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Did Raise the Bar and its partner, Building a Better Colorado,...

Yes, says Wheat Ridge attorney Chris Forsyth, who on Friday filed a campaign finance complaint against both organizations. Forsyth, executive director of the Judicial Integrity...

FRACTURED: Part I, Who’s behind ‘decline to sign’ efforts?

Over the past decade, Colorado has grappled with how to balance the enormous economic value of oil and gas production, including tax revenues and...

Colorado GOP donors fly below the radar with maze of 527...

In Colorado, organizing, infrastructure and fundraising within the Democratic Party and progressive organizations are the stuff of legend. The story of how liberal mega-millionaires and single-minded cooperation on the left turned this formerly solid red state to purple and blue have been told and retold for years. The story of coordination among conservatives groups, however, and the way millions of dollars each election cycle slosh to candidates and causes on the right has received relatively scant attention.