Sandra Fish

2 months ago | coloradosun.com | Brian Eason |Jesse Paul |Sandra Fish

While legislative Democrats look to bolster collective bargaining rights for all workers, Colorado budget writers say they won’t rule out eliminating pay raises owed to state employees under the current union contract. “Literally EVERYTHING is on the table,” Joint Budget Committee Chair Jeff Bridges, a Greenwood Village Democrat, told The Colorado Sun in a text message.

Nov 16, 2024 | the-journal.com | Sandra Fish |Kevin Mohatt

During the presidential campaign, Trump said he would veto a national abortion ban from Congress because the issue was sent back to the states when Roe v. Wade was overturned Nearly 62% of Colorado voters agreed to guarantee access to abortion and other reproductive rights such as birth control in the state Constitution. Coloradans have consistently rejected ballot measures to curb abortion.

Nov 15, 2024 | montrosepress.com | Sandra Fish

Democrats made abortion and reproductive health care access central to the 2024 elections, and voters in seven states, including Colorado, approved constitutional amendments to guarantee the right to abortion. Colorado’s abortion rights advocates are hoping the issue will be low on President-elect Donald Trump’s priority list.

Nov 14, 2024 | coloradosun.com | Sandra Fish

Democrats made abortion and reproductive health care access central to the 2024 elections, and voters in seven states, including Colorado, approved constitutional amendments to guarantee the right to abortion. Colorado’s abortion rights advocates are hoping the issue will be low on President-elect Donald Trump’s priority list. The Colorado Sun is looking at how Donald Trump’s presidency may affect the issues Coloradans care about.

Nov 6, 2024 | coloradosun.com | Jesse Paul |Sandra Fish

BRIGHTON — The race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo and Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s highly competitive 8th Congressional District was too close to call Tuesday night, with the candidates separated by about 4,000 votes at 11 p.m.Caraveo was leading Evans by less than 2 percentage points. The Associated Press estimated that about 67% of votes had been counted. “We absolutely have a path,” Evans told his supporters at a watch party in Brighton on Tuesday.