We covered several of the state’s hotly contested school districts this year. Here's our pre-election coverage and a look at where the vote totals stand this morning.

Records obtained via FOIA reveal 9 complaints from colleagues about Waldrep’s attitudes towards working groups for veterans of color and a written counseling for “disrespectful, insulting, abusive, insolent, or obscene language or conduct.” coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/11/co-s...

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Two Turning Point USA afterschool groups have been approved by school officials at public high schools in Eagle County – home to Vail and Beaver Creek ski areas – drawing opposition from parents and an online petition signed by nearly 200 people so far coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/oppo...

Stepping up its involvement in anti-trans political campaigns, Colorado’s Catholic Bishops have directed parishioners to gather signatures at church to place initiatives on next year’s election ballot. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/turn...

Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck says she won't run for reelection to the statehouse, but hinted at a possible run for a different, perhaps bigger office. She also called one declared candidate a liar, while endorsing a new one.

BALLOT GUIDE AGGREGATION: This article has links to ballot guides by the state of Colorado and CO media outlets — as well as by both left- and right-leaning organizations and public figures. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/a-li...

CO Gov. Candidate Offers No Campaign Promises, Instead Pitches ‘Unseen War’ with ‘Demons’: My latest: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/gov-...

My Latest: Rep Evans promotes himself as a “rancher” in his rural district despite criticism that he owns just three cows, which he’s put in the care of a neighbor. Now he's spotlighting a Longhorn on a personalized coin he's made coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/has-...

Join Xochitl Gaytan, Rhonda Solis, Karla Esser, and Lucy Molina for a lively discussion of current issues facing Colorado school boards! @jasonsalzman.bsky.social @chasewoodruff.bsky.social @story4co.bsky.social @jennybrundincpr.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social www.a4pep.org/hot-button-i...

ARMSTRONG: A secular education understands people as part of the natural world, whereas a sectarian religious education envisions people, or at least God's chosen or favored people, as participants in God's divine plan for humanity. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/secu...

A plan from the DOJ to ban trans people from owning firearms has garnered criticism from gun advocates both in Colorado and nationally, with one saying such a ban would be “flagrantly illegal.” coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/co-g...

“What they’ve done in DC has really changed crime statistics,” Winter said when asked if Denver needs the same treatment. Winter...got his start in politics as a leader of American Freedom Keepers, a group that was at least militia-adjacent. #coleg coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/wint...

My latest: Gabe Evans says he's building a new fence for his three cows, which aren't on his property anymore. Does this mean he still plans to promote himself in his rural district as a "rancher" and "beef producer" & take a $1,000 ag tax break? coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/evan...

New Podcast! I talk about the fallout from Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, including the recent special session, some long explanations from Rep. Gabe Evans, and more! coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/feve...

See below a bit about how Advance Colorado influences school board races. Many questions remain about Anschutz and Advance. Get in touch with us if you have tips please.

My latest: Rep Evans says he tells a story about his mom thinking she'd be stuck in a Mexican hut to "resonate" with Latino voters. But all available info points to the story being false. And Evans' aunt, who grew up with his mom, says it's "delusional" coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/rott...

EXCLUSIVE: In this our investigation into CO’s largest GOP dark money machine, CTR unveils millions of dollars of cash animating Advance Colorado’s operations – as well as their ties to Russian oligarchs, extremist militias, and Colorado’s wealthiest man. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/the-...

Congressman Evans used a meeting with his local food bank to defend the budget's Medicaid cuts. The food bank: "[we told him] the need will get worse should the [SNAP & Medicaid] cuts go through." #copolitics coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/07/food-b

My latest: Follow-up questions to recent comments by Gazette Editor Vince Bzdek about the Gazette's owner, billionaire GOP donor Phil Anschutz. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/07/open...

New Fever Swamp Review! I talk about recent ICE protests and County Commissioner meeting. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/07/feve...

My latest: On Campaign Trail, Evans Endorsed Trump's Plan To Deport All Undocumented Immigrants & Then He Voted for It. Now, As Polls Shift, So Does He, Say Profs coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/07/on-c...

My latest: Making Money Doesn't Seem to Explain Why the Print Edition of Anschutz's Newspaper, Colorado Politics, Exists. Here are some other possible explanations. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/07/myst...

My latest: Get a 'Repentant Trump Voter' Sticker When You Tell Us Why You Regret Voting for Trump. We're having trouble finding regretful Trump Voters. We're hoping our sticker offer inspires some to tell us their stories coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/06/get-...

A great episode of the Colorado Times Recorder podcast, Fever Swamp Review - "Trans Athlete DESTROYS Women's Sports" with host Heidi Beedle youtu.be/sGg5ufwLN5w?...

"In reliance on statements made by Mr. Oltmann, on-air hosts published stories that Eric Coomer ... interfered with the 2020 presidential election ... Salem apologizes for the harm these publications caused Dr. Coomer and his family." coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/06/sale...

New Fever Swamp Review! Heidi talks about recent school district policies banning trans athletes and then lifts some weights and runs a 5k. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/06/feve...

Columnist @loganmdavis.bsky.social's grandmother passed away last week. She never let anyone tell her what she couldn’t do — especially if their reason was that she was a woman. In fact, they’d be lucky to live long after such a suggestion. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/06/davi...

My latest: Evans says he raises cattle as a hobby: "I can raise like 2 or 3 cows a year, but I really like Longhorn cattle." Should he promote himself in his rural congressional district as a rancher? He points to a federal definition to justify the PR. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/06/all-...

New Podcast! Talking about Colorado’s media landscape. I discuss Peak News, Rocky Mountain Voice, and am joined by editor @jasonsalzman.bsky.social to talk about Anschutz. Check it out! coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/05/feve...

Parents and residents of Sterling Ranch delivered a wave of criticism at two events concerning the proposal of a new “classical” charter school in Highlands Ranch this week. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/05/part...

My latest: Gabe Evans makes himself available for interviews on multiple media outlets, particularly right-leaning ones like an Epoch News-affiliated TV network and right-wing radio. So why is he rejecting interview requests from 9News? coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/05/evan...

As the @coloradotimesrecorder.com says in this piece, many "able-bodied" people have chronic medical or psychological problems that make Medicaid their only option. Bonus points to @jasonsalzman.bsky.social for quoting former @bellpolicy.bsky.social staffer Natalie Wood in this piece.

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My latest: Republicans Use 'Able-Bodied Adults,' Like They Did 'Welfare Queens,' To Demonize Low-Income People They Want to Kick off Medicaid coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/05/repu...

Colorado’s newly passed House Bill 25-1259, “In Vitro Fertilization Protection & Gamete Donation Requirements,” will modify portions of a 2022 law that advocates say imposes excessive burdens on fertility clinics and providers. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/05/fert...

New Fever Swamp Review! I take a look at the protests, and their ideological underpinnings, over Colorado's latest trans rights bill, HB1312. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/05/feve...

Answer, though: There are at least six with some similarities and differences. One common theme is that they all provide meaningful reporting, analysis, and actionable intelligence to some degree about the state of local news in their state or region.

Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) was a no-show at a community town hall in his district Friday night – but that didn’t stop his constituents from telling him exactly what they thought. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/04/gabe...

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While every major outlet in the state covered the anti-trans letter as an organic outpouring of concern from education professionals, I noticed something else: I noticed Brad Miller. Let me show you what I mean: 1/

My latest: With reporters vanishing, the gov't-accountability function of journalism needs to shift to regular folk. So the Legislature shouldn't override Polis's veto of a bill that makes it easier for journalists to get public documents than other citizens coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/04/with...

Let's take this W. Grassroots organizing & public education via media made a difference! www.cpr.org/2025/04/16/j...

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My latest: Five CO Springs News Outlets Scrub Their Websites of an Article About the Arrest of Former GOP Council Member coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/04/five...

A visual guide to the elected officials who fly Christian nationalist flags at the Capitol baptistnews.com/article/a-vi...

Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.

BREAKING: Trump said it was "purposefully distorted," but in her first response to the prez, the artist wrote she "completed the portrait accurately, without 'purposeful distortion,' political bias, or any attempt to caricature the subject ..." coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/04/text...

GOP Rep Gabe Evans gets highlighted in White House press release on support for Trump’s tariffs. #copolitics