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Here’s where Colorado’s GOP candidates for governor stand on health care

In the days leading up to a Republican vote in Congress to repeal and replace— or just repeal— Obamacare, 1,500 miles away in Colorado...

Littwin: Ed Perlmutter, the might-have-been governor the Democrats let get away

In the bizarre political world in which we now live, one should be quite cautious before labeling anything either strange or unexpected because the...

Did the Colorado legislature’s biggest compromise set a Republican tripwire over...

UPDATE: Since this story was posted, 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who is running for governor as a Republican, said after thinking about...

Gov. Race 2018: Brauchler and Robinson would both sign deal to...

Two Republicans running for governor in 2018 say that despite reservations if they were currently in the office they would sign a compromise bill...

Littwin: The death penalty conversation in Colorado just grew a lot...

It was a coincidence, but hardly a happy one, that a pair of prominent Coloradans made news this week concerning the death penalty. In...

‘I’m a George Brauchler Republican,’ says first big GOP name to...

As a sprawling field of Republicans quietly lay the groundwork— and begin to file official paperwork— for a potential run for governor in 2018, George Brauchler...

Americans for Prosperity flex muscles at the statehouse

A year ago, then-state Senate President Bill Cadman, a Colorado Springs Republican, told a gathering of the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity that...

An early look at the 2018 Republican race for Colorado governor

NOTE: This story, originally posted on Nov. 17, has been updated to reflect the changing field. In Colorado it’s never too early to start thinking about the...

Last-minute firing of Owens’ death penalty judge raises suspicions

Lawyers say Colorado’s judicial branch has unlawfully removed a well-respected judge from presiding over the appeal of an Aurora man’s death sentence. After years on the...

Colorado DA George Brauchler explains ‘Mass incarceration is a myth’ tweet

  Colorado's most high-profile district attorney, George Brauchler, has put the phrase "mass incarceration" on trial in the court of public opinion.  The conservative prosecutor who...