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Hickenlooper is pitching his climate credentials on the Senate trail. It’s a tough sell....

On a cloudy afternoon in October, John Hickenlooper was standing on the sidewalk outside the Broadway Market in Denver. A woman asked to take...
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner speaks at a state assembly at the Colorado Christian University on March 24, 2018. His seat is considered one of the most vulnerable of the 2020 Senate campaign. (Photo by John Herrick)

Big-name GOP donors boost Gardner in 2020

WASHINGTON -- Earlier this year, former President George W. Bush cut two checks to Sen. Cory Gardner — donating the maximum allowed amount for...

Colorado A-listers boost Hickenlooper’s 2020 presidential war chest to $2 million

WASHINGTON — John Hickenlooper has some high-profile donors boosting his bid to challenge President Trump for the White House in 2020. Former Colorado Sen. Ken...

9 things to know about John Hickenlooper Former Colorado governor joins gaggle of Democratic...

John Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor and Denver mayor who once was hailed by a Washington Post columnist as one of the “most un-Trumpian...

New groups are joining the fight over ballot measures days before the election Issue...

Outside groups hoping to sway your vote on key ballot questions are on track to break spending records this year. Issue committees – which...

Democrats hunker down in suburban swing districts, hoping to flip the Colorado Senate Races...

With one week before Election Day, candidates running for Colorado’s competitive state Senate seats have mostly emptied their war chests in efforts to persuade...

Voter access and election security take center stage in Colorado’s secretary of state race...

The secretary of state race typically is not one that sets partisan tempers aflame. But in this year’s polarized political environment, those sentiments are...

Outside group backing Democratic state Senate candidates spends millions week before ballots drop Democratic...

An outside group spent millions supporting Democratic candidates in battleground state Senate seats a week before ballots went out.  Coloradans for Fairness, an independent expenditure...

Power lawyer slaps money-in-politics complaint on group backing independents in Colorado The Secretary of...

UPDATE: On Oct. 1, the Secretary of State's office determined the complaint identified potential violations of Colorado's campaign finance law and alleged "sufficient supporting...
Under the new MOU with Broomfield, Extraction would abandon the Lowell Pad, pictured here, and put in a new 19-well site named Livingston just southwest of Lowell, between Wildgrass and Anthem developments. (Ted Wood/The Story Group)

Key Colorado ballot initiatives have corporations spending tens of millions for your vote

Millions of dollars from special interests is going to support or fight three policy issues: a battle over how to pay for transportation needs,...
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