Magnus Boee found himself featured on national television unexpectedly on Monday during a White House event honoring college championship athletes ..read more

State lawmakers behind Colorado’s push for increased high-density housing around transit hubs see trouble ahead: a lagging Regional Transportation District bus and train system. When they invited agency leaders to a transportation hearing at the Capitol this week to talk about it, RTD balked. This flummoxed lawmakers because they’ve been counting on tightly packed “transit-oriented communities” as the core of their approach to many of Colorado’s problems, including traffic congestion, climate-warming vehicle pollution and affordable housing for workers. “If we don’t have transit, the whole thi ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even though President Joe Biden won’t be on the ballot in November, voters still will be weighing his legacy. As Vice President Kamala Harris moves to take his place as the Democratic standard-bearer, Biden’s accomplishments remain very much at risk should Republican Donald Trump prevail. How Biden’s single term and his decision to step aside are remembered will be intertwined with Harris’ electoral result in November, particularly as the vice president runs tightly on the achievements of the Biden administration. Biden will have an opportun ..read more

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 hearing Wednesday, including a lack of specificity in the proposed ordinance language. Torres said she wants to provide voters with a clearer picture of just what that 0.5% sales tax would pay for. Johnston unveiled his proposed tax July 8, and it featured prom ..read more

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 campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/TNS ..read more

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 regulations to bar the Rock Church from using an RV and a camping trailer parked behind its main building to provide shelter to those who need it. “The church stresses that by preventing it from allowing the homeless to live on its property, the town is precluding th ..read more

By COLLEEN LONG, CHRISTINE FERNANDO and AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden might not often use the word “abortion” when he talks about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but Vice President Kamala Harris sure does. She’s also toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic where the procedure is performed and routinely links the fall of Roe to the larger issue of rising maternal mortality nationwide. Now that Harris is running for president in place of Biden, Democrats and advocates for reproductive rights are hoping that her bluntness on abortion — coupled with the administration’s polici ..read more

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 provision that allows local communities to cast off the gun restriction for their own property. The elected leaders of Colorado’s third-largest city will have to take a second vote on the issue next month to make it final. The diverging votes, both taken Monday night ..read more

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 impersonation, for allegedly allowing a contractor to make a copy of an election computer’s hard drive during a software update in 2021 as she searched for proof of conspiracy theories promoted by former President Donald Trump about the 2020 election. Related Articles Politi ..read more

A state-ordered recount has confirmed that three votes separated the Republican contenders in a primary last month in southwest Colorado’s House District 58, where more than 370 mail ballots were not delivered to voters in one county ahead of Election Day. The Secretary of State’s Office confirmed Larry Don Suckla’s razor-thin margin over J. Mark Roeber in a news release Tuesday, a month after the June 25 primary. Suckla will now advance to the November election against Democrat Kathleen Curry, who served in the House more than a decade ago. The seat is currently occupied by Republican Rep. Ma ..read more