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What do last week’s election results tell us about the 2024 election in Colorado?

What do last week’s election results tell us about the 2024 election in Colorado?

With Tuesday’s election in the books, we can turn our attention to the 2024 election and consider how this November might offer lessons for next November. Several points stand out.…

Polis calls special session on property taxes, says ‘cost of inaction too high’

Polis calls special session on property taxes, says ‘cost of inaction too high’

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis called a special session of the Colorado Legislature Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver to address property tax cuts after…

Democrats warn Coloradans face ‘enormous property tax increases’ as voters reject Prop HH

Democrats warn Coloradans face ‘enormous property tax increases’ as voters reject Prop HH

A proposal backed by Colorado Democrats to cut property tax rates while allowing the state to retain more excess tax revenue in the long term appeared to be decisively rejected…

Chapin earns most votes for Vail Town Council in unofficial, preliminary results

Chapin earns most votes for Vail Town Council in unofficial, preliminary results

In unofficial preliminary Vail Town Council election results as of 11 p.m., Tuesday, former Vail Mayor Dave Chapin was the top vote-getter with 779 votes, followed by Reid Phillips with…

Study: Colorado on track for near-zero electricity without need for major breakthroughs

Study: Colorado  on track for near-zero electricity without need for major breakthroughs

Colorado can decarbonize its electricity very deeply by 2040 without busting the bank. But there’s a catch. To hit this 98.5% decarbonization level will require accepting natural gas as 1%…

Avon, Vail mayors agree that future ski, commuter train would need to connect Eagle airport to Vail ski area

Avon, Vail mayors agree that future ski, commuter train would need to connect Eagle airport to Vail ski area

Dormant Tennessee Pass Line railroad tracks at Sage, a point near the Eagle County Regional Airport. The Gypsum wallboard plant is in the background, with its active rail connection to…

Blow-up Beetlejuice used to criticize Boebert’s voting record on critical veterans issues

Blow-up Beetlejuice used to criticize Boebert’s voting record on critical veterans issues

Volunteers with the progressive political group Rocky Mountains Values used an inflatable Beetlejuice Halloween decoration to highlight Congresswoman Boebert’s voting record (Sharon Sullivan photo). On Halloween, an inflatable Beetlejuice character…

Colorado trial: Extremism expert accuses Trump of violent rhetoric that led to Capitol attack

Colorado trial: Extremism expert accuses Trump of violent rhetoric that led to Capitol attack

Former President Donald Trump’s history of violent rhetoric and statements about extremist groups were the subject of continued testimony on Tuesday in a trial seeking to bar him from the…

Trump trial kicks off in Colorado as voters try to block him from presidential ballot

Trump trial kicks off in Colorado as voters try to block him from presidential ballot

A Denver courtroom on Monday will hear opening arguments in a legal challenge to former President Donald Trump’s constitutional eligibility to seek that office again, in a landmark case widely…

Dowd Junction project a model for western states looking to land trusts for housing

Dowd Junction project a model for western states looking to land trusts for housing

State Sen. Dylan Roberts, who recently moved to Frisco in part because of a lack of childcare in Avon, takes the pen from Gov. Jared Polis during a bill-signing ceremony…