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DPS’ celebration doesn’t match the data

Updated 1 week ago

Denver Public Schools is seeing green — literally. As Superintendent Alex Marrero hailed the district’s new “accredited (green)” rating as “a significant milestone” last week,...

Colorado remains among a shrinking pool of states with glass ceilings at top of the ticket | TRAIL MIX

Updated 2 weeks ago

Will 2026 be the year Colorado voters shatter one of the state’s stubborn and seemingly incongruous glass ceilings? The Centennial State approaches next year’s sesquicentennial...

COLUMN: A not-so-special session begins

Updated 1 month ago

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No justice for Luis Garcia; no accountability for DPS | Jimmy Sengenberger

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Proper attire edition: Capitol M | Week of March 8, 2025

Updated 6 months ago

Colorado is front and center in Musk’s chaos | SONDERMANN

Updated 6 months ago

Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet’s gubernatorial trial balloon could scramble 2026 field | TRAIL MIX

Updated 7 months ago

Peak Trump has come and gone | SONDERMANN

Updated 7 months ago

Doggy play dates! Capitol M: Week of March 1

Updated 7 months ago

Albert Einstein visits the JBC: Capitol M | Week of Feb. 22, 2025

Updated 7 months ago

Mountain West voters overwhelmingly oppose federal public lands funding cuts, poll finds | TRAIL MIX

Updated 7 months ago

Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet picks his battles | TRAIL MIX

Updated 7 months ago

Star Wars, comedy and communications ranging from tin cans to cell phones: Capitol M, Week of february 15 2025

Updated 7 months ago

Democrats need to demonstrate good governance — paging Mike Johnston | SONDERMANN

Updated 7 months ago

A legislator ruined by his own social media | SONDERMANN

Updated 8 months ago

It is sad. It is also all too indicative of our times. Being registered to vote in central Denver, my representative in the Colorado House...

The return of something edible (and it’s not MJ) : Capitol M | Week of Jan. 26, 2025

Updated 8 months ago

The lighter side of the Capitol, usually. Capitol Cliches Bingo, 2025 edition A tip of the hat to former state Rep. Rob Witwer, who recently...

Colorado Democrat Adam Frisch mounts bid for DNC vice chair after two runs for Congress | TRAIL MIX

Updated 8 months ago

After logging 77,000 miles on the odometer across two campaigns in one of the largest congressional districts in the country, Colorado Democrat Adam Frisch says...

Welcome back to Gold Dome High: Capitol M | Week of January 17, 2025

Updated 8 months ago

The lighter side of the state Capitol. Lawmakers have returned to the state Capitol for the 2025 session, and it’s already off to a funny...

Expectant mom Brittany Pettersen vows to push proxy voting for new parents in US House | TRAIL MIX

Updated 8 months ago

Looking for the son (or daughter) of 131 | SONDERMANN

Updated 8 months ago

As usual, voters in Colorado’s 2024 congressional races avoided split-ticket outcomes | TRAIL MIX

Updated 8 months ago

A personal take from 2024 | Capitol M

Updated 9 months ago

A look back at State Capitol humor 2024 | YEAR IN REVIEW

Updated 9 months ago

Trump’s energy secretary pick Chris Wright set to join ranks of Colorado’s cabinet members | TRAIL MIX

Updated 9 months ago

Scenes from a society off its moorings | SONDERMANN

Updated 9 months ago

Colorado Politics’ 2024 Holiday Gift Guide for politicians of all stripes | TRAIL MIX

Updated 9 months ago

DOGE and America’s finances are no laughing matter | SONDERMANN

Updated 9 months ago

Colorado’s congressional candidates hewed to their districts’ historic partisan leans | TRAIL MIX

Updated 10 months ago

A special Thanksgiving edition of Capitol M: Week of November 29, 2024

Updated 10 months ago

The lighter side of the state Capitol…and sometimes beyond What does someone do with a campaign t-shirt once the campaign is over? If you’re lucky,...

A clarifying election and a new normal | Sondermann

Updated 10 months ago

For five years, I have written in these pages under the heading of “Down the middle.” Before getting to the meat of today’s column, let...

Republican Gabe Evans makes history with razor-thin win in Colorado’s battleground 8th CD | TRAIL MIX

Updated 10 months ago

Colorado Republican Gabe Evans accomplished something rare last week when he unseated the congressional incumbent in the state’s newest district, flipping the seat two years...

Denver’s Crestmoor Park is site for 2024 L’Esprit de Noel Holiday Home Tour | NONPROFIT REGISTER

Updated 11 months ago

CENTRAL CITY OPERA GUILD Wheat Ridge News: Denver’s historic Crestmoor Park neighborhood will be the setting for the 48th edition of L’Esprit de Noel Holiday...