Colorado Newsline

Colorado Newsline is an independent and nonprofit online news outlet that operates without political bias. Established in July 2020, it aims to deliver honest and precise coverage on various topics, particularly politics and policy, that matter to the people of Colorado. Based in Denver, Colorado Newsline focuses on reporting from the Capitol while also addressing important issues such as the environment, health care, education, the economy, the justice system, and how state government operates. Their dedicated team works to ensure that readers across the state, from Lamar to Dinosaur and Durango to Sterling, receive trustworthy information. All content on Colorado Newsline is accessible for free.

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Shared risk at the heart of dispute over Colorado River

3 days ago | coloradonewsline.com | Allen Best

A version of this story originally appeared in Big Pivots. Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when they met near Santa Fe to forge a compact governing the Colorado River. But what exactly did they agree upon? That has become a sticking point in 2025 as states have squared off about rules governing the river in the drought-afflicted and climate-changed 21st century.
Rubio in talks for return of wrongly deported 'Cristian,' in flip for Trump administration

4 days ago | coloradonewsline.com | Ariana Figueroa

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is personally working to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador, at the request of the Department of Homeland Security, the Trump administration said on Monday in court documents.
DOJ files hate crime charge against suspect in Boulder attack

4 days ago | coloradonewsline.com | Chase Woodruff

by Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline June 2, 2025 The U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal hate crime charge against the man suspected of attacking a group of demonstrators with incendiary devices in Boulder on Sunday, leaving eight victims hospitalized. The victims, ranging in age from 52 to 88, were participants in the Boulder branch of Run For Their Lives, which organizes events calling for the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
Rent-setting software ban supporters blast Polis veto

1 week ago | coloradonewsline.com | Sara Wilson

Colorado Democratic lawmakers criticized Gov. Jared Polis after he vetoed a bill on Thursday afternoon that would have banned the use of computer algorithms to set rent in the state, calling the decision a failure of the state’s values. “Gov. Polis had the opportunity to save Coloradans money, but he instead aligned himself with tech companies that are engaged in practices so questionable that they’re currently facing litigation from the federal government,” Sen.
Colorado advocates decry ICE courthouse arrest of immigrant family

1 week ago | coloradonewsline.com | Chase Woodruff

Colorado immigrant rights advocates expressed outrage over the Thursday arrest of a family of three outside a federal immigration court in Denver, calling the tactic an escalation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers that will punish immigrants who comply with the law by attending their scheduled court hearings.
Inspect the ICE detention facility in Aurora. Repeat.

1 week ago | coloradonewsline.com | Quentin Young

Few Trump administration agencies are so out of control as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE in recent months has disappeared people from American communities, a hallmark of unaccountable authoritarianism. The agency releases scant information to the public about its activities, and it withholds information even in court proceedings.
Republicans defend spending bill, which could strip Medicaid from 200K Coloradans

1 week ago | coloradonewsline.com | Chase Woodruff

Speaking over heckling chants from a nearby crowd of protesters, two of Colorado’s top Republicans stood outside the state Capitol on Thursday, defending their party’s sweeping federal budget bill in a press conference that leaned heavily on a series of misleading claims about Medicaid and immigration. U.S. Reps.
Colorado Democrats fear deep health care consequences in federal spending bill

1 week ago | coloradonewsline.com | Sara Wilson

by Sara Wilson, Colorado Newsline May 29, 2025 Colorado Democrats and health care providers are warning of dire consequences for patients who rely on Medicaid for insurance coverage if the federal spending bill becomes law. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives by one vote last week and now sits in the U.S. Senate, where it could be largely rewritten. It could take most of the summer to shepherd a final version of the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk.
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of controversial Utah oil train

1 week ago | coloradonewsline.com | Kyle Dunphey

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a controversial railway that would connect Colorado to Utah’s oil-rich Uinta Basin, allowing the state to ramp up oil exports. The unanimous decision released Thursday clears a major hurdle for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway, which has been held up in the courts for several years after Colorado’s Eagle County and five environmental groups sued in 2022.
Prescription drug donations would help uninsured patients under new Colorado law

1 week ago | coloradonewsline.com | Sara Wilson

A new Colorado law will let people donate their unused and unopened prescription drugs so that other patients can access them for free or a minimal cost. Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 25-289 into law on Wednesday, which establishes the state’s drug donation program. “Every year, the United States spends billions to dispose of unused prescription medicines from nursing homes, assisted living residences, hospices, and jails,” bill sponsor Sen.