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Littwin: Duran shocks the Colorado political world, but maybe not in...

I can safely predict that Crisanta Duran’s decision not to jump into the Democratic Senate primary — and instead primary Diana DeGette in the...

How a once-promising merit pay system led Denver teachers to the...

Jeff Buck was the very first teacher to sign up for Denver’s revolutionary pay-for-performance system in 2005. More than 13 years later, he is...

Trump nominates Colorado native and ex-lobbyist Bernhardt to head Interior department...

President Trump on Monday announced that he’ll nominate David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist and George W. Bush administration official, to become the next Interior...

Littwin: Bennet goes viral, Hick to Iowa, Harris is hot,...

For maybe the first time in Michael Bennet’s political career, he has gone viral. And as quickly as you can say “Ted Cruz’s crocodile...

Littwin: Colorado’s not a swing state anymore, but that doesn’t mean...

When the news broke that Michael Bennet was mulling a run for president and even talking to Iowa politicos about the possibility, one thought...

Littwin: So much for the Dem civil war. In CO gov...

The strangest thing happened in the Democratic primary race a couple weeks ago. It finally got started. I know, it has been a year since...

How education reform became a wedge issue among Colorado Democrats this...

On the campaign trail, the Democratic candidates for governor of Colorado tend to hit the same themes when it comes to education: more money...

Wiretap: Could Trump really gut the Iran nuclear deal and still...

As Donald Trump prepares for his surprise nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the world be watching to see whether Trump...

Littwin: The shutdown was a political fiasco, but the real losers...

Let’s get the non-alternative facts out of the way first. The Democrats caved in a major way. They got nothing of significance in return...

Wiretap: ‘I am not a racist’ sounds a lot like the...

Day 4 of shithole-gate: Trump denies he said shithole. What he does say, probably not meaning to invoke Nixon, is “I am not a...