Author: John Frank

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday asked Colorado lawmakers for a 50 percent increase in sales taxes on recreational marijuana starting July 1 to send an additional $42 million to public schools. The Democrat wants to increase the recreation sales tax on pot to 12 percent effective July 1, the same day the levy is scheduled…

Gov. John Hickenlooper is proposing “aggressive” new efforts to address homelessness in Colorado, returning to an issue that helped launch his political career in his final two years in office. The governor’s budget request for fiscal year 2017-2018 asks lawmakers to put $12.3 million in annual marijuana tax revenues toward building new housing units for…

A Colorado representative to the Electoral College is helping lead a movement to block Donald Trump from taking the White House. Micheal Baca, a Denver Democrat and member of the state’s Electoral College delegation, is working to persuade Republican electors in other states to support a different candidate. And he has the blessing of Colorado Democratic…

GREELEY — Donald Trump continued to question Colorado’s first mail-ballot presidential election in his second visit in as many days to the crucial swing state. “Do you think those ballots are properly counted?” he asked the crowd Sunday at the University of Northern Colorado. “I know they are saying, ‘Oh, of course, it’s all legitimate,’”…