A planned attempt to oust the head of the Colorado Republican Party this weekend was put on hold Friday by a district court judge — but not before calls for Dave Williams’ removal reached new peaks. Williams, whose tenure as the GOP chair has been marked by controversy and months of growing intraparty frustrations, faced […]
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Denver council hits brakes on affordable housing sales tax pitched by Mayor Mike Johnston
Just days after Mayor Mike Johnston urged Denver voters to pass an affordable housing sales tax measure this November, City Council members on Wednesday questioned if the measure was ready for the ballot — and delayed its progress for at least two weeks. Members led by Councilwoman Jamie Torres cited numerous concerns during a committee […]
Watch Live: Biden to address nation at 8 tonight after pulling out of race
President Joe Biden is set to address the nation at 8 p.m. as he clings to his presidency after announcing he’s out of the 2024 race. He endorsed VP Kamala Harris. Tonight he attempts to outline his plan to finish out his term: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris introduces U.S. President Joe Biden during a […]
Judge rules in Castle Rock church’s favor in fight with town over shelter for homeless families in parking lot
Castle Rock’s attempts to stop a church from housing homeless families in vehicles in its parking lot is a violation of the church’s practice of religious freedom, a federal court has ruled. U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico issued a preliminary injunction late last week that stops the Douglas County town from using its land use […]
Aurora says yes, Westminster says no to allowing guns in city buildings
On a razor-thin 4-3 vote, the Westminster City Council this week knocked down a proposal that would have opted out of a new state law that prohibits firearms from being brought into local government buildings. But across town, members of the Aurora City Council gave initial unanimous approval to a similar ordinance — exercising a […]
U.S. Supreme Court denies former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ bid to halt criminal case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an emergency request from former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters as part of her effort to halt her criminal case, less than two weeks before her trial is set to begin in Grand Junction. Peters faces seven felony charges, including attempting to influence a public servant and criminal […]
Colorado’s Democratic convention delegates endorse Kamala Harris for president in straw poll
Colorado’s delegation to next month’s Democratic National Convention has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for U.S. president, joining delegates across the country who have pledged enough support for her to secure the nomination. President Joe Biden, 81, announced Sunday that he was withdrawing from the race against Republican nominee Donald Trump […]
Harris visits battleground Wisconsin in first rally as Democrats coalesce around her for president
By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is making her first visit to a battleground state Tuesday after locking up enough support from Democratic delegates to win her party’s nomination to challenge Republican former President Donald Trump, two days after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid. As the Democratic Party continues to […]
State Rep. Ron Weinberg gets police patrols around home after receiving threatening “crosshairs” Facebook post
Police mounted patrols Sunday night around the Loveland house of Republican state lawmaker Ron Weinberg after someone posted a message on Facebook saying he and U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, along with a GOP candidate running for Larimer County commissioner, should be “put in the crosshairs.” Weinberg, who serves in the House, said the comment was […]
Secret Service director says Trump’s assassination attempt was biggest agency ‘failure’ in decades
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and FARNOUSH AMIRI WASHINGTON — The assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades, Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers Monday as calls mounted for her to resign. In the first congressional hearing over the shooting at a Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania […]
Could Colorado communities not friendly to medicinal mushrooms put up roadblocks to stymie the industry?
No city or town in Colorado is allowed to prohibit natural medicine healing centers from opening and offering supervised consumption of mushrooms and other psychedelics to adults — that much was plain in an initiative passed by the state’s voters two years ago. But local governments have enough tools in their regulatory toolbox to make […]
Democrats hail Biden’s decision to not seek reelection as selfless. Republicans urge him to resign
By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden’s historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to resign from office, saying that if he could not run for another term, office, then he’s unable […]