UPDATE - (Denver) - Now Senator Bennet's office tells 9 News' Brandon Rittiman his introduction of Judge Gorsuch should not be read as support of the nomination. Although it's almost impossible to imagine a scenario where Senator Bennet would introduce Judge Gorsuch then votes against him, apparently he's still not making any commitments on the actual

(DENVER) - After widespread anticipation across Colorado, it seems as if the leadership of Democrat-led House and the Republican-led Senate have come to a compromise to raise much-needed funds for transportation improvements. Unfortunately, the cost, a new tax increase, is too steep. A sales tax increase of .62% on top of the current 2.9% rate

Former State Senator Michael Johnston announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Colorado today. Johnston, a well-known Denver Democrat is possibly best known for his support of Amendment 66, an almost billion-dollar tax increase on the 2013 ballot that failed spectacularly. Coloradans rejected the measure by an almost 2 to 1 margin.In

(DENVER) - Today, Governor Hickenlooper gave his second-to-last State of the State address. The far-reaching speech covered many issues, including education, transportation, rural fiber optic internet access, healthcare and even calling for a bill on construction defects reforms. Governor Hickenlooper took a few swipes at President-elect Donald Trump before calling for bipartisanship.Governor Hickenlooper made it

​(DENVER) - The Department of Health and Human Services' Inspector General recently released a scathing report on Connect for Health Colorado's (Colorado's Obamacare exchange) staggering misuse of federal grant funds. The report, aptly titled, "Colorado Did Not Correctly Expend Establishment Grant Funds for Establishing a Health Insurance Marketplace" calls for Colorado's exchange to refund the federal

(DENVER) - Colorado Senator-elect Lois Court announced she wishes her taxes were higher, in a Joint Budget Committee meeting earlier this week. She also added she believes many of her constituents would also like to be paying higher taxes. During the revenue forecast and strategic planning session, a discussion of Colorado’s Gallagher Amendment and projections

DENVER – Today, Colorado Senate Republicans announced a new committee, the Select Committee on Energy and Environment, created specifically to bear a portion of the workload that may come from an expanded relationship with Washington under the Trump administration. The formation of this committee signifies the beginning of real progress that improves Coloradans lives, in lieu of

DENVER – Today, journalist Peter Marcus posted a piece on coloradopolitics.com, a project of the Colorado Springs Gazette, posing the question “With Hillary out of the way, is Hick looking more presidential?” and outlining the Washington Post's argument that in the current political environment, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper might be presidential candidate material.Is Hickenlooper looking more presidential? After years of

​DENVER — Liberal congressional candidate Gail Schwartz flatly refused to say where she stands on statewide socialized medicine, Amendment 69. If passed, the ballot proposal would impose socialized, single payer health care on every Coloradan by raising taxes and doubling the size of state government.  “Voters deserve to know where liberal Democrat Gil Schwartz stands on what