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2018 Polis

Jared Polis addresses a Boulder crowd in 2018. (Photo by Phil Cherner)

A bus and a bucket of cash: No one in Colorado politics saw Jared...

This is part of The Colorado Independent's four-part series on Jared Polis, Colorado’s Democratic nominee for governor. You can click directly to Part 1...

How Jared Polis gets what he wants Even in his youth, Colorado's Democratic nominee...

This is part of The Colorado Independent's four-part series on Jared Polis, Colorado’s Democratic nominee for governor. You can click directly to Part 2...
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The Indycator: Jared Polis

Welcome back to our new series, The Indycator, a once-a-week conversation between The Indy’s crack political reporters and Maeve Conran, KGNU independent community radio’s director...

Tax breaks for the rich and a ‘bargain with the devil’: Colorado candidates for...

Colorado’s Democratic candidate for governor is the founder of a charter school network, and the Republican candidate is a longtime supporter of charter schools...
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The Indycator: If you’re wondering how Polis and Stapleton ended up on top, Littwin’s...

The weekly lowdown on Colorado's must-watch 2018 governor's race from the staff of The Colorado Independent, a nonprofit digital newsroom of award-winning reporters focused on news in the the public interest, in collaboration with KGNU community radio, an independent, listener-supported community radio station, broadcasting in Boulder, Denver and beyond since 1978.

Three things we heard at a gubernatorial candidates forum on early childhood

Stark differences in how Colorado’s two would-be governors plan to tackle early childhood issues were clear at a candidate forum Monday evening. U.S. Rep. Jared...

Inside the big early money game in the Colorado governor’s race

The latest cash haul disclosures in Colorado’s closely watched governor’s race show more than $20 million flowing into the campaigns — but most of...

After years of drought, Colorado water bosses face uncertainty

On June 1, a spark near the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gage Railroad ignited a flame in the Animas River gorge north of Durango....

We know where Walker Stapleton stands on oil and gas. Which Jared Polis would...

DENVER —  Dueling speeches in a sparkling ballroom from Colorado’s major candidates for governor today highlighted a political minefield in the coming campaign over...

Early look: Where Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton stand on some issues facing rural...

The political realm has been consumed lately by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis's decision to skip the Western Slope Club 20 business group debate,...
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