Jesse Paul
Reporter and Political Editor at The Colorado Sun
@ColoradoSun political reporter/editor/cofounder searching for the strangest datelines and best ski lines. Formerly @denverpost.
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6 days ago |
coloradosun.com | Brian Eason |Jesse Paul
This time two years ago, state lawmakers went out of their way to make sure local governments wouldn’t suffer financially from legislative and ballot efforts to deliver property tax relief. How times have changed. As the property tax cuts grew and the state’s own budget picture deteriorated, the state steadily scaled back its promises to cover the costs to local governments.
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1 week ago |
coloradosun.com | Brian Eason |Jesse Paul
Republican Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer really wants people to know that Colorado’s hospital provider fee was created for hospitals. “It is for hospitals,” she said on the Senate floor last week. Across a 15-minute speech, the Brighton lawmaker kept saying it, reading aloud at times from state law to reinforce that the fee-based enterprise program was designed to support hospitals, and hospitals alone.
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1 week ago |
coloradosun.com | Jesse Paul
Michael Bennet, Colorado’s senior U.S. senator, announced Friday that he will run for governor in 2026, entering the race as the de facto favorite and igniting a power struggle among the state’s top Democrats over who will be appointed to his seat in Washington if he wins.
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1 week ago |
montrosepress.com | Jesse Paul
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2 weeks ago |
coloradosun.com | Jesse Paul
Michael Bennet, Colorado’s senior U.S. senator, is set to launch his 2026 campaign to be governor on Friday. The third-term Democrat is planning a “major announcement” in Denver’s City Park on Friday morning. Multiple sources, who requested anonymity because they were preempting Bennet’s official launch, say he will announce his gubernatorial bid then. Bennet will be the second big-name Democrat to jump into the gubernatorial race.
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A lot going on, but this news from yesterday is a big deal: Colorado governor signs bill halting expansion of hard liquor sales in grocery and big-box stores https://t.co/lotxqo68Ok #copolitics #coleg
NEW: Michael Bennet’s campaign for Colorado governor has officially begun. So has the power struggle to fill his Senate seat. https://t.co/YigXUYy9z5 #copolitics #coleg
Michael Bennet is set to launch his gubernatorial bid tomorrow: https://t.co/wQPG4J6Cbw #copolitics
