Caraveo, Evans explain why they want to be CD8 representative
In less than five weeks, Colorado voters will decide who they want to represent them in Congress, and one of the most contested Congressional races in the country is in District 8.
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In less than five weeks, Colorado voters will decide who they want to represent them in Congress, and one of the most contested Congressional races in the country is in District 8.
In November Denver voters will be asked whether or not to ban slaughterhouses in the city.
The City of Littleton is leaving it up to voters to decide whether or not to raise a marijuana sales tax. Money collected from the tax will go toward funding public safety needs.
The launch of a campaign called Healing Denver this week will emphasize the vital role of Denver Health in providing accessible health care to residents, regardless of their ability to pay.
Cities and counties across the Denver metro area are going to voters asking to remove revenue limits set by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.
One measure will ask families in the district to approve an $830 million bond without raising property owners' taxes. This will be used by the district to fund investments in facilities across the district.
The Douglas County School Board will vote to refer a $490 million bond to voters. The district hasn't passed a bond since 2018 or built a new school since 2010. Since then, the county's population has increased by around 90,000.
A water district in Adams County is the latest governing agency to ask its residents to consider a ballot measure that would exempt them from revenue collection limits imposed by Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.
Sen. John Hickenlooper says his 2026 re-election campaign will be his final Senate run.
In November Denver voters will decide on whether or not to increase the city's sales tax in an action aimed at growing affordable housing in the city.
Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb says now isn't the time to ask voters to approve a sales tax hike for affordable housing. Webb says the measure, pushed by Mayor Mike Johnston, will jeopardize a tax measure by Denver Health.
The proposed amendment to the Charter of the City and County of Denver to remove the requirement has been a conversation both city leaders and agencies have engaged in since last year.
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert declared victory on Tuesday night in the primary election in her new Colorado district.
John Walsh, a career federal prosecutor and private practice attorney, will be Denver's next district attorney after winning Tuesday's election. Walsh won about 58% of the vote, beating Leora Joseph by about 11,000 votes.
Jeff Hurd won the Republican primary election in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District and will move on to face Democratic candidate Adam Frisch in the general election in November.
Trisha Calvarese was victorious in the Democratic primary Tuesday night in Colorado's 4th Congressional District.
The news broke early at a gathering of supporters of Deborah Flora in Parker, shortly after the polls closed. It was not going her way.
Democratic state Reps. Elisabeth Epps and Tim Hernández, who both represent west and east Denver, respectively, in Colorado's General Assembly, were defeated in their primary bids for re-election Tuesday night.
Republican activist Jeff Crank defeated Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Williams in Tuesday's GOP primary election in the 5th Congressional District.
Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans has won his primary race in CD8, the Associated Press projects, meaning he'll challenge Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo in November. Evans was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
A new political ad claims lawmakers at the Colorado State Capitol slipped a secret ingredient into a bill when no one was watching, and it has left them with a bad taste.
The candidates mostly saw eye-to-eye on former President Donald Trump, immigration, climate change and federal spending, but broke from one another on foreign policy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent, and other unaffiliated presidential candidates began gathering signatures to make the November ballot in Colorado.
In addition to bills imposing fees on phones, alcohol and tires, state Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill increasing the fee on car and truck rentals to just over $5 a day.
Earlier this week, the Denver Public Schools Community Planning Advisory Committee revealed a proposed $975 million bond and mill levy package that could impact Denver voters in November.
Division of Motor Vehicles locations across Colorado, including online services, will be closed for a few days later this month as the DMV statewide system undergoes technology upgrades.
Voces Unidas said the custom Ace of Spades cards left on vehicles belonging to people detained in Eagle County earlier in the year carried ties to white supremacist symbolism.
Less than a year after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to overhaul Colorado's law governing unionization, a House committee approved a new bill that's essentially a carbon copy of the old one.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
The Artemis II mission will bring in experts from across the country, and that includes scientists in Boulder at the center for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Division of Motor Vehicles locations across Colorado, including online services, will be closed for a few days later this month as the DMV statewide system undergoes technology upgrades.
Voces Unidas said the custom Ace of Spades cards left on vehicles belonging to people detained in Eagle County earlier in the year carried ties to white supremacist symbolism.
Less than a year after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to overhaul Colorado's law governing unionization, a House committee approved a new bill that's essentially a carbon copy of the old one.
The Artemis II mission will bring in experts from across the country, and that includes scientists in Boulder at the center for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Brenda Greenwald's condition remains serious after last week's deadly crash on I-70. Her husband says she has internal injuries as well as a broken pelvis, broken clavicle, broken ribs, and broken lumbar.
Watch meteorologist Callie Zanandrie's forecast.
Denver International Airport and Denver Animal Shelter hosted the 10th annual "Puppy Bowl" ahead of Sunday's big game.
National Wear Red Day in support of women's cardiovascular health, as cardiovascular disease is the no. 1 killer of women in the U.S. Dr. Reynaria Pitts, a Cardiologist with Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates, discusses why this is important.
A nonprofit immigration support organization that first alerted CBS Colorado to custom playing cards allegedly left behind by ICE agents said the controversy has escalated, prompting members of Colorado’s Democratic congressional delegation to call for an independent federal investigation.
Less than a year after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to overhaul Colorado’s law governing unionization, a House committee approved a new bill that’s essentially a carbon copy of the old one.
The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition — and the Games are a gold mine for statistics.
The Colorado Eagles have hired Kim Weiss as assistant coach, making her the second woman to reach that role between the American Hockey League and National Hockey League.
Less than two months from the inaugural match for Denver Summit FC, some players are expressing their excitement over what is a homecoming for them.
Lindsey Vonn, 41, said she ruptured her left anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, but that she was still planning to compete.
It was an emotional morning at Edge Ice Arena in Littleton, Colorado, as the Santa Clarita Lady Flyers took the ice for the first game of a weekend tournament after a crash involving their van and a snowplow on Interstate 70.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
A pioneering Cold War-era spy plane sits at the entrance to CIA headquarters, prompting a painstaking effort to preserve an aircraft that once flew 80,000 feet above Soviet missile sites.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx direct-to-consumer prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push to offer medication at steep discounts.
Less than a year after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to overhaul Colorado's law governing unionization, a House committee approved a new bill that's essentially a carbon copy of the old one.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
A pioneering Cold War-era spy plane sits at the entrance to CIA headquarters, prompting a painstaking effort to preserve an aircraft that once flew 80,000 feet above Soviet missile sites.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx direct-to-consumer prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push to offer medication at steep discounts.
On Colorado's Eastern Plains, danger can strike faster than help can reach you. For one rancher in Sterling, a simple chore in his land turned into the fight of his life.
People who call 911 in Aurora for non-emergency medical issues now have the option to be connected to a doctor virtually instead of having an ambulance sent to their location.
An 11-year-old girl in Fort Collins successfully became the 37th child in U.S. history to undergo a liver and heart transplant at one time. Gracie Greenlaw is now home and thriving after receiving the organ donations.
For the past eight years, Louis "Lou" Cicio has celebrated Jan. 30 as his "birthday." Not because it's the day he was born, but because it's the day he nearly died — and survived.
The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx direct-to-consumer prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push to offer medication at steep discounts.
Millions of Americans lack access to any type of retirement plan, hampering their ability to save for old age.
Employers cut more than 108,000 jobs in January, the highest total for that month since 2009, new data shows.
rysler is recalling more than 450,000 vehicles with improperly designed trailer tow modules whose trailer lights may not work and that have trailer brakes that could fail, federal officials say.
99% of union workers at the JBS meat processing plant in Greeley have voted to strike.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.
Colorado parents are raising concerns after a dispute between their school district and its water provider put the school's future firefighting water supply in question.
An Arapahoe County judge ordered Aurora resident Daniel Alexander Ashby to stand trial for felony assault, after witnesses say Ashby body-slammed defense lawyer H. Michael Steinberg in a courthouse hallway last December.
Newly released documents from the Lakeside Police Department say former Sgt. Howard Prince admitted to cheating on his time records, but also said that in an interview, the sergeant said he didn't know why he falsified his time sheets.