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In presidential run, Colorado’s Hickenlooper pushes compromise in an uncompromising time...

It is a late Friday afternoon in early February and passengers at Gate 12 of Washington’s Reagan National Airport are displeased. “Fucking United,” a lawyer-lobbyist...

Colorado’s Latino Democratic leaders turn out for Clinton

This weekend, while Donald Trump supporters geared up for the next two months, a group of influential Latino Democrats rallied around presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on...

101 women Hickenlooper could appoint as lieutenant governor

Last week The Colorado Independent reported that a group of Coloradans were asking Gov. John Hickenlooper to replace Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia with a woman...

Pick a woman for lieutenant governor, advocates urge Hickenlooper

Colorado may boast being the first state to elect a woman to the legislature, but that doesn't mean gender parity exists here. The state has never had a...

Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia resigns

Colorado Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia is stepping down from his post next year to become president of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. Garcia...

Colorado Latinos to the GOP: ‘Intolerance won’t win our votes’

Even though the pack of Republican candidates were the marquee event Wednesday, Colorado Latino leaders, students and community members weren't about to be upstaged. Hundreds turned...

Hickenlooper’s first TV ad touts job creation, collaboration

John Hickenlooper's campaign is out with his first TV ad this week, "Restaurant," which highlights the governor as a business owner and the political...

Garcia to tour state veteran, homeless facilities

It's a worthy trip -- and a great congressional campaign warm up tour, maybe!

Gessler Taps Auditor to Examine Spending at Heart of Ethics Complaint

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler appears to have had himself audited. In a witness list he sent Tuesday to the parties involved in an investigation of his discretionary spending last year, Gessler included the name of accountant Kevin Collins.

Childhood hunger in Colorado is on the rise

One thing you can say about a kid who goes to bed hungry is that he will wake up the same way. Odds are he'll go to school hungry as well. Repeat that cycle a few times a week and you've got a problem. Experts say it is a problem that can be solved, even though it hasn't been yet.