Mark K. Matthews

Dawn Russell gets arrested by Denver ...

Disabled protesters arrested at Sen. Cory Gardner’s Denver office after 2-day sit-in

June 30, 2017 at 10:06 a.m.

Ten protesters -- most with disabilities 鈥� were arrested in U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner's Denver office Thursday, two days after they began a sit-in to demand that the Republican senator...

Gov. John Hickenlooper address the crowd ...

John Hickenlooper finally reaches Cory Gardner to lobby against GOP health care bill

June 28, 2017 at 10:12 a.m.

With Gardner still publicly undecided聽about a Senate healthcare bill, the Colorado governor said he would make of point of reaching out personally to the Colorado senator in an effort to...

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) speaks ...

Cory Gardner says CBO report hasn’t moved him from the fence on GOP health care bill

June 26, 2017 at 7:23 p.m.

The Congressional Budget Office report on the Senate health care bill does little to move U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner from his uncertainty on a bill that Senate leaders aim to...

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Supreme Court will hear Colorado gay wedding cake case

June 27, 2017 at 1:08 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would review the case of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because of his...

In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, DaVita CEO Kent Thiry is shown.

DaVita CEO for governor? Candidacy would trigger a flood of cash and controversy

June 28, 2017 at 1:24 p.m.

The prospect of a Kent Thiry candidacy for Colorado governor has worried strategists in both parties, but on the downside, the wealthy DaVita CEO鈥檚 flirtations with public office have brought...

Cory Gardner wants to slow Senate GOP鈥檚 push for quick health care vote

June 22, 2017 at 7:10 p.m.

The Colorado Republican, whose input helped shape the bill and whose vote is seen as crucial for its passage, suggests working through the July 4 recess.

As Senate health-care vote looms, Colorado鈥檚 Cory Gardner says GOP should have been more open about it

June 21, 2017 at 4:59 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Tuesday that he agrees with some of the criticism Senate Republicans have faced over the lack of public debate during their attempt to repeal the...

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The 2018 Colorado governor’s race could shatter spending records

June 19, 2017 at 1:24 p.m.

Colorado's race for governor has only just begun, but already political strategists in both parties expect the 2018 contest to shatter state spending records. Fueling this belief is the entry...

Jared Polis, Ed Perlmutter describe surreal events on Democrats鈥� practice field a few miles from shooting

June 15, 2017 at 11:26 a.m.

As a gunman opened fire on GOP congressman at a baseball practice Wednesday morning outside the nation's capitol, a few miles away聽congressional Democrats were having a practice of their own.

Colorado鈥檚 congressional delegation, staff members, safe after baseball practice shooting; “too early” to know motive