Politics & Government

The New York Times released a hyper-local map outlining the 2016 election, and it’s so detailed it almost allows you to see how your friends and neighbors voted.

A lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court argues that a new State of Colorado complaint about Masterpiece Cakeshop, whose owner, Jack Phillips, won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June over his 2012 refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because of his Christian views, is essentially harassment that could have dire consequences.

Cliff Willmeng is the Green Party candidate for Boulder County commissioner. He’s also a socialist, and he sees his possible win in the November election as “a game changer…. Coming into office as Boulder County’s first socialist would be historic. I don’t know how else to describe it.”

The Gazette acknowledges that Walker Stapleton’s great-grandfather, Benjamin Stapleton — who was a five term mayor of Denver — was a once a Klansman. But in a bizarre twist, the editorial also seems to suggest that Polis may have more of a tie to the KKK than Stapleton does.

In May, Broomfield police arrested an undocumented immigrant named Mario Carlos Amaya Ortega and handed him over to ICE, which deported him to El Salvador. But immigration law experts say the original arrest was illegal.

Jared Polis has made universal health care a cornerstone of his campaign. But what, exactly, is universal health care, and how will he implement it?

In 2015, Walker Stapleton and his wife Jenna traveled a lot and left their three children in the care of as many nannies. But according to the Stapletons, the nannies behaved badly, stealing a variety of things including cash, some jewelry, a hat, a belt, hair ribbons, a sippy cup, underpants. You know, the usual.

Roger Barris is trying to do what no other libertarian has done in Colorado: get into Congress.

The Caring 4 Denver initiative proposes raising $45 million annually by increasing Denver’s sales and use taxes by a quarter of one percent (an additional 25 cents on a $100 purchase).

Purposity is a nationwide tech company that connects users to individual stories and tangible “needs” that can be fulfilled within minutes by purchasing requested items off Amazon.

Despite arriving in Colorado with just the bare necessities, this Syrian refugee family lucked out with help from a nonprofit and a sympathetic landlord.

Tonight, August 8, Boulder County Democratic Socialists of America members are sponsoring “What Is Socialism?,” an event intended to teach folks in the community what socialism means, as well as to offer a vision of what a socialist Boulder County might look like.

The future of fracking in Colorado could come down to the fate of a lawsuit and the November election.

The office of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who earlier this year was accused of sexual harassment by a Denver police detective who’d worked for him, dodged an investigation by the Denver City Council for his behavior even though it appeared to violate city rules. Now, new policies put forward by Hancock’s office say that he will face a non-Council third-party inquiry, but only if he sexually harasses in the future.

Christina and Julia were both separated from their children at the border in late May.

Go in public in peace, Colorado: Those pesky signature-gatherers are no more.

The June primaries are long gone, and Thornton Democrat Joseph Salazar will officially give up his House seat after the November elections. So what does a politician do when he’s out of a job?

One of the student groups involved in organizing Denver’s March on the NRA pulled out due to violent threats organizers saw on social media. But the march and a counter-protest are still planned at the Capitol on Saturday.

One of the fugitives who left Denver with the activist Queen Phoenix, her partner Meghan Saint-Nolde, was recently apprehended in North Dakota and transferred to Denver, where she is awaiting trial.

Since 11:30 a.m. today, August 2, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials trying to enter or leave the parking lot in front of the agency’s field office in Centennial have found themselves face to face with demonstrators who are blocking their way.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture says that SeaQuest failed two inspections to obtain a PACFA license, ultimately leading to a cease and desist order and an ongoing investigation. Nationally, SeaQuest has been known for its poor record on animal rights.

Nick Thomas is trying to break up the Democratic and Republican duopoly on national politics from right here in Colorado.