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We have noticed for a few weeks that State Rep. Faith Winter has been marketing her campaign with the weird Twitter hash tag #WinterIsComing.  Perhaps that sounds good in some sort of leftist dystopia, but most normal people don’t associate winter with life, energy,...

In one of the most closely watched Supreme Court decisions of the session, Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch penned the majority opinion in a case that pitted the lawsuit industry and unions against America’s job creators. At issue was whether non-union workers, who agree to...

The Denver Post reports on the mega donors contributing to Colorado political races this year, and it turns out the biggest donor is also a candidate. To no one’s surprise, it’s U.S. Rep. Jared Polis swooping in with $6.4 million in the Democratic gubernatorial...

Mayor Hancock and some city council members have been living it up on the DIA dime, accepting all-expense-paid trips to New York and abroad over the past five years at an extraordinary total cost of more than $426,000. For kicks and giggles, we Googled how much it...

While the gubernatorial candidates really differentiated themselves in this latest round of fundraising, state treasurer candidates were all within about $10,000 of each other - on both sides of the aisle. The same is true of financial fitness or cash in the bank. The...

As we get closer to the primary, the reporting becomes more frequent. Tonight's reporting is for the period of May 3 through 16. Once again, State Treasurer Walker Stapleton raised the most ($40,946) and still has the most cash on hand (nearly $600,000). That said, in...

With just about a month to go, a few of the Democratic gubernatorial candidate campaigns are in better shape financially than others. Obviously, Jared Polis can just continue to write himself checks, but will there be diminishing returns on his cash? Will Democrats...

A San Francisco newspaper, SF Gate, published a story today that "a coalition of tech companies and governmental agencies" launched a $500,000 ad campaign aimed at persuading San Francisco tech firms to move to Colorado. First, let us just say: Please don't. Just stay...

We all want state spending on transportation infrastructure, especially as we are sitting at a dead stop on I-70 going to the mountains or I-25 going anywhere. But one group refuses to read the tea leaves and insists upon pushing a tax increase, instead of requiring...