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A constitutional crisis.
The phrase kept popping up Thursday when Attorney General Cynthia Coffman seemed to have bucked Gov. John Hickenlooper’s wishes by appealing a...
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman bucked the apparent wishes of Gov. John Hickenlooper by appealing a court ruling that could dramatically change the way...
“They’re investigating.”
That’s what Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams said this week about the state attorney general’s office and a probe into what happened...
If you thought the saga of Colorado’s ‘Hamilton Electors’ ended with their much publicized December 2016 vote— think again.
An investigator with the state attorney...
As a sprawling field of Republicans quietly lay the groundwork— and begin to file official paperwork— for a potential run for governor in 2018, George Brauchler...
A year ago, then-state Senate President Bill Cadman, a Colorado Springs Republican, told a gathering of the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity that...
NOTE: This story, originally posted on Nov. 17, has been updated to reflect the changing field.
In Colorado it’s never too early to start thinking about the...