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Americans’ growing frustration over high prices has defined many political campaigns ahead of November’s midterm elections. Average monthly grocery prices in Colorado are at $1,160, which is $100 more than the national figure. From @stateline.org

Colorado’s most expensive ballot-measure showdown in the 2026 midterms is an overlapping series of fights over several high-stakes tax questions. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

President Donald Trump’s eleventh-hour campaign to intervene in California’s vote counting encountered the first signs of resistance in federal court over the weekend, with appellate judges expressing deep skepticism over the legality of the effort. By @jonshorman.bsky.social

Both Democratic and Republican candidates during the heated midterm election cycle have had to navigate deep voter resentment of data centers that will power artificial intelligence. By @ashleymurray.bsky.social

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Colorado election officials are treating the U.S. Department of Justice's plan to send election monitors to Adams County for the upcoming midterm elections as a request that requires approval, rather than a mandate, according to correspondence between state and federal officials.

The U.S. Department of Justice is stepping up its legal campaign over the midterm elections, suing Alaska over its U.S. Senate election and appealing a lawsuit against suspected noncitizen voters in California.

Timeline 1876: 150 years ago this week, a dispute over Colorado’s at-large congressional seat arose in the wake of the first elections after statehood.

As Election Day approaches, top Democrats on the intelligence committees in Congress are preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump will allege foreign interference to discredit unfavorable results.

The price health insurance companies charge for employer-sponsored plans increased again this year, as did the deductible many people must pay before those plans begin covering most healthcare costs, according to a survey by the nonpartisan health organization KFF. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

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Outside partisan groups are spending millions of dollars this election cycle on competitive statehouse races in Colorado, and in some instances that spending is far greater than what the candidates themselves are putting up. By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Commentary: Colorado law does not account for misbehaved autonomous vehicles like Waymos. That’s got to change.

After 13 months in an Aurora immigrant detention center, where he became reliant on a wheelchair as his health deteriorated, a Ugandan priest who has lived in Colorado for more than 25 years was released by federal immigration officials. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

A judge in Denver has dismissed a last-minute attempt by conservative opponents of a graduated income tax proposal to invalidate the measure on the ballots already in Colorado voters’ hands.

If you're one of the milliions of Coloradans who haven't voted yet, check out the Newsline voter guide. It contains plain-language information about candidates and statewide ballot measures. coloradonewsline.com/voter-guides...

More than half a million Coloradans have already voted in the 2026 election. Democrats outpace Republican voters with 33.4% of ballots returned so far compared to 24.2%. Unaffiliated voters, who represent just over half or all registered CO voters, make up 41.3%. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

The U.S. Department of Justice is intensifying its campaign against voter fraud with a spree of arrests in the final weeks before Election Day, an effort that voting rights advocates warn risks instilling fear among voters. By @jonshorman.bsky.social

Commentary: State’s inaction leaves Colorado communities vulnerable to data center harms

Colorado’s regulatory framework to test marijuana for contamination and warn consumers about risks has significant gaps, a state audit found. By @sarawilson.bsky.social

All four of Colorado’s Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and one U.S. senator received letters with a suspicious substance Monday, the lawmakers said. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Across much of the United States, including Colorado, a warm winter and persistent drought have decimated the natural foods that black and brown bears rely on. From @stateline.org

ICYMI: Colorado activists call for transparency measures as they attempt to track ICE flights out of Denver

Immigrants living in the United States with humanitarian status from Ukraine and Sudan will retain their deportation protections and work authorizations for now, the Department of Homeland Security said over the weekend.

ICYMI: No Kings protests in Colorado meant to help protect the November election

Several activists visit the Denver airport to monitor ICE flights. Their goal is to count the people being boarded onto these flights and feed it into a national network of volunteer ICE flight observers. They've also called on city leadership to increase transparency. By @sarawilson.bsky.social

UPDATED with quotes from No Kings participants in Denver and other information.

About 300 people came out for a No Kings rally Saturday in Grand Junction. Organized by Indivisible Grand Junction, the event was billed as a “nonpartisan voter participation, education and community connection event,” designed to bring out community members to cast their vote early.

Diana Heath, 85, said she wants "to feel like democracy is still alive and well." She came to the No Kings protest at the Colorado Capitol in Denver with her husband and daughter. The Centennial resident said she already voted and said "yes" to Amendment 87, a state graduated income tax measure.

Our #nokings live blog is underway. You can get a glimpse at what's happening at events across the country via @statesnewsroom.com reporters, who are also shooting lots of photos and video. www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...

The crowd gathered for the No Kings protest at the state Capitol in Denver, Colorado is preparing to march downtown. Speakers from civic organizations and political groups spoke to the crowd about getting ballots in early for the Nov. 3 midterms.

Aly Belknap, executive director of Common Cause Colorado, addresses the No Kings crowd Saturday at the Colorado Capitol. She called attention to a state income tax measure on the November ballot.

No Kings protests are planned throughout Colorado on Saturday, part of a nationwide event that organizers hope will encourage participants to vote and help protect the November election. coloradonewsline.com/2026/10/17/n...

Hundreds of demonstrators are gathering at the Colorado Capitol this afternoon for a No Kings protest ahead of the midterm elections.

President Donald Trump has a flurry of travel on deck in the final frantic weeks leading up to the end of the midterm elections, as congressional races continue to shift in the Democratic Party’s favor.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Colorado’s request for funding to support businesses harmed by the Aspen Acres Fire this summer.

Top Republican and Democratic senators have unveiled a 417-page permitting reform bill. A debate is likely when lawmakers return for their lame-duck session in November.

Think balancing Colorado’s budget is easy? Try it.

Commentary: Proposition 133 could punish trafficking victims and harm reproductive health access

Secretary of State Jena Griswold and El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen attacked each other’s records and leadership of their current offices in the only scheduled debate in the Colorado attorney general’s race Wednesday.

A Colorado ninth-grader, Peter Daniell of Broomfield, took home the grand prize Wednesday night after winning the National Civics Bee Championship in the nation’s capital.

Fueled by the rising cost of living and cuts to federal benefits, food assistance programs from around the Denver metro area have seen growing demand and an influx of new, first-time families in need of support this year.

Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper used a debate Wednesday night to ask Colorado voters to send him back to Washington for a final six-year term, and reject a Republican challenger he said would be a “rubber stamp” for the Trump agenda.

Ken Buck, the former five-term Republican member of Congress from Colorado and onetime chair of the state GOP, endorsed Democrat Phil Weiser for governor Wednesday.

Democrats are touting an ambitious legislative agenda centered on affordability and accountability if they take back the U.S. House or Senate — or both — in November.

Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August.

Commentary: Amendment 82 is a dark-money attack on Colorado’s clean energy leadership

Colorado’s most effective tool for reducing child poverty is a state-level family tax credit that’s in jeopardy for the current tax year, a new report found.

Parents of children harmed by social media and artificial intelligence chatbots called for Colorado to pass stronger protections into law next year, while standing beside the Democrat likely to become the state’s next governor.