Politics & Government

There are lots of reasons that politics in 2018 gave us, or at least, some of us, reasons to celebrate.

In a year where election results should have been the most dramatic news in politics, Colorado’s lawmakers outdid themselves with one scandal after another.

State Senator Rhonda Fields is assembling a bill designed to help make sure that police officers involved in fatal on-duty shootings are ready before they go back on duty.

Jodeh operates the educational nonprofit Meet the Middle East and serves as the first female spokesperson for the Colorado Muslim Society and as the deputy policy adviser for the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado.

Chalk gay conversion therapy up there with electroshocking as among the the most barbaric of mental health practices.

A Colorado judge leading a panel charged with analyzing ethics complaints against new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has concluded that the group lacks jurisdiction to do so.

Senator Randy Baumgardner, the target of multiple sexual harassment allegations, has tendered his resignation.

The State of Colorado has agreed to independent oversight after repeatedly failing to improve wait times for mentally ill individuals lingering untreated in jails.

A new poll shows Colorado’s GOP Senator in trouble heading into 2020.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced the launch of the new Public Integrity Division.

The study finds that Durango is not allowing the homeless to sleep anywhere in public, pushing them out of the city.

MoveOn just released the results of its straw poll of possible Democratic presidential candidates in 2020.

9News morning anchor Gary Shapiro talks about the tweetstorm he caused when he told Twitter followers he’d muted anyone whose response consisted only of the words “fake news.”

Filmmakers behind a new documentary about Denver’s tiny home village hope to convince voters to support the Right to Survive Initiative in the May 2019 municipal elections.

A member of Denver’s city council outlines a new plan to deal with the proliferation of electric scooters in the community.

We know some of the reasons that Democrats won so decisively on November 6, but where, specifically, did these huge shifts take place?

The case in El Paso County examines cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.

The turnout spike in the 2018 midterms means it’s going to get harder for an initiative to make the statewide ballot.

The #MeToo era is playing out different for a pair of Democratic politicians, Senator Daniel Kagan and Representative Jovan Melton.

A fascist group aligned with the white supremacist movement has been ratcheting up its activities in Colorado over recent weeks.

Colorado is the most recent state to offer non-binary IDs, joining California, Oregon, Minnesota, Maine and Washington, D.C.

On December 4, the feds issued a statement spanking the Denver City Council’s proposed pilot program.