Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Today, we examine Amendment 72 by way of an interview with a spokesman for the campaign. Tomorrow, we’ll highlight a Q&A with a…
Ballots are in the mail (and maybe even to a few voters’ households). Much is at stake this election cycle, which we’ve been covering all year. As promised, here is a second roundup of recent election-related stories. And for more of our election coverage, be sure to visit our (searchable!)…
Running or defeating a contested ballot proposal in Colorado can cost millions, and somebody needs to front the money. Sometimes the big funders are gargantuan lobbying groups from big tobacco, the oil and gas industry or mega-unions. Other times the donors are wealthy individuals taking their pet issues for a…
Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Yesterday, in a post headlined “Why You Should Vote Yes for Proposition 106, Regarding End-of-Life Options,” we examined Proposition 106 by way of an…
It’s legal for women to be topless in Denver, as evidenced by the hundreds who marched along the 16th Street Mall as part of Go Topless Denver Day this summer. But as we’ve reported, the laws are different in Fort Collins, where an organization called Go Topless Fort Collins has spent…
Takeaways from Second Hearing in Homeless Class Action Lawsuit Against Denver Thursday morning’s 10 a.m. hearing at the Alfred A. Arraj courthouse was significantly less crowded than last week’s for a class action lawsuit filed against Denver that alleges the city is violating the U.S. Constitution when it conducts regular…
Pondering the fat Blue Book issued in advance of this year’s statewide elections, explaining the pros and cons of no less than half a dozen proposed amendments to the Colorado Constitution, it’s easy to understand why many voters might give a big thumbs-up to Amendment 71, which proposes to make…
Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Today we examine Proposition 106 by way of an interview with a spokeswoman for the campaign. Tomorrow we’ll highlight a Q&A with a…
“It’s been a very good year.” Jay North, the state chairman of the Libertarian Party, is being modest. According to the latest voter-registration statistics, the number of registered Libertarians in Colorado grew over 26 percent since January. Republicans added about 4 percent, Democrats about 7 percent. We spoke to North…
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will square off tonight, October 19, for the third and final presidential debate. From 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Clinton and Trump will probably bring up a lot of personal drama, definitely not shake hands, and, if we’re lucky,…
Earlier this year, Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet seemed to be one of the most vulnerable of all U.S. Senators up for reelection. But if he’s feeling the heat from Republican senatorial nominee Darryl Glenn, who most polls show Bennet leading comfortably, he certainly isn’t showing any sweat. During a campaign…
Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Yesterday, we posted “Why You Should Vote Yes for Amendment 71, to Raise the Bar on Amendments,” featuring an interview with a proponent…
Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Today we examine Amendment 71 by way of an interview with a spokeswoman for the campaign. Tomorrow we’ll highlight a Q&A with a…
At 7 p.m. tonight, Colorado Republican senatorial nominee Darryl Glenn will appear alongside Senator Michael Bennet in a one-hour Channel 20 broadcast — their only televised debate. It’s also the pair’s last scheduled square-off, and while we don’t know the subjects that will be discussed, Glenn will undoubtedly be asked about…
The presidential race has gotten the lion’s share of the election attention this year, but there are plenty of local issues up for consideration in November. We’ll continue to cover ballot issues, the Denver DA’s race and other local elections up until Election Day; for now, you can catch up…
There was a look of surprise from Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer when he saw the number of attendees at the first hearing in a class action lawsuit filed against Denver that alleges the city is violating the U.S. Constitution when it conducts regular sweeps of the homeless. “Thank you…
Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Yesterday, we examined Amendment 70 by way of an interview with a spokesman for the campaign, as featured in the post “Why You…
Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Today we examine Amendment 70 by way of an interview with a spokeswoman for the campaign. Tomorrow we’ll feature a Q&A with a…
Yesterday morning, passengers boarding a United Airlines flight from St. Louis to Denver were met with a surprise at the end of the jet-bridge — a figure seeming to rise from the hazy hangover of Sunday’s second presidential debate. It was Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump, waiting to gate-check his…
In August, as we’ve reported, Colorado Senator Cory Gardner, who’d vacillated about whether to formally endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said, “I’m voting Republican up and down the ticket. A Republican president will make a difference, even a Republican president named Donald Trump.” Well, never mind. After the release last…
Colorado was the first state to make Columbus Day an official holiday, in 1907. And today, many state offices will be closed to mark what remains a national holiday, after the feds followed Colorado’s lead in 1937. But in Denver, we’ll be marking Indigenous People’s Day. Last week Denver City Council…
As people began shouting at Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks at an October 4 meeting at Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center, Jeff S. Fard – better known as Brother Jeff — grabbed the microphone. “I hope that everybody’s hearing what’s taking place,” the moderator said sternly. “Trust me, I don’t know if…
