Airport officials in Denver and Colorado Springs, joining counterparts at multiple other major airports, confirmed Tuesday that video from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown will not be shown at security checkpoints.

A group of Democratic state lawmakers gathered with lobbyists at a Vail retreat. Who paid the tab? coloradosun.com/2025/10/13/c... #copolitics #coleg

Colorado’s Aurora detention center housed 1,180 people as of this data’s release. Of those, 831 (70%) are listed as “non-criminal.” Data here: www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

ICE agents “boxed in” Routt County Commissioner Angelica Salinas at a post office south of Steamboat after she took a video of operations from her vehicle, she said on social media. “I don’t know what would have happened if my husband were not in the car with me,” Salinas says

Complaints about fake attorneys trying to scam immigrants have surged in Colorado since Trump's mass-deportation campaign began earlier this year // Story by @samtabachnik.bsky.social and @sethklamann.bsky.social

Social media accounts that appear to belong to the Evergreen shooter show an affinity for mass shooters, particularly the Columbine shooters, whose clothing he copied. He also re-shared Nazi and antisemitic videos and shared an image of a revolver to Twitter: www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...

NEW: Burnham Yard is the Denver Broncos' preferred site for a new stadium, the club announced today while outlining an unprecedented, privately financed vision for a stadium and adjoining mixed-use entertainment district // Story by @parkerjgabriel.bsky.social

Northern Colorado's public radio station, KUNC, will lay off 8 employees, representing more than 20% of its staff, as it responds to funding cuts. Please give to KUNC, they do vital work. www.kunc.org/station-news...

After federal officials urged more arrests in May, ICE arrests in Colorado spiked this summer. As arrests increased, so did the proportion of detainees with no criminal record.

University of Denver ends DEI initiatives to protect funding but chancellor says school isn’t “kowtowing” www.denverpost.com/2025/09/07/u... via @denverpost.com

We're chatting about the #Broncos and their Week 1 matchup against Tennessee at 9 a.m. Come hang, ask questions, etc. You can set a reminder now and find me and @denverpost.com beat partner Luca Evans here at the top of the hour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jpy...

Former CO Sen. Cory Gardner has a new job: leading National Cable and Telecommunications Association, per @PunchbowlNews. The trade association lobbies for companies like Disney & Fox. It's a big paying job too, the former head earned over $7M in '23. punchbowl.news/article/wash... #copolitics

The Denver Post's @elliottwenzler.bsky.social interviewed 5 former city employees laid off by Denver last month about what the loss of their jobs means for them and their families. “It felt horrible,” one said through tears. “I honestly thought I was a person who was going to retire from the city.”

Colorado won’t have to claw back nearly $60 million it paid to public hospitals, including Denver Health and more than two dozen rural facilities, under a deal announced Tuesday to end the state’s court battles with UCHealth

New: Rep. Armagost, the legislator facing the censure vote, has resigned, effective immediately. He was already set to leave the legislature on Sept. 1, but he’s now moved that up to avoid the censure vote.

Colorado prison officials on Saturday flipped a switch to speed up the release of eligible inmates because the state’s prisons are almost entirely full. It’s the first time that status has been activated since it was created seven years ago: www.denverpost.com/2025/08/20/c...

wow, this story from Shelly Bradbury @denverpost.com is amazing work! important read if you live in Denver.

Good morning from the state Capitol. Gov. Polis’ budget director is telling legislative leadership that, because of the federal tax bill, the state is facing an immediate deficit of $955 million. That means legislators will have to find or cut that money, which will likely happen in next few weeks.

A lot of really eye-popping details in this @samtabachnik.bsky.social piece about Craig’ police department, including: The police paid out two settlements to the same guy, 20 years apart, and then shot & killed him in a 3rd incident, when the man pulled a gun and told officers to shoot him.

The Denver Post stands firm when a flack for the federal government tries to go on background. The NY Times? Well, not so much. Via today’s Laurels/Darts. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Now you can let Gov. Jared Polis know what you think about his bridge // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has swung big during his first two years in office. Sometimes moving fast has played in his favor. Other times, the strategy seems to fall flat. Should he slow down to accomplish his goals? www.denverpost.com/2025/07/13/d...

At least two dozen defendants and a witness have been deported by ICE mid-prosecution.

A pedestrian bridge pitched by Gov. Jared Polis as a way to honor the 150th anniversary of Colorado’s statehood faces a rocky path to approval, with most members of a key legislative committee casting wary-at-best eyes toward the $28.5 million proposal // Story by @coltrain.bsky.social

The purchase of a vacant lot from the Denver Housing Authority adds to a growing list of connections between the Broncos and Burnham Yard as their lease at Empower Field at Mile High nears expiration in early 2031 // Story by @elliottwenzler.bsky.social

NEW: An unsealed federal indictment charges Mohamed Soliman with 9 hate-crime counts, as well as 2 charges that he used a fire or explosive device to carry out a felony, and a single count of carrying an explosive during the commission of a felony

"Thirty-one elected officials in Colorado have asked to remove their personal contact information from a state campaign finance database in the wake of Saturday’s shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers."

Colorado makes voting much easier than most other places do, but still has big access gaps. For example: 100K+ voters there don’t speak English well, and often can’t get ballots in their native languages. I wrote about the state’s gradual move to close this gap: boltsmag.org/colorado-lan...

The No. 1 complaint about #RedRocks I've heard over the years is about transportation and parking. This pilot project aims to fix that while reducing carbon emissions and opening Jeffco's foothills and parks to people who might not normally visit the mountains. For @denverpost.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.

How did Denver go from a decade of growth to announcing layoffs and major cuts? A deep dive into how the city's budget reached a crisis point: www.denverpost.com/2025/06/09/d... #denver #copolitics @denverpost.com

Breaking: A senior state official is suing Gov. Polis, alleging Polis ordered him to comply with a subpoena from ICE for info related to sponsors of unaccompanied & undocumented children. Official says complying with the admin subpoena violates state law: www.denverpost.com/2025/06/05/c...

Latest from Boulder: 6 people marching on the Pearl Street Mall in support of the Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza were burned in an attack today by a man wielding what the FBI called a “makeshift flamethrower” and yelling "Free Palestine!"

UPDATE: The FBI has called the attack on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall today a “targeted terror attack.”

Sundance and Colorado officials say red state/blue state politics played no role in choosing Boulder as its new home. But as finalists Ohio and Utah were busy banning protections for LGBTQ people, Boulder was taking Sundance visitors to Chautauqua for "forest bathing." For @denverpost.com

Gov. Polis vetoed legislation Thursday that would have banned the use of rent-setting algorithms in Colorado, allowing the continued use of software that investigators have said enables price-fixing and that the Biden White House said costs Denver tenants $1,600 in additional rent each year.

🧵SPECIAL REPORT: With office vacancy rates at 40-year highs and a third of its towers in distress, what does the future hold for Denver's central business district? Multi-part series by @denverpost.com business reporters Aldo Svaldi, @jessalvg.bsky.social and @judekohler.bsky.social (1/6)

One of three layoffs at The Denver Post today. Sick to my stomach.

My latest: ICE and federal law enforcement just wrapped an operation where they went, unannounced, to the homes of kids who crossed the border as unaccompanied minors. In a memo I obtained, we found there were multiple motives behind the effort... www.cpr.org/2025/05/23/f...

The site encourages people to report “violations” of Colorado's new law extending anti-discrimination protections to transgender people intentionally misgendered or deadnamed. But it was put up by an opponent of the law who says it "should be obvious that it’s fake" // by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Colorado Republicans back Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ www.cpr.org/2025/05/20/t... #copolitics

"Getting records in this case was really difficult," said the @denverpost.com's @samtabachnik.bsky.social, discussing his investigative story on the suspicious death of a 7-year-old boy in Grand County with @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social of @cprnews.bsky.social.

“That’s a warning sign,” said David Grabowski, a professor of health care policy at Harvard University’s medical school. “Maybe beyond a warning sign, a cry for help.”

The jail in Boulder hasn’t allowed visitors in FIVE YEARS. You might think this is relatively NBD because people spend only short periods in jail, but no—some folks have been held in that facility since even before the pandemic. Must-read from Boulder Weekly: boulderweekly.com/news/jail-vi...

New: Colorado AFL-CIO says Gov. Polis today plans to veto SB-5, the pro-labor bill backed by every Democratic legislator. No on-record confirmation yet, but had heard rumblings it would be today.

In this story you'll find death threats, lions & tigers & bears, odors, eagles abducting dogs & housing development. Lions roaring at 2 a.m. & beer cans in the bear exhibit: Wild Animal Sanctuary frets over housing development next door www.denverpost.com/2025/05/16/c... via @denverpost.com

"Autopsy reports for children are no longer public record in Colorado. The coroner only divulged certain autopsy information to The Post as required under the new law."

The Rockies have fired Bud Black and Mike Redmond

Gov. Jared Polis is set to veto a pro-union bill that Democratic lawmakers have urged him to sign, a move that will strain his increasingly contentious relationship with organized labor in Colorado and set the stage for a 2026 ballot fight // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

A wild night in the Colorado House: After passing the trans rights bill, lawmakers attempted to resurrect a dead bill (thru an amendment into a completely unrelated bill) to delay AI regs taking effect next year. The effort failed when Dem lawmaker filibustered: www.denverpost.com/2025/05/07/c...