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The Spot newsletter: Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling and its impacts, Hickenlooper’s veto-palooza, Denver’s scooter-palooza and an election 2018 how-to
Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post's politics team captures what's happening this week -- from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the...
Jeff Sessions, Scott Pruitt to headline this weekend’s Western Conservative Summit amid growing controversy
Two of the Trump administration鈥檚 most powerful and embattled officials will be speaking Friday in Denver as the 2018 Western Conservative Summit kicks off with a wide variety of issues...
Denver Post, Denver7 team up to host governor’s race primary debates at University of Denver
The Denver Post is teaming up with Denver7 to host a pair of governor's race debates at the University of Denver later this month ahead of the June 26 primary.
It’s a make-or-break moment for Mike Coffman and other Republicans who want to force an immigration vote
Colorado U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman said he and about two dozen like-minded Republican lawmakers have built enough support to force a vote in the U.S. House on a raft of...
In record-setting veto, Hickenlooper rejects bill adding autism to conditions eligible for medical marijuana
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have added autism to the list of conditions eligible under state law for medical marijuana treatment.
Hickenlooper vetoes first-in-the-nation bill that would have allowed marijuana 鈥渢asting rooms鈥� in Colorado
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday vetoed a bill that would have created licensed marijuana "tasting rooms" in Colorado -- in what would have been a first-in-the-nation endeavor.
“We’re just human beings”: Gay couple at center of Masterpiece Cakeshop case reflect after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Nearly six years ago, on July 19, 2012, Charlie Craig and David Mullins walked into a Lakewood bakery on a recommendation and with hopes of securing a cake for their...
How will the U.S. Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling impact the Colorado Civil Rights Commission?
The U.S. Supreme Court, in ruling on behalf of a Lakewood baker who refused in 2012 to make a cake for a gay couple, dealt a major rebuke to Colorado's...
U.S. Supreme Court hands victory to Colorado baker in landmark clash over religion, civil rights
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday聽that a Colorado baker had the legal right to refuse to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because of his own...
Colorado’s 1 million-plus unaffiliated voters can participate for the first time in a primary election. Here鈥檚 what they need to know.
Colorado鈥檚 county clerks are gearing up to send out more ballots in a primary election than ever before next week as the state鈥檚 unaffiliated voters will get their first-ever chance...