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Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%

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Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%

Oct 14, 2026 · 6:03 PM · Tim Henderson

Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up…

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Colorado affordability tax credit most effective tool to lift children out of poverty, report says

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Colorado affordability tax credit most effective tool to lift children out of poverty, report says

Oct 14, 2026 · 10:00 AM · Lindsey Toomer

Colorado’s most effective tool for reducing child poverty is a state-level family tax credit that’s in jeopardy for the current tax year, according to a new report from a Colorado nonprofit that aims to improve the wellbeing of children. The Colorado Family…

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Amendment 82 is a dark-money attack on Colorado’s clean energy leadership

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Amendment 82 is a dark-money attack on Colorado’s clean energy leadership

Oct 14, 2026 · 9:45 AM · Charles Kutscher

With election season here, Colorado voters will decide on a wide range of ballot measures. Now is a good time to think about what makes a good ballot measure and what makes a bad one. A great example of a good one…

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Researchers point to community violence programs, pandemic recovery in historic homicide decline

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Researchers point to community violence programs, pandemic recovery in historic homicide decline

Oct 14, 2026 · 9:30 AM · Amanda Watford

As candidates debate public safety ahead of the midterm elections, a new assessment of the nation’s historic homicide decline suggests there is no single explanation for the drop — and that some widely discussed enforcement strategies may have played little role. A…

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Parent advocates seek stronger AI chatbot protections in next Colorado legislative session

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Parent advocates seek stronger AI chatbot protections in next Colorado legislative session

Oct 13, 2026 · 10:49 PM · Sara Wilson

Parents of children harmed by social media and artificial intelligence chatbots called for Colorado to pass stronger protections into law next year, while standing beside the Democrat who could become the state’s next governor. “When I hear from people that they know…

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Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed.

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Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed.

Oct 13, 2026 · 7:57 PM · Jonathan Shorman

Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice…

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Data center backlash set to sway midterm elections

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Data center backlash set to sway midterm elections

Oct 13, 2026 · 4:50 PM · Alex Brown

In the course of a single election cycle, the backlash against data centers has grown from an issue at local planning commission and city council meetings to become a flashpoint in state and federal races across the country. Candidates who once touted data centers…

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Trump heads West in latest swing to bolster GOP in rocky lead-up to midterms

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Trump heads West in latest swing to bolster GOP in rocky lead-up to midterms

Oct 13, 2026 · 9:30 AM · Ariana Figueroa

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump this week will journey out West in an effort to galvanize support for Republican candidates three weeks before the midterm elections and convince voters to support his party amid low presidential approval ratings. As the deeply unpopular war…

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Lauren Boebert, Eileen Laubacher appear in lone televised debate ahead of midterms

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Lauren Boebert, Eileen Laubacher appear in lone televised debate ahead of midterms

Oct 13, 2026 · 3:57 AM · Sara Wilson

Democrat Eileen Laubacher said during a debate Monday night that if her party regains control of Congress during the upcoming midterm elections, it should not use that power to impeach President Donald Trump. “I do not want us to waste two more…

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US senators from both parties blast Trump order to import Russian diesel as illegal

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US senators from both parties blast Trump order to import Russian diesel as illegal

Oct 12, 2026 · 11:10 PM · Jacob Fischler

The Trump administration’s order to allow import of Russian diesel violates a 2022 law banning Russian energy imports while the country’s war with Ukraine is ongoing, according to a bipartisan group of U.S. senators. Following an Oct. 9 call between President Donald Trump…

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