Denver Post: Politics

If control of the House of Representatives flips to the Republicans this fall, economist Jim Doti thinks he found the place driving the political change: the gas pump.
Chapman’s veteran economic forecaster was trying see what historic economic, demographic or voting patterns factors might provide numerical hints for November’s midterm elections where control of the House is at stake.

WASHINGTON — More evidence is emerging in the House’s Jan. 6 investigation that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol where they rioted, a committee member said Sunday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Several Colorado cities are suing the state over a new law that would keep them from collecting sales and use tax on building materials for public schools.
HB22-1024 passed the legislature this year with bipartisan support in both chambers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Colorado’s most expensive and bitterly contested statehouse primary race has also turned out to be its closest.

Claims from an anonymous source — working to oust U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert — that they were threatened at a Glenwood Springs health spa were unfounded, police say.
That source, who previously told The Denver Post they fear retaliation from Boebert and her supporters, has been working with American Muckrakers, a political action committee trying to unseat the far-right Republican congresswoman.

Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer, a state senator and long-time Weld County fixture, beat out three opponents in the GOP primary field Tuesday evening and will go on to face Democratic state Rep.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Colorado’s state legislature looks awfully blue at the moment, with Democrats in control of 61 of 100 seats, plus the governor’s office. That could all change come November, as a Republican wave year threatens to flip the state Senate, where Democrats today have a 5-seat advantage, and narrow the state House, where Democrats today have a 17-seat advantage. There could be up to about 20 different competitive races for statehouse seats this year.

Denver residents accustomed to trash trucks coming to empty their black bins of refuse every week without ever having to see a bill for that service may want to revisit their budgets.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s red flag law when it was passed in 2019. He thought the law made it too easy to take a person’s guns away.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Imagine if Coloradans suffering from anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder had a legal way to treat their ailments with psychedelic mushrooms. Advocates say it’s not that far out.
Residents could be voting in November to legalize psilocybin and psilocin, the psychoactive compounds in magic mushrooms, for use in therapeutic settings after advocates said they’ve collected enough signatures to qualify the question for the ballot.