"Proceedings were delayed Friday morning after personnel at the detention center, which is privately run by the Geo Group, told reporters and supporters that they couldn’t enter the courtroom." // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Colorado state Sen. Faith Winter was legally intoxicated and at fault for the November car accident in which she was killed, Arapahoe County investigators said Friday // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Democrat who represents Boulder, called the move to close NCAR “a deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.” // Story by @laurenpenington.bsky.social

Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but the Justice Department attorney who just filed the lawsuit against Colorado seeking voter records apparently didn't understand the district court's relevant rules for doing so:

President Donald Trump claimed to grant imprisoned former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters a “full pardon” tonight — a power constitutional law experts say he cannot wield for a person convicted of state-level crimes // Story by @coltrain.bsky.social

This story shows the lengths to which a private-equity landlord will go to quash its tenants’ union efforts, organizers allege, using aggressive tactics honed by employers in the days before the National Labor Relations Act. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/11/c...

“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.” Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.

NEW: How allies of Sen. John Hickenlooper tried to ward off a progressive challenge in the primary by state Sen. Julie Gonzales. It didn't work. Read @sethklamann.bsky.social: www.denverpost.com/2025/12/09/c...

New: Colorado state senator launches progressive primary challenge of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper www.denverpost.com/2025/12/08/c... via @sethklamann.bsky.social

Gov. Polis tweets favorably about a writer (Hanania) who spent the earlier part of the century writing for white supremacist websites and more recently contributed to Project 2025 and, separately, called for “more policing, incarceration, and surveillance of black people.”

Great reporting from @bentebirkeland.bsky.social on Faith Winter’s courage in standing up against sexual harassment at the #copolitics Capitol. RIP 😓

folks, please be sure to support actual journalists! there's so many amazing newsrooms doing amazing work right now.

Shoutout to @elliottwenzler.bsky.social for getting "raccooncidents" in the @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2025/12/02/d...

“She believed in the work she was doing, believed in the power of friendship and connection and will always live on that way and certainly live on in my heart.” Colorado Sen. Faith Winter was killed Wed. in a crash on I-25. She was 45 years old. via @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2025/11/27/f...

Incredibly sad news: State Sen. Faith Winter, 45, died in a multi-car accident on I-25 near Dry Creek this evening. All of us at Colorado Politics mourn with her family, friends and those she served in Senate District 25. www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/26/c...

Denver nonprofits are turning down federal grants, locking doors and using encrypted messaging apps to avoid "unprecedented" ideological scrutiny by the Trump administration via @sethklamann.bsky.social (gift link)

The National Labor Relations Board has found Starbucks illegally fired workers in response to organizing, closed stores because of union votes and engaged in widespread unfair labor practices designed to quash workers’ efforts. www.denverpost.com/2025/11/23/s...

“(CU) has definitely been repressing student activists, which is already in itself a horrible thing for them to do … but repressing journalists is a new low for them, honestly.” Agreed. www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/20/c...

New: Colorado Independent Ethics Commission votes unanimously to advance the 17 ethics complaints filed against state lawmakers who serve in the Colorado Opportunity Caucus and who (with one exception) attended a private retreat in Vail last month, which was partially financed by a dark money group.

New: Federal officials formally requested that former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters be transferred to federal custody, the latest in a monthslong effort by the Trump administration to free the election conspiracy theorist from a state prison cell.

Despite White House pressure, Rep. Lauren Boebert stands firm on effort to release Epstein files www.cpr.org/2025/11/12/b... #copolitics

Sens Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper on their No votes to advance the package to reopen the government. But cited what was not included - an extension of the enhanced tax credit. #copolitics

After word of the complaints leaked yesterday, Colorado Common Cause was pressured to drop the idea because, Common Cause’s attorney said, it would reflect poorly on Democrats. The attorney declined to identify who had pressured his group to drop the ethics complaints.

“It is just as effective as us trying to plow a field with a fork," a legislative analyst said of Colorado's $10m kick-in to food banks. With @coltrain.bsky.social, @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social speaks to the people affected by shutdown politics: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/31/s...

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether a federal agent seen on video throwing a demonstrator to the ground outside the ICE field office in Durango this week broke any state laws // Story by @katielang.bsky.social

ICE detained a Colorado teacher and her family during a routine check-in at a field office last week despite the educator having legal authorization to live and work in the United States, according to school officials // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Surveillance in action: "You know we have cameras in that jurisdiction and you can’t get a breath of fresh air, in or out of that place, without us knowing, correct?” denverite.com/2025/10/27/b...

Per Fox News’ Bill Melugin, the head of Denver’s ICE field office has been removed and will likely be replaced with a Border Patrol official, as part of broader DHS reshuffle intended to further escalate arrests:

Colorado’s most valuable company, Palantir, is among the donors supporting Trump’s ballroom construction, according to a list released by the White House: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/24/c...

The entire Colorado journalism community actually doubles as a @jeffreyaroberts.bsky.social fan club for the amazing, relentless work he does to make our state more transparent.

At Aurora’s ICE detention center, person after person either requests to be removed from the U.S. or accepts a deportation. With bail serially denied to detainees, voluntary departures have surged in the only immigration court in the US with no dedicated judge: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/22/i...

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.