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Stapleton neighborhood votes to keep name that has a racist legacy...

The Stapleton neighborhood will keep its name for the time being despite critics’ arguments it venerates a former Denver mayor who was a member...

Northeast Denver school sheds ‘Stapleton’ name and is now DSST: Montview...

A public charter school in northeast Denver is the latest institution to nix the word "Stapleton" from its name. DSST: Stapleton announced Thursday that its...

Littwin: It wasn’t just Polis who made history — it was...

It wasn’t just Jared Polis who made history as the first openly gay man to be sworn in as governor of any state.  Most of...

Littwin: It was cleanup time at the state Senate, and Baumgardner...

As you’ve probably heard, Randy Baumgardner, the oft-accused sexual harasser who survived an expulsion vote last session, has now resigned from the state Senate....

Littwin: In case Trump missed it, the Dem victories in Colorado...

Pick your adjective to describe the Democratic tsunami in Colorado Tuesday — huge, monumental, colossal, ginormous  — and I promise I can top it. This...

Jared Polis wins in Colorado, becoming the state’s first gay and...

DENVER — Stepping onto a stage to the soundtrack of Bob Dylan's seminal 1960s protest song "The times they are a changin'," Jared Polis...

Filling out your 2018 Colorado ballot? Here’s a cheat sheet.

Election Day is Nov. 6. Are you one of the millions of eligible Colorado voters yet to return a ballot? If so, you can always...

‘Bernie Polis’ vs. Trump’s ‘yes man’: In closing arguments on the...

BOULDER — Twenty-four hours before polls close in Colorado, the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor spent the evening lobbing bombs at each other...

The privilege and promise of Walker Stapleton: A Portrait in Four...

The life and times of Walker Stapleton, Colorado's 2018 Republican nominee for governor

How Jared Polis Gets What He Wants: A Portrait in Four...

This is The Colorado Independent's complete four-part series on Jared Polis, Colorado’s Democratic nominee for governor. You can click directly to Part 1 (Polis’s...