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Think balancing Colorado’s budget is easy? Try it.

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Think balancing Colorado’s budget is easy? Try it.

Oct 16, 2026 · 10:00 AM · Sandra Fish, Colorado News Collaborative

Colorado voters face some big decisions about taxes and spending this election. A new digital tool lets them see how three big ballot measures would affect the state budget — and whether they can close the state’s $1.6 billion budget gap. The…

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Bipartisan permitting bill in Congress could speed energy projects, but draws green critics

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Bipartisan permitting bill in Congress could speed energy projects, but draws green critics

Oct 16, 2026 · 9:30 AM · David Lightman

WASHINGTON —Suddenly there’s hope for cutting the reams of red tape that can make getting new energy projects a seemingly endless slog. Top Republican and Democratic senators have unveiled a 417-page bill to overhaul the approval process, a pathway for what’s known as…

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Griswold, Allen question each other’s qualifications in Colorado attorney general debate

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Griswold, Allen question each other’s qualifications in Colorado attorney general debate

Oct 15, 2026 · 5:07 PM · Lindsey Toomer

Secretary of State Jena Griswold and El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen attacked each other’s records and leadership of their current offices in the only scheduled debate in the Colorado attorney general’s race Wednesday. The candidates vying to be Colorado’s top…

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Proposition 133 could punish trafficking victims and harm reproductive health access

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Proposition 133 could punish trafficking victims and harm reproductive health access

Oct 15, 2026 · 5:00 PM · Kiera Hatton Sena, Onnastasia Cole

With ballots now arriving in mailboxes, Coloradans will decide on the deceptive Proposition 133, a measure titled “Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor.” Despite its title, the measure could punish victims for crimes they were forced or coerced to commit, make…

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Colorado student wins top prize at National Civics Bee Championship

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Colorado student wins top prize at National Civics Bee Championship

Oct 15, 2026 · 4:31 PM · Shauneen Miranda

WASHINGTON — Peter Daniell of Broomfield, Colorado, took home the grand prize Wednesday night after winning the National Civics Bee Championship in the nation’s capital. Daniell, a ninth-grader, was one of 52 students from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and American Samoa who put…

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Colorado food banks strapped for resources to meet growing demand amid inflation, SNAP cuts

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Colorado food banks strapped for resources to meet growing demand amid inflation, SNAP cuts

Oct 15, 2026 · 10:00 AM · Lindsey Toomer

Fueled by the rising cost of living and cuts to federal benefits, food assistance programs from around the Denver metro area have seen growing demand and an influx of new, first-time families in need of support this year. Leaders with local food…

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The next act for the No Kings movement: Early voting in the midterms

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The next act for the No Kings movement: Early voting in the midterms

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:45 AM · Ashley Murray

WASHINGTON — The No Kings movement that has brought millions to the streets across the United States three times since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term is staging its next event at the polls. Organizers across hundreds of advocacy groups…

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Hickenlooper debates Trump, healthcare with GOP challenger Baisley

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Hickenlooper debates Trump, healthcare with GOP challenger Baisley

Oct 15, 2026 · 2:30 AM · Chase Woodruff

Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper used a debate Wednesday night to ask Colorado voters to send him back to Washington to push back against President Donald Trump and start “rebuilding our economy,” and reject a Republican challenger he said would be a…

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Former Rep. Ken Buck tops list of Colorado Republicans endorsing Weiser for governor

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Former Rep. Ken Buck tops list of Colorado Republicans endorsing Weiser for governor

Oct 14, 2026 · 11:42 PM · Chase Woodruff

Ken Buck, the former five-term Republican member of Congress from Colorado and onetime chair of the state GOP, endorsed Democrat Phil Weiser for governor Wednesday alongside more than a dozen other state and local GOP officials. “I’m supporting Phil Weiser because I…

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Democrats aiming for control of Congress vow action on healthcare, cost of living, Iran war

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Democrats aiming for control of Congress vow action on healthcare, cost of living, Iran war

Oct 14, 2026 · 8:47 PM · Shauneen Miranda, Ariana Figueroa, Ashley Murray, Jonathan Shorman

WASHINGTON — Democrats are touting an ambitious legislative agenda centered on affordability and accountability if they take back the U.S. House or Senate — or both — in November. A slew of pressing policy debates are on tap for Democrats, including healthcare,…

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