Colorado Department of Human Services under investigation amid turnover, complaints and nearly $3 million in payouts The Denver Post’s review of internal complaints and interviews with seven current and former agency leaders and workers paint a picture of a toxic work environment.

An outside firm is investigating workplace conditions within the Colorado Department of Human Services amid high turnover in its leadership team, a cascade of formal complaints and millions of dollars in settlements with departing staff.

www.denverpost.com/2026/04/20/c...

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans builds big war chest as Democrats duke it out in suburban swing district

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans builds big war chest as Democrats duke it out in suburban swing district

Republican state representative’s demand that Colorado’s budget bill be read aloud cost taxpayers upwards of $10K State Rep. Brandi Bradley of Littleton forced the reading of the 661-page bill in protest of the House’s handling of an ethics complaint she filed against a fellow GOP state representative. She hoped ...

Republican state representative’s demand that Colorado’s budget bill be read aloud cost taxpayers upwards of $10K coloradosun.com/2026/04/14/b... #copolitics #coleg

Immigrants detained in Colorado by ICE’s ‘deportation machine’ reach for once-rare legal lever In his first 19 years as a lawyer, Denver immigration attorney Hans Meyer said he’d filed six habeas cases. In the past six months, his firm filed 60.

Colorado has seen an explosion of habeas cases: In the first 100 days of 2026, more than 370 detained immigrants have asked judges to grant bail hearings or release them — up from 104 in 2025 and just 12 in 2024 // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social and @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social

Broncos owners buy 40% ownership stake in the Colorado Rockies The Penner Sports Group, which owns a controlling interest in the Denver Broncos, has joined the Rockies ownership group in a move that will have a major impact on Colorado’s Major League Baseball franchise.

Major breaking news from @denverpost.com: #Broncos owners Greg Penner and Carrie Walton-Penner are acquiring a 40% stake in the Rockies.

They become the largest minority shareholder and a forceful new partner for owner Dick Monfort. A seismic move.

More: www.denverpost.com/2026/04/10/b...

Well folks, it’s happening. The 661-page budget bill is being read aloud, line by line, by a computer program named Eric. Assuming the motion isn’t pulled, this will go on for ~15 hours, and Rep. Bradley (who moved for the bill to be read) can’t leave the chamber except for brief bathroom breaks.

A Colorado newspaper fired a journalist for making up quotes. She changed her name, got back in the game — and now she’s facing prison. At various points in her career, journalist April Morganroth reinvented herself to start fresh in a new state, leaving behind a wake of professional and personal misconduct.

Buckle up for a wild one.

April Morganroth was fired from a Colorado newspaper for making up quotes.

Then she changed her name, moved states, and got back in the journalism game.

Now she's facing decades in prison.

www.denverpost.com/2026/04/08/a...

What do you want to ask Michael Bennet and Phil Weiser in the Colorado governor’s race? Colorado’s first open race for governor in eight years is fast approaching, and The Denver Post wants your questions for the candidates.

Help us out: Let us know what you'd like the D gov candidates to talk about. We're hosting 2 debates, and this is for the first one with the Ds. (Waiting to schedule the R debate until after GOP's state assembly.)

*Please let us know through the form at the link!
www.denverpost.com/2026/04/03/c...

Judge rebuffs Gov. Jared Polis’ attempt to end subpoena suit as state weighs new ICE request The latest ICE subpoena comes as a Denver judge this week rejected Gov. Jared Polis’ request to end litigation from last year without placing limits on his authority to respond to the federal agency.

Gov. Polis & state officials are weighing whether to comply with a new ICE subpoena as he also tries to end a lawsuit that stopped him from complying with a similar request + as he implements a policy blocking subpoena discussions from ever being released: www.denverpost.com/2026/04/02/j...

In win for Colorado GOP, judge rules that state makes it too hard to close primaries to unaffiliated voters “The background and origin of the three-fourths opt-out provision is unclear,” Judge Philip A. Brimmer wrote. “What is clear is that it constitutes an unusual and difficult barrier.”

New: In a win for the GOP, a federal judge rules that Colorado makes it too hard to opt out of the state’s semi-open primary system. The ruling doesn’t set a new threshold, but it’s a boost to conservatives who want to keep unaffiliated voters from their primaries. www.denverpost.com/2026/04/01/j...

Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Colorado and Denver over immigration laws U.S. District Court Judge Gordon P. Gallagher ruled Tuesday that federal authorities could not compel officials in Denver or at the state level “to implement federal regulatory programs.”

Breaking: A federal judge has dismissed a Trump admin lawsuit against Denver, the state of Colorado, and various elected officials that challenged “sanctuary laws” that limited federal immigration cooperation. www.denverpost.com/2026/03/31/c...

SCOTUS sides 8-1 with a therapist who argued Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy violated the First Amendment: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Director of Colorado’s Medicaid agency resigns after lawmakers planned vote calling for her removal Kim Bimestefer’s time overseeing HCPF included the entirety of the pandemic, which hit the U.S. in 2020 and saw the rapid expansion of Medicaid to include a broader swath of the population.

Kim Bimestefer, head of the agency that oversees Colorado Medicaid, is resigning, days after lawmakers told Gov. Jared Polis’ staff that they planned to hold a vote of no confidence in her and call for her removal. Twenty-eight of the Senate’s 35 members signed on. www.denverpost.com/2026/03/30/c...

I met with Hope Scheppelman and her husband Steven, of the Radical Left State of Colorado, to discuss various opportunities to serve our Country in a different capacity than her current run for the United States Congress. Hope and Steven are wonderful and patriotic Veterans of our U.S. Navy, and loyal supporters of our Historic MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN Movement. Therefore, I am proud to announce that they will be leaving the Campaign trail in order to join my Administration, in a capacity to be determined.

Together with them, we decided that Congressman Jeff Hurd, of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, should in no way, shape, or form, be impeded from winning the District in that the Democrat alternative is a DISASTER for our Country. Therefore, I will be fully supporting Jeff’s Re-Election to the House of Representatives, giving him my Complete and Total Endorsement! Every true MAGA supporter and Republican, if they truly care about saving our Country, will do everything in their power to unify together, and defeat the Crazed Radical Left Democrats this November. If they seize power, they will spend every minute trying to “turn back the clock” to Record Inflation, Skyrocketing Prices, High Taxes, Open Borders, Men in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everybody, Corrupt Elections, “Get Out of Jail Free Cards” for Violent Criminals, and Terrorists, and much more — We cannot let this happen! It is time to stand together against the people that want to destroy our Great Nation, and vote for Jeff Hurd, who will do a fantastic job as your Congressman, including Growing the Economy, Cutting Taxes and Regulations, Promoting MADE IN THE U.S.A., Advancing American Energy DOMINANCE, Keeping our Border SECURE, Supporting our Military/Veterans, Defending our always under siege Second Amendment, and Ensuring PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. Congratulations to Jeff Hurd and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

GOP President Donald Trump -- after endorsing #CO03 Rep. Jeff Hurd, and withdrawing the endorsement after his tariff vote and endorsing Hurd's primary challenger Hope Scheppelman -- met with Scheppelman and decides to re-endorse Hurd. #copolitics

ICE agents who left ‘death cards’ in immigrants’ cars removed from field duty, senior official testifies

ICE agents who left ‘death cards’ in immigrants’ cars removed from field duty, senior official testifies

In a tiny Colorado town, infighting dissolved the government. Now the water’s running out. A tangled web of interpersonal feuds has left the town of Hartman with no clear path out of a situation that’s not covered by any state law.

In mid-January, a fight at a trustees meeting collapsed town of Hartman’s government. It was the culmination of years of infighting, but now the town’s water supply is near collapse, with no government empowered to fix it. From @samtabachnik.bsky.social and me: www.denverpost.com/2026/03/08/h...

In a tiny Colorado town, infighting dissolved the government. Now the water’s running out. A tangled web of interpersonal feuds has left the town of Hartman with no clear path out of a situation that’s not covered by any state law.

Wild story from @sethklamann.bsky.social and @samtabachnik.bsky.social about a tiny town in remote southwest Colorado where the local government collapsed in acrimony and the state is scrambling to fix its water supply.

“Yelling has been a factor in Hartman since God was a boy,” an ex-trustee says

Gov. Polis dropping some preemptive justification for his (very likely) intervention re: Tina Peters’ prison sentence:

New Denver order takes aim at ICE activity — ordering police to protect protesters, possibly by detaining agents “My first job is to run this city,” Mayor Mike Johnston said. “But in today’s America, that means answering questions from our residents about what happens if ice troops des…

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston signed an executive order today that requires Denver police to intervene and detain ICE agents if they see them using excessive force on demonstrators. It also bans federal agents from using city-owned property for operations // Story by @elliottwenzler.bsky.social

Bill would ban prop bets on sports apps in Colorado as lawmakers seek to curb gambling addictions Colorado lawmakers who are concerned about rising gambling addiction and betting scandals in professional sports filed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit sports betting apps from offering proposi…

Colorado lawmakers concerned about rising gambling addiction and betting scandals in pro sports filed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit sports betting apps from offering prop bets on individual athletes’ performances // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

Flawed analysis caused Colorado Medicaid program’s costs to surge and made it ‘attractive’ to fraud “We literally alerted them, and they did nothing until about two years later,” said Kelly Milan, the founder of the Colorado Transportation Alliance, about HCPF’s high rates used …

Flawed analysis caused Colorado Medicaid program’s costs to surge and made it ‘attractive’ to fraud trib.al/kOhOASu

They just said 90-year-old Tenley Albright, who competed for the U.S. in Cortina in 1956, is in attendance.

Here's what Albright's gold medal winning performance that year looked like.

Endangered Snowpack: How climate change will affect Colorado skiing Colorado’s iconic alpine ski resorts are used to wild changes in weather — from massive blizzards to snow droughts. But how will they handle the long-term warming trends expected from c…

🧵In a 3-part series, @denverpost.com's Elise Schmelzer explores the impact of climate change on the world-renowned ski industry that brings billions of dollars to Colorado

Denver developer behind Union Station project identified in Epstein files Chad McWhinney, who founded the real estate company McWhinney — recently renamed Realberry — 35 years ago, is the subject of a single email exchange between an unknown person and Jeffrey Epstein.…

Another Colorado name has surfaced in the Epstein files.
www.denverpost.com/2026/02/12/c...

Pres Trump says he did not invite CO Gov Polis to NGA dinner and working meeting at WH over Tina Peter.

Polis was the Chair of the NGA 2024-2025. #copolitics

Colorado Democrats ramp up anti-ICE strategy after raids, killings: ‘The community’s been calling for it’ “The biggest change I’ve seen is they’re actually talking about (immigration), and they’re not scared,” an activist said of federal and state lawmakers. “It&#821…

Last year, a Democratic lawmaker readying a congressional run voted against a bill limiting state cooperation with ICE. This morning, the candidate, Shannon Bird, put out a plan to “hold ICE accountable.” On the shifting dynamics of Democrats’ immigration politics: www.denverpost.com/2026/02/08/c...

Trump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans

President Donald Trump "personally blocked" Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from receiving an invite to a White House dinner for the nations governors, per NYT

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u... #copolitics #coleg

The murder of the Washington Post is devastating for journalism and for Americans’ ability to chronicle and understand our own society. Another case study of what happens when invaluable civic institutions fall into the hands of fundamentally uncivic billionaires.

Let’s remember Lummis owns $$$ worth of BTC. Of freakin’ course she wants the government to buy.

Journalists Georgia Fort, Don Lemon among 4 arrested over protest during St. Paul church service The arrests are tied to a demonstration at a church that has a pastor who is also an ICE official.

“In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”