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Ask the Indy: What’s the deal with the Recall Polis campaign?

A reader who identified herself only as Karen recently asked The Indy to write some balanced coverage on the effort to recall Gov. Jared...

Ask the Indy: How can I help refugees and immigrants living in Colorado?

Indy reader Carol Kreck, a retired reporter from the Denver Post and a longtime Denver resident, posed a question to Ask the Indy: How...
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Ask the Indy: What’s the deal behind term limits for Denver’s mayor?

Indy reader Rosemary Cullain, a psychologist and consultant specializing in coaching parents of children with autism, reached out to  Ask the Indy  to find...

Ask the Indy: Is the Electoral College a ‘relic of slavery?’ Is there any...

Following our explainer on the latest Electoral College protest movement and Colorado’s role in it, readers reached out with still more questions about the...
Potential buyers try out guns displayed on an exhibitor's table at an expo in 2016. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ask The Indy: How far will Colorado Democrats go with gun reform?

The Ask the Indy project is a way for our readers who’ve got pressing questions on policy and politics to put them directly to...

Ask the Indy: What’s going on with universal health care in Colorado? Single-payer is...

Steve Winters, a 55-year-old retired small business owner from Denver, has a straightforward question for The Colorado Independent: What are lawmakers and the governor doing...

Ask the Indy: How would a Denver teachers’ strike affect you?

Denver teachers are preparing to strike Monday, and we’re turning the tables on our Ask the Indy project. Rather than you asking us questions,...

Ask The Indy: Why is marijuana money not enough to fix our schools and...

Among readers' most-asked questions on the eve of Tuesday's election — besides what the party affiliation is of judges on the ballot — is...

Ask The Indy: Breaking down the tax changes in Amendment 73 High earners will...

A Colorado Independent reader, who wished to remain anonymous, asked how the property tax adjustments in Amendment 73, the school funding measure, would work. The...

Ask The Indy: What’s the party affiliation of judges on Colorado’s 2018 ballot? We...

Here’s a question a dozen readers have asked us this election cycle: How can I find out the party affiliation of the judges on...