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Mysterious dark-money fliers target highly contested Colorado House and Senate races

Anonymous fliers are targeting candidates in the suburban battlegrounds of hotly contested Colorado House and Senate races — a tactic political observers say is...

Hard-to-trace ‘gray money’ raises the stakes in big Colorado races

With the election only a month away and mail ballots due out in less than two weeks, “gray money” groups are pouring millions of...

The big spending is on for state House and Senate races

With Election Day just 48 days away — and mail ballots out in 26 days — candidates for the state House and Senate are...

Sorority sister: State House candidate downplays her years on a controversial...

Katy Brown, the Republican vying for Colorado’s highly competitive House District 3 seat, touts her experience as a web developer, Cherry Hills councilwoman and community...

State House and Senate races starting to add up, dollar-wise

Updated: to include statement from Colorado Education Association on why they endorsed Republican Katy Brown in House District 3 over her Democratic opponent, Jeff...

Senate District 26 race likely to be one of the year’s...

A portion of Arapahoe County will see changes in who represents its residents at the state Capitol come January. Democratic Rep. Daniel Kagan of...

Class tensions key in Colorado’s must-watch state House race

House District 3 is divided between Republicans and Democrats, the rich and the poor. The candidates trying to win the June 28 primary for...

House votes for disclosure of independent spending on ads touting political...

This story first appeared on the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition website.  The Colorado House voted Monday to require independent groups and individuals to disclose...

Colorado adopts eyewitness-testimony standards

Eyewitness identifications in criminal investigations are notoriously unreliable, as Nat Stein wrote about in The Colorado Independent in February. Old-fashioned lineups lead to false convictions; innocent...

House approves police chokehold ban

In 2010, deputies choked and killed street-preacher Marvin Booker in the Denver jail. Last year, his family won a $4.6 million civil settlement from...