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  • 2 weeks ago | coloradopolitics.com | Thelma Grimes

    Colorado will join several states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the latter's order dealing with elections, a top official said.  Since Trump took office in January, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a Democratic candidate for governor in 2026, has joined nearly a dozen lawsuits, including the two this week, one of which challenges the president's election order.

  • 4 weeks ago | coloradopolitics.com | Thelma Grimes

    While disagreeing with the lack of transparency built into legislation that deals with student-athletes' names, image and likeness, Gov. Jared Polis signed the measure into law on Friday, even as he criticized the "unfortunate trend" of bills that he said ultimately impede access to official records.

  • 1 month ago | coloradopolitics.com | Thelma Grimes

    Are Colorado lawmakers making it difficult for the public and the media to access public records or figure out what policymakers are up to? Sponsors of several bills insist the answer is no. Others question the path the Democratic-led state legislature appears to have carved in the last few years. They said lawmakers have pushed and passed laws that make public records less accessible and which chip away at transparency.

  • 1 month ago | coloradopolitics.com | Thelma Grimes

    Gov. Jared Polis said he initially thought the Trump administration was playing a game of “chicken and bluff" over tariff threats — but now he's not so sure. If the tariffs, indeed, become reality, Polis said they will be devastating to Colorado and the country. The "nefarious" thing about tariffs, he said in an interview with CNN Wednesday, is they bring the prices of consumers goods up. “But it's a lot worse than that.

  • 1 month ago | coloradopolitics.com | Thelma Grimes

    While AAA calls a Colorado bill prohibiting law enforcement from asking people why they were pulled over “the right thing to do,” Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly called it a “waste of time.”Democrats Rep. Mandy Lindsay and Sen. Faith Winter sponsored the one-page House Bill 1243 that, if enacted, would no longer allow officers to ask drivers or passengers if they know the reason for a traffic stop.

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