Denver Post: Politics

After 17 years, Gov. Jared Polis and partner Marlon Reis will be getting married, the governor’s office confirmed.
According to the Colorado Sun, which first reported the engagement Thursday morning, Polis asked Reis to marry him on Dec.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

WASHINGTON — House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation Wednesday over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation.

WASHINGTON — Democrats sorted through lingering disagreements over emergency jobless benefits and other issues Tuesday and prepared to commence Senate debate on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan that would deliver a major victory to President Joe Biden.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated, as his administration announced that drugmaker Merck & Co.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

On the day federal judges told Denver it must abide by a January ruling about notification of homeless encampment sweeps, the City Council voted Monday to put another $10 million toward motel and hotel rooms for the homeless through at least June.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump clung to his core election falsehoods in his first post-presidential speech, wrongly blamed wind power for the catastrophic power failures in Texas and revived a variety of the baseless claims that saturated his time in office, on immigration, the economy and more.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another top legislative priority — a long-sought boost to the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure that could run into Republican resistance to a hefty price tag.

In four weeks, the Colorado Republican Party — bruised by years of electoral losses and divided over whether the 2020 presidential election was rigged — will elect its next leader to set the tone for the future.

The city of Minneapolis plans to pay social media influencers to spread city-approved messages as part of an effort to combat misinformation during the upcoming trials of the four police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd, officials said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

After considerable debate among themselves, Colorado’s U.S. representatives split neatly along party lines Friday during a vote to expand and add protections for the state’s federal lands.
The state’s four House Democrats voted in favor of the large public lands package and Colorado’s three House Republicans voted against.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share