(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
After the jump you can read a copy of the letter sent out at noon today to parents of students in school districts including some of the biggest districts in the state: Adams, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. The key phrase: “there does not appear to be a viable way for us to convene traditional in-person […]
Hey, you made it through another week of this — that’s not nothing. Now, let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of an audio/visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show or The Get […]
9NEWS reported last night that Weld County is being hit very hard by the expanding COVID-19 pandemic, now tied for the most number of deaths in the state so far–a tragic distinction disproportionate to the county’s population: Weld County is tied for the highest number of deaths in the state related to COVID-19. 16 people […]
Good news from California, as The Washington Post reports: Two weeks ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced the first statewide stay-at-home order in the United States, reshaping daily life for 40 million Americans and warning that the health-care system could be overwhelmed without swift action. On Thursday, Newsom said social distancing has worked and […]
Michael Karlik at the Colorado Springs Gazette reports: U.S. Reps. Scott Tipton, Ken Buck and Doug Lamborn have co-sponsored a House resolution that condemns the Chinese government’s response to COVID-19 and asks the country to take responsibility for originating the novel coronavirus… Tipton blamed the severity of the global pandemic on the Chinese government’s failure […]
On this day in 1513, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first caught sight of land in what is now Florida; nobody was around to tell his cruise ship to go somewhere else. Now, let’s Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a […]
As Denver7’s Robert Garrison reports, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled yesterday on an important constitutional question regarding the Colorado General Assembly’s 120-day legislative session–after being forced to adjourn for public health reasons as the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up, can the legislature get back to work seamlessly once it’s safe, or does a narrow interpretation of […]
We’ve written a few times in this space about the asinine responses from local Colorado Republicans regarding efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. It is worth noting that this is not a problem restricted to Colorado Republican elected officials. As Chris Cillizza writes for CNN, California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes — the ranking member of […]
We’ve been notified by our hosting provider that our dedicated server will be moving from one Denver-area location to another this morning around 10:00AM. This will result in a couple of hours of unavoidable downtime, which we apologize for in advance. We just wanted to let you know, lest someone mistake it for the Russians […]
Ten years ago, Cory Gardner was a state lawmaker challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey in CO-4. Gardner’s first campaign for federal office was pretty simple: Bash Markey for supporting a nearly-$800 billion stimulus plan and for backing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). One decade later, Gardner isn’t saying much about the ACA and has […]
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