Jesse Aaron Paul
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Colorado Sun political reporter/editor/cofounder. Searching for the strangest datelines and best ski lines. coloradosun.com
Colorado community rallies behind family after 7-year-old boy attacked, killed by dog coloradosun.com/2026/02/11/b... via @oliviaprentzel.bsky.social
Gunnison Valley community rallies behind family after 7-year-old boy attacked, killed by dog
The Feb. 4 attack has left a tight-knit Western Slope community reeling. Police remain tight-lipped as the investigation continues.
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February 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Colorado community rallies behind family after 7-year-old boy attacked, killed by dog coloradosun.com/2026/02/11/b... via @oliviaprentzel.bsky.social
Colorado law prohibits candidates from running for two elected offices at the same time. Sort of. coloradosun.com/2026/02/11/c... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado law prohibits candidates from running for two elected offices at the same time. Sort of.
Candidates sometimes simultaneously maintain campaign accounts for state and federal office, or state and municipal office, when their pursuit of those jobs overlaps. Technically, they are running for...
coloradosun.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Colorado law prohibits candidates from running for two elected offices at the same time. Sort of. coloradosun.com/2026/02/11/c... #copolitics #coleg
NEW: A top Democrat in the Colorado Senate is resigning to take nonprofit job, citing legislative pay coloradosun.com/2026/02/10/d... #copolitics #coleg
A top Democrat in the Colorado Senate is resigning to take nonprofit job, citing legislative pay
Senate President Pro Tempore Dafna Michaelson Jenet of Commerce City, who spent nearly a decade at the Capitol fighting for sexual assault survivors and to improve mental health care, said serving in ...
coloradosun.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
NEW: A top Democrat in the Colorado Senate is resigning to take nonprofit job, citing legislative pay coloradosun.com/2026/02/10/d... #copolitics #coleg
NEW: National Democrats see a path to winning Colorado Springs’ congressional seat for first time ever coloradosun.com/2026/02/10/5... #copolitics
National Democrats see a path to winning Colorado Springs’ congressional seat for first time ever
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that the 5th Congressional District is now on its list of “districts in play.” The designation may eventually come with money.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
NEW: National Democrats see a path to winning Colorado Springs’ congressional seat for first time ever coloradosun.com/2026/02/10/5... #copolitics
Mikaela Shiffrin arrives at her fourth Olympics hardly burdened by the ghosts of Beijing coloradosun.com/2026/02/09/m...
Mikaela Shiffrin arrives at her fourth Olympics hardly burdened by the ghosts of Beijing
Shiffrin left China without a medal, crashing out in three races and failing to reach the podium in three othersv
coloradosun.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Mikaela Shiffrin arrives at her fourth Olympics hardly burdened by the ghosts of Beijing coloradosun.com/2026/02/09/m...
Some Democrats want to impose new fees on beer, wine and spirits to fund Colorado addiction services coloradosun.com/2026/02/09/a... #copolitics #coleg
Some Democrats want to impose new fees on beer, wine and spirits to fund Colorado addiction services
The fees would be $0.26 per bottle of spirits, $0.05 per bottle of wine and about $0.03 per six-pack of beer. Small breweries would be exempt.
coloradosun.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Some Democrats want to impose new fees on beer, wine and spirits to fund Colorado addiction services coloradosun.com/2026/02/09/a... #copolitics #coleg
Jason Crow and John Hickenlooper say they will each donate tens of thousands of campaign dollars to immigrant rights groups to offset Palantir-linked donations they've received.
Announcements came after questions from
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Announcements came after questions from
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Jason Crow, John Hickenlooper will each donate to immigrant rights groups to offset donations linked to Palantir
Jason Crow and John Hickenlooper's donation announcements came after inquiries from The Colorado Sun last week and as criticism of Denver-based Palantir grows
coloradosun.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Jason Crow and John Hickenlooper say they will each donate tens of thousands of campaign dollars to immigrant rights groups to offset Palantir-linked donations they've received.
Announcements came after questions from
@taydolven.bsky.social
: coloradosun.com/2026/02/09/h... #copolitics
Announcements came after questions from
@taydolven.bsky.social
: coloradosun.com/2026/02/09/h... #copolitics
Colorado GOP enters peak of campaign season facing big financial and leadership problems coloradosun.com/2026/02/09/c... #copolitics
Colorado GOP enters peak of campaign season facing big financial and leadership problems
Vice Chairman Richard Holtorf announced his resignation — the second vice chair to leave the job in less than a year. The party’s finances are so bad it had to take out a bank loan.
coloradosun.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Colorado GOP enters peak of campaign season facing big financial and leadership problems coloradosun.com/2026/02/09/c... #copolitics
President Donald Trump "personally blocked" Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from receiving an invite to a White House dinner for the nations governors, per NYT
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Trump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans
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February 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
President Donald Trump "personally blocked" Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from receiving an invite to a White House dinner for the nations governors, per NYT
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Michael Bennet on Phil Weiser's endorsements in today's edition of The Unaffiliated newsletter.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Michael Bennet on Phil Weiser's endorsements in today's edition of The Unaffiliated newsletter.
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Authorities reveal where Evergreen High School shooter got handgun he used in attack coloradosun.com/2026/02/04/e...
Authorities reveal where Evergreen High School shooter got handgun he used in attack
The 16-year-old gunman used an old revolver his family said was kept in a locked gun safe. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said no charges will be filed.
coloradosun.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Authorities reveal where Evergreen High School shooter got handgun he used in attack coloradosun.com/2026/02/04/e...
Buc-ee’s withdraws application to build second Colorado location coloradosun.com/2026/02/04/b...
Buc-ee’s withdraws application to build second Colorado location
The Texas-chain withdrew its application to build a supersized travel center in Palmer Lake north of Colorado Springs.
coloradosun.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Buc-ee’s withdraws application to build second Colorado location coloradosun.com/2026/02/04/b...
Colorado is sending at least 34 athletes to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, more than any other state coloradosun.com/2026/02/03/c...
Colorado is sending at least 34 athletes to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, more than any other state
The skiingest state in the U.S. is sending 29 skiers and snowboarders, two figure skaters and a bobsledder to the 25th Winter Olympics
coloradosun.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Colorado is sending at least 34 athletes to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, more than any other state coloradosun.com/2026/02/03/c...
Voters are still asking Michael Bennet why he wants to leave the Senate to become Colorado’s governor coloradosun.com/2026/02/03/m... #copolitics #coleg
Voters are still asking Michael Bennet why he wants to leave the Senate to become Colorado’s governor
The Democrat says it’s natural for voters to ask, but that he thinks people feel good about his explanation — which is that as governor he can both fight Donald Trump and chart a new path forward for ...
coloradosun.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Voters are still asking Michael Bennet why he wants to leave the Senate to become Colorado’s governor coloradosun.com/2026/02/03/m... #copolitics #coleg
What Colorado’s 8th Congressional District shows about Republicans’ immigration fallout in the midterms coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/g... #copolitics via @nickriccardi.bsky.social
What Colorado's 8th Congressional District shows about Republicans' immigration fallout in the midterms
Trump's immigration drive in Minnesota, and the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, has resonated across the farms, oil and gas rigs, and shopping centers of Colorado's 8th Congressional District
coloradosun.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM
What Colorado’s 8th Congressional District shows about Republicans’ immigration fallout in the midterms coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/g... #copolitics via @nickriccardi.bsky.social
Fort Lewis College student arrested in attempted murder plot targeting classmate, CBI says coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/d...
Durango college student arrested in attempted murder plot targeting fellow student, CBI says
A 19-year-old Fort Lewis College student tried to bribe two people to kill a fellow student, Colorado Bureau of Investigation said
coloradosun.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Fort Lewis College student arrested in attempted murder plot targeting classmate, CBI says coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/d...
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ICYMI: Rep. Diana DeGette is the only Dem in Congress from CO who is for "dismantling" ICE.
U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet & John Hickenlooper and Reps. Brittany Pettersen, Joe Neguse & Jason Crow are for reforming the agency.
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U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet & John Hickenlooper and Reps. Brittany Pettersen, Joe Neguse & Jason Crow are for reforming the agency.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
ICYMI: Rep. Diana DeGette is the only Dem in Congress from CO who is for "dismantling" ICE.
U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet & John Hickenlooper and Reps. Brittany Pettersen, Joe Neguse & Jason Crow are for reforming the agency.
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U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet & John Hickenlooper and Reps. Brittany Pettersen, Joe Neguse & Jason Crow are for reforming the agency.
Get The Unaffiliated here: coloradosun.com/unaffiliated/
Democratic lawmakers plan package of bills to further regulate federal immigration enforcement in Colorado coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/d... #copolitics #coleg
Democratic lawmakers plan package of bills to further regulate federal immigration enforcement in Colorado
The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota and the scale of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities have delivered new urgency.
coloradosun.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Democratic lawmakers plan package of bills to further regulate federal immigration enforcement in Colorado coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/d... #copolitics #coleg
If voters let the Colorado legislature tap into TABOR surplus, tax credits may become much more complicated coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/c... #copolitics #coleg
If voters let the Colorado legislature tap into TABOR surplus, tax credits may become much more complicated
If the legislature and then voters sign off on the plan, every dollar of the surplus used for a tax credit over the next decade or more would be a dollar that could have otherwise been used for the ge...
coloradosun.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
If voters let the Colorado legislature tap into TABOR surplus, tax credits may become much more complicated coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/c... #copolitics #coleg
Inbox: Gov. Jared Polis' communications director, Conor Cahill, is stepping down on Feb. 6. He has been with the governor's office since 2019.
Shelby Wieman, Polis' press secretary, is becoming comms director. #copolitics #coleg
Shelby Wieman, Polis' press secretary, is becoming comms director. #copolitics #coleg
January 30, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Inbox: Gov. Jared Polis' communications director, Conor Cahill, is stepping down on Feb. 6. He has been with the governor's office since 2019.
Shelby Wieman, Polis' press secretary, is becoming comms director. #copolitics #coleg
Shelby Wieman, Polis' press secretary, is becoming comms director. #copolitics #coleg
Ruthie loves Walgreens for the free smells
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Ruthie loves Walgreens for the free smells
Colorado lawmakers reverse course, approve funding for new prison beds coloradosun.com/2026/01/28/c... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado lawmakers reverse course, approve funding for new prison beds
Days after rejecting the same request, lawmakers signed off on millions of dollars in prison bed funding as overcrowding pressures grow
coloradosun.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Colorado lawmakers reverse course, approve funding for new prison beds coloradosun.com/2026/01/28/c... #copolitics #coleg
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Colorado now has 6 million people, even amid slowly population growth
Colorado now has 6 million people, even amid slowly population growth
But the state saw more residents move to other states than move in. The State Demography Office attributes the declines in net migration to migrants who left.
coloradosun.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Colorado now has 6 million people, even amid slowly population growth
Colorado Democrats want to expand the state’s red flag gun law, impose new restrictions on gun barrels coloradosun.com/2026/01/28/c... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado Democrats want to expand the state’s red flag gun law, impose new restrictions on gun barrels
Senate Bill 4 would allow for the seizure of someone’s guns if their child, or a child in their household, is determined to be in danger of harming themself or others
coloradosun.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Colorado Democrats want to expand the state’s red flag gun law, impose new restrictions on gun barrels coloradosun.com/2026/01/28/c... #copolitics #coleg
NEW: Former Colorado state senator convicted of felonies for fabricating letters amid ethics investigation coloradosun.com/2026/01/28/s... #copolitics #coleg
Former Colorado state senator convicted of felonies for fabricating letters amid ethics investigation
Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Boulder County Democrat, was convicted by a Denver jury of attempting to influence a public servant and forgery
coloradosun.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM
NEW: Former Colorado state senator convicted of felonies for fabricating letters amid ethics investigation coloradosun.com/2026/01/28/s... #copolitics #coleg