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Littwin: Facing the possibility of a measles outbreak, the governor wants...

This column was significantly updated on Friday, April 26, after Colorado Public Radio reported that Gov. Jared Polis had indicated he wouldn’t sign the...

Littwin: Whatever the state legislature decides, there is no death penalty...

The big news from the state Capitol has been not only that it’s a new day, with Democrats in charge everywhere, but with the...

Littwin: Duran shocks the Colorado political world, but maybe not in...

I can safely predict that Crisanta Duran’s decision not to jump into the Democratic Senate primary — and instead primary Diana DeGette in the...

Littwin: It wasn’t just Polis who made history — it was...

It wasn’t just Jared Polis who made history as the first openly gay man to be sworn in as governor of any state.  Most of...

Court secrecy, a handcuffed journalist, ‘Access Denied’: CFOIC’s year-in-review 2018

Two words come to mind when looking back at 2018’s government transparency highlights and lowlights in Colorado. Judicial secrecy. In June, the Colorado Supreme Court baffled many legal...

How best to share the disappearing Colorado River Seven Western states...

As early as 2020, hydrologists forecast that the level of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the Colorado River, could drop low enough to...

Colorado activists bank on midterm blue wave to pass 2019 law...

Note: This story has been updated to include comments from 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler. Opponents of the death penalty — hoping to capitalize...

Littwin: Hick boldly goes to court, aiming to take a rake...

First, the bad news. Whatever you’ve heard, John Hickenlooper’s bold move to loosen the stranglehold that TABOR and Gallagher have on Colorado’s funding will...

Littwin: National GOP giving up on Coffman, but do CD-6 voters...

I know better than to believe — I mean, really, truly, from-deep-in-my-gut believe — that Mike Coffman is going to lose his CD-6 seat...

Latest Kavanaugh accuser aided domestic violence victims in Boulder "She was...

This story was updated Monday afternoon. The second woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct knows what women risk by coming...
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