills. B ... More >>

Civil unions bill passes Senate, sponsor hopes House lemmings won't jump off cliff

Later today, the Colorado Senate is expected to formally approve a bill that would legalize civil unions. Of course, the Senate also approved a civil unions measure last year, only to see the proposal die in a House committee, with all six Republican members voting against it. Can it avoid a similar ... More >>

Gaylord hotel project: Meet the locals in love with it (and one guy against it)

Frank Gray is president of the Castle Rock Economic Development Council in Douglas County. Yet at a public hearing yesterday on six projects vying for big-bucks state tourism incentives, Gray eschewed his county's own project and, like many of the 23 people who testified, spoke in favor of Gaylord E ... More >>

Morgan Carroll's new book teaches readers how to Take Back Your Government

Morgan Carroll.​Before she committed the lessons to the page, state senator Morgan Carroll had delivered hundreds of workshops and seminars on citizen advocacy. Since her career in politics began, the forty-year-old Democrat continues to be overwhelmed by the disconnect between paid lobbyists ... More >>

Proposition 8 ruling: Could it make legislatures gun shy about civil unions?

Our post about the 9th Circuit Court declaring Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban, unconstitutional, focused on the Colorado case that spelled doom for the state's anti-gay Amendment 2 circa the '90s. But could this ruling cause problems for measures like the civil unions bill progressing ... More >>

Leaked! 2011 Denver #WebAwards winners

​OK, it's not really a leak if the source publishes the info -- more like a sneak-peek of Denver #WebAwards winners, we're publishing ten award winners this morning, in advance of tonight's party at Casselman's. It's open to anyone age 21 and up at 8 p.m.. (although anyone on our list of final ... More >>

THC driving limits could cause more innocent people to spend months in jail, attorney says

Flickr​On Monday, the Colorado Senate will take up HB 1261, a bill that sets THC driving limits at five nanograms per milliliter of blood -- a level to which many critics object. Indeed, even its sponsor, Representative Claire Levy, now thinks this number may be too strict. But attorney M. Col ... More >>

Michael Bennet welcoming Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama -- and President Barack Obama, too?

Michael Bennet and Ken Buck at 9News debate.​Last night, Senator Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Ken Buck engaged in their most high-profile debate yet -- and shockingly enough, Bennet spokesman Trevor Kincaid believes his guy handily won the 9News-sponsored event on view below. Kinc ... More >>

Jorge Moromisato, independent candidate for Senate, running as a modern day Martin Luther

Jorge Moromisato.​Jorge Moromisato is running for Colorado Senate as an independent, and whatever you think of his policies, criticism that his platform is short on specifics is not an accusation that will stick. The Denver Plan details Moromisato's ideas on how to end unemployment and fix th ... More >>

Wounded warriors: Help yourself to big-game hunting, but don't expect a purple heart

A Flickr photo​America loves its wounded soldiers. So much so that the Colorado Wildlife Commission will offer free big-game hunting licenses this fall to Colorado veterans severely wounded in action overseas over the past nine years. Still, that might not be much consolation for possibly tho ... More >>

Mark Udall called Armenian genocide defector by advocacy group in candidate report card

Mark Udall.​In April, Senator Mark Udall marked the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian genocide with a strongly worded statement. But these words didn't satisfy Rocky Mountain Hye Advocates, an organization trying to get all members of the Colorado congressional delegation to support a national ... More >>

Google Fiber: Please, please come to Longmont!

See full-size image below.​Plenty of cities romance corporations looking for a new home. But few go to the extremes of Longmont, which so wants Google Fiber to set up housekeeping there that it's created a photo from space expressing its desire, plus a video contest and more. Check out exampl ... More >>

Tom Tancredo: Joe Sestak job offer could lead to impeachment even though Obama's black

Photo by John JohnstonIs impeachment a black-and-white issue?​The idea that a White House job offer to Pennsylvania's Joe Sestak -- one allegedly designed to convince him not to challenge Senator Arlen Specter -- might be an impeachable defense has been popular in Republican circles of late. ... More >>

Glenn Beck co-host Pat Gray: AZ illegals aren't like pre-WWII Jews in Germany -- because the Jews were citizens

Their German citizenship didn't exactly solve their problems.​Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis likes Arizona's controversial new immigration law a whole lot more than does Representative Jared Polis, who told Politico that requiring immigrants to have their papers on them at all ... More >>

Josh Penry on taking over as Jane Norton's campaign manager

This is one politically aggressive man.​In an interview last week, Ken Buck campaign consultant Walt Klein said he thinks Jane Norton, the well-heeled frontrunner for the Republican senatorial nomination, is running scared. Shockingly enough, Josh Penry, the minority leader of the Colorado Se ... More >>

Andrew Romanoff: Is the national political establishment starting to take his challenge to Michael Bennet seriously?

"You've heard of me? Really?"​Is Andrew Romanoff's Colorado senate run against Michael Bennet making an impact in the Beltway? Prominent mentions in the Washington Post serve as telling indications -- and the paper has name-checked Romanoff twice in as many days. Yesterday, the Post's Dan Bal ... More >>

Scott McInnis unity platform fix is in

Where Scott McInnis leads, all of his former rivals plan to follow.​Last Thursday, Tom Tancredo confirmed in this space that he was part of a group coming up with a unity platform Republican Scott McInnis could use against Bill Ritter in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign -- and that if all went ... More >>

Swastika Guy was out and proud at anti-stimulus protest

Courtesy of ProgressNow Colorado."Swastika Guy" and "Hammer-and-Sickle Guy" in close proximity to Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin and Sen. Josh Penry. In today's Rocky Mountain News, FOX News contributor Michelle Malkin claims she didn't realize she posed for a photo with a man holding a swast ... More >>

Union Station may become Denver's gateway again -- if it stays on track

John Andrews' Attack on Rima Sinclair

Dani Newsum to Leave Colorado Inside Out

Best of Denver Winners from 1995

Ah, 1995: a time when entire Best Of categories were devoted to the O.J. Simpson trial, Bernie Bickerstaff and Dikembe Mutombo were still dominating the sports pages, and Mel's Bar and Grill was still new. Check out the winners from our 1995 Best Of issue after the jump.

Republicans Say DNC Will Be a Grand Ol' Party

Colorado Republican leader Dick Wadhams thinks the 2008 Democratic National Convention will help his party, too.

Making Progress

ProgressNow exports its model for hypying liberal causes across the U.S.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 2, 2006

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 18, 2004

Smoke Detector

Anne Landman has dedicated her life to being a pain in the ash. Will it make a difference come election time?

It's Not Easy Being Green

Look who's mad at Dick Lamm now!

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 5, 2004

Power to the People

The answer could be blowing in the wind.

Off Limits

Pack journalism

Toxic Shock

Starting a meth lab takes little skill or cash. The cleanup is another story.

Bite Me

Something to Chew On

Imagine a Great Mayor

The candidates are spit-shining their images, trying to prove that, really, they're not all the same person.

Bite Me

Fed-Letter Day

Off Limits

Think big

Territorial Dissings

Krist Novoselic has punk and politics on the brain.

Off Limits

Zoom service

Know Your Boardmembers

The graduating class and the incoming members.

Off Limits

Off Limits

Off Limits

THE TWO-PERCENT SOLUTION

COLORADO'S THIRD PARTIES SCREAM ABOUT PROPOSED ELECTORAL CHANGES.