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$22.7 million already given to state campaigns for fall elections

Voters may be months away from being asked whether grocery stores can sell full-strength beer and wine, local governments can ban hydraulic fracturing or...

How to be a Colorado campaign finance watchdog

Few organizations bust as many Colorado politicians for campaign-finance violations as Colorado Ethics Watch. These attorneys who make politicians tremble have decided to teach the...

Watchdog or bully? How a $10,000 fine led to a GOP...

  A judge in Denver has fined Colorado's Republican Party Committee $10,000 for failing to follow guidelines related to disclosing donors. But behind the fine is...

Wiretap: Republican Nikki Haley champions tolerance, irks far right

Complicated history The complicated history of Nikki Haley met up with the complicated history of Barack Obama to take on the Donald's not so complicated history. Via The...

Antiabortion group blows off court ordered fine and paperwork

Troubles aren't over for the antiabortion political organization Colorado Campaign for Life. First it lost a federal lawsuit filed against Colorado Ethics Watch. Now...

National PAC fails to disclose spending in Denver elections

The Realtors Fund, a political action committee, failed to report that it had spent at least $40,000 supporting Denver City Council candidates Elizabeth Adams and...

Homebuilder advocates increase contributions to Mayor Hancock; he testifies for industry’s...

Homebuilder advocates gave at least $16,200 to Mayor Michael Hancock's reelection campaign, states a report Ethics Watch released today. This is a hike in...

Denver council candidate apologizes for breaking campaign finance rules

Wayne New got some bad news today. As The Colorado Independent reported earlier, Colorado Ethics Watch filed a complaint with the Denver Elections Division...

Thomas Paine: Dark money operative?

Read websites railing against disclosure, and you might come away thinking there's no difference between Tom Paine’s anonymous pamphlets urging armed revolution and anonymous corporate-funded TV ads attacking political candidates.