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Justin Wingerter
Justin Wingerter is a political reporter for The Denver Post, primarily covering Colorado's congressional delegation and other federal topics. He previously reported for The Oklahoman and The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is a native of Granite City, Illinois, and a graduate of Southern Illinois University.
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How Colorado’s 4 House Democrats came to support Trump’s impeachment
Colorado’s four U.S. House Democrats appear to be on a one-way road to impeaching President Donald Trump, but they merged onto it at different times and for different reasons.

Money for Hickenlooper’s attorney is from federal fund meant to help Colorado economy post-9/11
Taxpayers have spent $43,390 — at a rate of $525 per hour — to defend John Hickenlooper before the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission as part of an arrangement that dates...

Cory Gardner fundraiser lobbied for Middle East banks as they opposed terrorism sanctions
The host of a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner has, in recent years, lobbied the Senate on behalf of Middle East banks as they opposed sanctions on the terrorist...
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Mesa County must replace election equipment due to security breach, secretary of state says
The Colorado Secretary of State's office says 40 pieces of equipment aren't secure. The Mesa County clerk calls the investigation "a raid."

Mesa County DA investigating election office after alleged breach
It¶¶Ňőap the second investigation into the alleged security breach. Either investigation could result in criminal charges.

Colorado’s Ken Salazar confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Mexico
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to approve Salazar's nomination. He is the first of President Joe Biden's ambassador nominees to be confirmed.

Feds to send quick $12M for I-70 fixes in Glenwood Canyon
CDOT said maintenance teams "have made great progress" and engineers have "made similar strides in developing a plan to reopen I-70."

Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems sues right-wing media for defamation — again
The three new lawsuits -- against Newsmax, One America News Network and the former CEO of Overstock.com -- are on top of four others Dominion has filed.

What Congress’ giant infrastructure bill means for Colorado
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said the $1 trillion bill isn't "perfect -- something like this never is -- but I think it serves Colorado well."

Former Olympian Eli Bremer will challenge U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in 2022
The 43-year-old Republican competed in the modern pentathlon at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and since then has been an Olympics announcer for NBC.

Mesa County’s election equipment passwords end up online, prompting state investigation
In what the Colorado secretary of state calls an "extremely serious event," images of Mesa County's election software were posted to Telegram and a conservative blog on Aug. 2.

Colorado requests $116M in emergency federal funds for I-70 in Glenwood Canyon
“(T)he disruption to people’s lives and livelihoods grows as the interstate remains closed,” Gov. Jared Polis wrote to the feds.

“A ton of confusion”: Local refugees struggle to receive, understand child tax credit checks
The federal government says it's aware of language barriers and lack of bank accounts keeping some refugees from getting child tax credit payments.