1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (674+ words) Forty-five years ago this week: In a closed session, the vacancy committee for Colorado’s Senate District 12 selected attorney Peter Susemihl to complete Sen. Steve Durham’s, R-Colorado Springs, term. Durham resigned his seat to become Region 8 Director of the Environmental Protection…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1435+ words) If further proof is needed that the political arena in Colorado Springs isn’t like matchups in Denver, the Democratic Socialists of America is a case in point, say some people involved with the local chapter of the nationwide organization. It’s…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1320+ words) For Congressman Jeff Crank, who’s unopposed in the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District but the main target of both candidates in the lively Democratic primary, the big question in the midterms is not who will stand up to President…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (539+ words) President Donald Trump has named a GOP political consultant based in Colorado Springs to the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors. The board advises the Department of Defense on how to run the school and has recently taken a more…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (731+ words) Two of the Republicans running for governor of Colorado said Tuesday night in a debate that they won’t support the third candidate if he wins next month’s primary election. State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and state Rep. Scott Bottoms said that…...

5+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (584+ words) The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a woman injured on a Manitou Springs sidewalk could not sue the allegedly responsible entity, the city of Colorado Springs, even though she did not learn until too late of an agreement…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1646+ words) A year from now, Gov. Jared Polis will wrap up eight years as the state’s chief executive officer, take off the governor’s mantle and go back to private life. The governor recently reflected on what remains to do in his…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (619+ words) Local officials and one of Colorado’s U.S. senators urged the judiciary earlier this year to explore placing a new federal courthouse and judge’s chambers in Colorado Springs, while the district court is cautioning that Congress must establish new judgeships before…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago   (653+ words) Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Coloradans are being held hostage with our own tax dollars,” state Senate President Ray Powers, R-Colorado Springs, wrote in a guest editorial published in the The Colorado Statesman. Powers called the federal government “relentless in…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (933+ words) Members of the Colorado Supreme Court seemed open on Tuesday to recognizing a right for employees to use self-defense in the workplace without facing termination. “It may be shoplifting, but if it’s a self-defense situation and you’re reasonably in danger…...