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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...

Ed Perlmutter just dropped out of the Colorado governor’s race. Here’s...

Colorado Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, his voice shaking in his Golden office, said he just didn’t have the fire in his belly to keep running for...

Wiretap: While GOP stuck in bid to repeal Obamacare, Dems moving...

While Republicans are stuck trying to repeal Obamacare, unable to even get the latest Trumpcare bill onto the Senate floor, Democrats are moving away...

Listen up! Indy Weekly Podcast, Episode 6: Will Colorado run out...

Colorado's population is expected to grow from about 5.5 million in 2016 to as many as 10 million people by 2050. Unless we start...

Littwin: The governor’s race is so big that Democrats are sending...

Now that Jared Polis, the well-known political disrupter, has officially shaken up the Democratic race for governor, at least one thing is clear: No...

Spotlight on the COGCC: Who are they, what’s their mission and...

You've probably heard lately about the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, commonly called the COGCC. That’s Colorado’s governor-appointed panel tasked with regulating the...

GREENE: In opposing appeal of landmark oil-and-gas ruling, Hick is more...

A constitutional crisis. The phrase kept popping up Thursday when Attorney General Cynthia Coffman seemed to have bucked Gov. John Hickenlooper’s wishes by appealing a...

Colorado’s governor said he didn’t want to appeal a controversial oil-and-gas...

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman bucked the apparent wishes of Gov. John Hickenlooper by appealing a court ruling that could dramatically change the way...

Jailed, mistakenly released, and jailed once again, a judge finally set...

  The family of Cuban immigrant Rene Lima-Marin expected to celebrate his release from prison Wednesday, but instead learned that he had been turned over...

Colorado elected officials in a letter to the governor: Don’t appeal...

Dozens of local and state officials throughout Colorado have a message for Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper: Don’t appeal. At issue is a decision the...