Initial results showed Denver voters approving much of Mayor Hancock’s RISE Denver plan but stopping short of funding a new arena. Meanwhile, three statewide initiatives are failing and local school board races remain tight.
Leslie Herod and Brianna Titone have had a busy year making change in Colorado. We chat with the Colorado legislators to find out what’s next.
Colorado’s population jumped nearly 15 percent over the past 10 years. The increase gives the state a new congressional district—meaning a new representative in Washington, D.C. Let the political posturing begin.
Following the mass shooting in Boulder on March 22, Colorado state legislators are looking for ways to prevent such violence from happening again.
One year after COVID-19 arrived in Colorado, Polis spoke with 5280 about how the pandemic defined the second year of his governorship.
Ahead of the session, we caught up with a few leaders and members of the General Assembly to talk about coming together and issues they anticipate debating in 2021.
The ultra-conservative congresswoman has attracted national press coverage, but across Colorado, some Republican leaders and voters have been hesitant to voice their support.
With Cory Gardner leaving office, the former U.S. senator’s most effective—and inanimate—rival retires to the recycling bin.
Despite warnings that armed protests could be staged at state capitols throughout the U.S., in Colorado, those concerns did not come to pass.
The gun-loving, conspiracy-theory-spouting congresswoman from Western Colorado has been in office for just over two weeks. But calls for her to resign, including a petition signed by more than 32,000 Coloradans, are growing by the day.
Moments after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, the Colorado congressman spoke with 5280 about what this historic week has been like for him and his colleagues.
From COVID-19 to increased scrutiny, there was no shortage of things that made it difficult to operate an election in 2020. But with the help of a few pandemic-friendly tweaks, Colorado’s existing system proved it was up to the task.
The Democrat-led General Assembly met this week in a rare special session to provide much-needed aid to struggling Coloradans.
Iman Jodeh, a 38-year-old daughter of Palestinian immigrants, was elected to serve as a Colorado state representative last week.
This is the first time voters had a direct say in reintroducing one of the most controversial canids in the United States.
More than 3.2 million ballots have been collected so far, for a turnout rate of about 85 percent. Once every vote is tallied, Colorado could end up with the highest turnout in the country.
