The move comes as Lauren Boebert, other Republicans renewed their criticism of Williams ..read more

The tenant roundtable focused on hidden fees, habitability and rent-setting algorithms accused of driving up the cost of housing ..read more

A federal court judge will decide after the Nov. 5 general election whether Colorado’s state political donation limits for candidates are legal. In a trial that concluded Tuesday, three Republicans are challenging the limits enacted by voters in 2002 claiming they violate the First Amendment by limiting donors’ freedom of speech. They sued Secretary of State Jena Griswold in 2022 seeking to overturn the limits, though Senior U.S. District Court Judge John Kane rejected their attempt to suspend the limits immediately. Kane on Tuesday ordered attorneys for the plaintiffs, who work for the nati ..read more

History Colorado will begin its second wave of research into Native American boarding schools next month — this time with help from Indigenous people whose family members survived the horrifying experience. The three-year project, funded with $1 million from the state legislature, will focus on consultation with Native American communities to foster healing and reconciliation. “During the first round, they only had a year to do the research and write the report, which was a very narrow timeline,” said state Rep. Barbara McLachlan, co-sponsor of the laws that allocated funding to the research ..read more

The Colorado GOP spent $39,000 on two mailers in June supporting Chairman Dave Williams’ failed 5th District congressional bid, pushing the party’s overall spending on his campaign to nearly $60,000, a report filed early Sunday morning shows. The party also paid Williams’ company $16,000 for “chairman consulting” in June and July, payments he receives in lieu of a salary for his official party work. Williams also received nearly $900 in travel reimbursement on June 25, the day he lost the 5th District primary to conservative commentator and activist Jeff Crank, according to the party’s Feder ..read more

A brewing disagreement about how to deal with child protection caseworkers who fabricate records has taken an unexpected turn — with one arm of state government charging another $30 per hour to gather information requested under the Colorado Open Records Act.  The information dispute, which brings up a host of questions including whether that’s the best use of public dollars, is between the Office of the Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman and the Colorado Department of Human Services.  The two agencies have been working to close a gap in the system that allows caseworkers accused o ..read more

By Chris Megerian, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could shatter several more after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her. Biden announced Sunday that he was stepping aside after a disastrous debate performance catalyzed fears that the 81-year-old was too frail for a second term. Harris is the first woman, Black person or person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president. If she becomes the Democratic nominee and defeats Republican candidate Donald Trump in November, she would be the first woman to ..read more

Colorado’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention on Sunday began rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden announced he would end his reelection bid and endorsed Harris to replace him on the ticket.  The Colorado Sun on Sunday afternoon immediately began polling the state’s 87 delegates, which include the state’s two U.S. senators and five U.S. House members, to the convention in Chicago next month. Most reached by The Sun said they planned to support Harris during the Aug. 19-22 gathering, with the exception of a few who said it was too early to w ..read more

By Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College Now that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee, it will ultimately be up to Democratic National Convention delegates to formally select a new nominee for their party. This will mark the first time in over 50 years that a major party nominee was selected outside of the democratic process of primaries and caucuses. Many Democrats had already begun discussing how to replace Biden. They worried that having the convention delegates, the majority of whom were pledged at first to Biden ..read more

By Colleen Long and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate, in which the 81-year-old president trailed off, often gave nonsensical answers and failed to call out the former president’s many falsehoo ..read more