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Lawsuit against ‘Raise the Bar’ pits urban voters against rural

From the “politics makes strange bedfellows” department: Several organizations that haven’t exactly been on the same side of issues came out in support this morning...

Winners and losers in the money battle for your vote on...

Big Tobacco and Big Oil were the biggest players in Colorado’s ballot measures in 2016, writing checks for more than $36 million to influence...

ColoradoCare suffered a whopping defeat. Here’s why.

Coloradans hoping to pass single-payer health care this year will go to sleep disappointed. Amendment 69, which sought to establish a statewide system called ColoradoCare to...

Homestretch: Amendment 69, ColoradoCare

If you’re voting by mail this election, you probably know that Colorado voters this year must decide whether to pass a constitutional amendment establishing...

VIDEO: Wanna know what’s *really* scary? Trying to read this Colorado...

This election season has been stressful for a lot of voters. First you have to pick from two unpopular candidates, unless you're voting Green...

In Boulder, Sanders stumps for ColoradoCare: “Think big, not small”

Former Democratic presidential hopeful and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rounded out a multi-city tour of Colorado Monday evening with a spirited rally at CU...

In Colorado, Green Party’s Jill Stein won’t endorse the ColoradoCare universal...

  COLORADO SPRINGS — Days after Bernie Sanders officially backed a ballot measure in Colorado that would create the first universal healthcare system in the...

Noam Chomsky supports Colorado’s universal healthcare ballot measure

Famed linguist, author, and public intellectual Noam Chomsky is backing a campaign to make Colorado the first state in the nation with universal healthcare....

NARAL denounces ColoradoCare, saying it would restrict abortions

Colorado’s leading pro-choice group has come out against Amendment 69, saying the proposed single-payer ColoradoCare system would impede abortion access in the state. "I think...

Sen. Michael Bennet comes out against ColoradoCare

  Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet opposes a universal healthcare ballot measure Colorado voters will consider in November. "Michael does not think that single payer is the right approach to solving...