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Colorado Dems troll GOP candidates for US Senate. With the Constitution.

Democrats in Colorado have a message for the dozen-or-so Republican candidates vying to take on Democrat Michael Bennet in the fall: Read the Constitution. The Colorado Democratic...

Hospital provider fee becoming a campaign issue in Colorado

  CENTENNIAL, CO — Larry Crowder, a Republican senator representing a rural district in southeastern Colorado, is running simultaneously for re-election and straight into the year's biggest...

Colorado GOP Senate candidate Tim Neville’s AR-15 giveaway is old hat

  Tim Neville, a Republican state senator from Littleton who's running for the U.S. Senate, has a sure-fire way to entice voters to bolster his bid in the March...

One kindergarten funding bill dies, sentence deferred on another

Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Todd Engdahl on February 8, 2016 A $243 million plan for the state to pick up the tab for...

Bernie Sanders ‘political revolution’ jolts Colorado Springs

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The Democrats who believe in Bernie Sanders risked leaving their cars stuck in unplowed snow for the night as they packed into a...

Federal lawsuit attacks Colorado’s money-in-politics enforcement system

Want to know who's making sure Coloradans are obeying the state's campaign finance laws? Look in the mirror. The Centennial State has long been unique in having a...

He was the only GOP lawmaker in Colorado to vote for...

  Larry Crowder is a San Luis Valley farmer and rancher who represents a large rural swath of southeastern Colorado from Wolf Creek Pass to...

What you need to know about Colorado’s biggest political battle

  Even before lawmakers gaveled the 2016 session into order on Wednesday, three words have dominated debate at the Capitol: Hospital Provider Fee. Understanding the...

Jon Keyser parachutes into crowded GOP field for U.S. Senate in...

  Who is Keyser Söze? That was the central question in the 1995 crime thriller 'The Usual Suspects'. The answer, of course, has never been revealed....

Wondering what’s going on in Colorado’s Statehouse in 2016?

  Next week begins another legislative session in Colorado where Republicans who control the Senate and Democrats who control the House will hash out bills...
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