4+ min ago   (933+ words) BOULDER CITY — Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system. Water levels at the reservoir,…...

1+ hour ago   (778+ words) Mayor Mike Johnston proclaimed, “It is past time Big Tobacco cleaned up the big mess it’s created.” Yep. Denver is suing tobacco companies for the cigarette butts littering the city. Because Denver’s Big Mess couldn’t possibly be the fault of…...

1+ day, 57+ min ago   (434+ words) CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (829+ words) For Republicans on the ballot this fall, the hand they are forced to play is rather set. Even if so many of them had not so meekly submitted to President Donald Trump’s agenda, they would still be largely tethered to…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (659+ words) Forty-five years ago this week: “It’s the old Nixon reaction as far as I’m concerned. He thinks he’s the Great God Almighty and can do no wrong … in the eyes of the public,” said Zelda Bransted, spokesman of the Colorado…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (774+ words) A federal judge green-lit a jury trial last week against multiple Fort Collins police officers on claims that they used excessive force on one man who was standing unarmed in his underwear, and retaliated against another man for exercising his…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (539+ words) Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, his Democratic challenger, have agreed to debate twice in the weeks leading up to the general election in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, their campaigns have said. Crank is seeking a second term in the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (530+ words) A new report by the think tank Common Sense Institute examines what could happen if Colorado voters approve Initiative 108, which establishes mandatory life sentences for offenders convicted of sexual trafficking of a minor. The measure is backed by Protect Kids…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (927+ words) Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to two federal stalking charges connected to the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a major development that could complicate New York prosecutors’ separate murder case against him. Mangione, 28, not only pleaded guilty in Manhattan…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (360+ words) France’s top court struck down on Friday a law championed by President Emmanuel Macron that would have made it illegal for children to have social media accounts. The law, approved by lawmakers in July, was set to take effect at…...