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Hey - that’s me at the 0:17 mark! Not my best side though. BTW - I have no idea who those other two cows are - I think they are just paid crisis actor cows. If Gabe’s a rancher, I’m a freakin’ show pony… MOO! 🐮
Colorado Times Recorder@coloradotimesrecorder.com · 19h agoColorado Congressman Gabe Evans: "I'm out doing my evening chores, checking on my cows."
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In The Streets: 'People’s Hearing on the Hudson ICE Detention Center' and Other Political Events
Below are protests and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming public events in Colorado, please let us know at team@coloradotimesrecorder.com Wednes...
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Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans: "I'm out doing my evening chores, checking on my cows."
Former Colorado Republican Party Chair Dick Wadhams said last week that he will not vote for controversial Republican gubernatorial nominee Victor Marx in this year’s election. #copolitics coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/08/form...
Former GOP Leader Says He’ll Dump Marx for Independent Governor Candidate
Former Colorado Republican Party Chair Dick Wadhams said on a conservative talk radio show last week that he will not vote for controversial Republican gubernatorial nominee Victor Marx in this...
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Behind the speakers, exposed wires hung from walls of empty classrooms. The files of the DougCo Building Dept. show the school has failed four "final" inspections. Student enrollment is also well short of projections.
20 Days Before Opening, Douglas County's Newest Charter School Has No Occupancy Permit and 135 Empty Seats
On the morning of Aug. 1, the founders of John Adams Academy cut a gold ribbon outside their new school in Sterling Ranch and raised a flag on a 50-foot...
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What's behind the push for nonpartisan primary elections, and who would benefit from them? Logan took a look. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/08/davi...
DAVIS: Who Benefits From Nonpartisan Primaries?
While most of the political world is laser-focused on November 2026, one Colorado campaign already has its sights set on 2028, when it hopes to usher in a seismic change...
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"...state housing funding has been working primarily to address housing needs for middle- and higher-income earners rather than those at the lowest incomes and with the greatest needs."
'Out of Reach' Housing Report Places Colorado as 12th Least Affordable State
According to the annual "Out of Reach" report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), "full-time workers need to earn $36.44 per hour to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment...
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"Our latest litmus test is this: Should we pardon a convicted felon? If you answer no, you’re sideways with the Republican party apparently, or at least the people who believe they’re the base of the party." --State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer
Republicans Condemn Populism, Infighting at Western Conservative Summit
“Populism is not conservatism,” noted Colorado Christian University (CCU) President Eric Hogue as he introduced the 2026 Western Conservative Summit. Hosted by the Centennial Institute, CCU’s think-ta...
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The cyclosporiasis outbreak was avoidable -- and inevitable.
Good morning! Back at it for Western Conservative Summit Day 2!
Good morning! I’m in Lakewood for Colorado Christian University’s Western Conservative Summit. It’s like a convention for every group I’ve covered in the last 5 years…
Asked in September, 2025, if he disagreed with anything Trump has done to date, Markert said, “Not right now, no.” He said he would have voted yes on the Big Beautiful Bill if he’d been in the Senate.
Last Year, Marx's Running Mate George Markert Said He Agreed With Everything Trump Had Done So Far
Victor Marx, the drama-and-satire-generating Republican candidate for governor, announced today that he's picked retired Colonel George Markert as his running mate for lieutenant governor. Markert On ...
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Two conservative legal heavyweights are joining the book-banning case involving the Elizabeth School District.
A rally in Northglenn this morning marked the 61st birthday of Medicaid by denouncing Congressman Evans' pivotal vote for the Big Beautiful Bill, which will force an estimated 100,000 Coloradans off the health care program in the coming years.
Birthday of Medicaid Marked by Rally Denouncing Gabe Evans for Slashing the Program
"Last year, Medicaid was just another word to me," said Thomas (TJ) Buckley, after explaining to a small crowd in Northglenn how he'd been blindsided by a horrible disease that...
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ARMSTRONG: The Heritage Foundation claims that books in Elizabeth School District were suppressed due to being "sexually explicit." But that is just not true of some of the books. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/07/the-...
The Moral Panic Behind the Elizabeth School District's Suppression of Books
"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance," writes Laurie Halse Anderson in the Twentieth Anniversary Edition of "Speak." Ironically, this is one of the books voted...
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Last week the Colorado Springs Planning Commission denied an appeal of the administrative decision to approve the Project Taurus data center.
OPINION: The growing grassroots movement against Flock cameras has entered a new phase. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/07/floc...
Flock Blowback, Tea Parties, and the Groundswell Against Big Tech
Header image by Jacob Richards. The growing grassroots movement against Flock cameras has entered a new phase. As citizens' concerns have gone largely unheard by local governments, the people have...
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This week, Logan sat down with the team who helped Melat Kiros orchestrate a supposedly impossible 13-point victory in Denver.
How do you win an unwinnable race? Logan talked to the team who helped Melat Kiros win big in CD-1 last month to find out. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/07/behi...
Behind the Upset: The Team That Helped Melat Kiros to Her Historic Victory
Impossible. Unwinnable. Career-killing. That’s what most of Colorado’s Democratic political establishment thought of the task the MAC Group had set for itself. After all, their candidate would not be ...
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CALENDAR: Protests and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming public events in Colorado, please let us know at team@coloradotimesrecorder.com.
In The Streets: 'The Business of Deportation' and Other Political Events
Below are protests and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming public events in Colorado, please let us know at team@coloradotimesrecorder.com Thursd...
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The Planning Commission voted 6-2 to deny the appeal after hours of testimony from the appellants, the applicant, and members of the community. Following the hearing, the data center developer and an appellant appeared on talk radio to discuss the hearing. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/07/co-s...
CO Springs Planning Commissioners Reject Activists' Attempt to Stop Data Center
Last week the Colorado Springs Planning Commission denied an appeal of the administrative decision to approve the Project Taurus data center. The project will be housed in a former Intel...
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"This bill follows through on our promises to cut waste, fraud, and abuse while simultaneously protecting coverage for Colorado’s most vulnerable populations," said Evans after voting to cut Medicaid. He's not saying if he stands by that statement now, as the stability of many hospitals is worsening
Gabe Evans Promised Medicaid Cuts Wouldn't Affect 'People Who Need It Most,' But They're Putting Hospitals at Risk
Before and after Republicans voted to cut Medicaid about a year ago, Washington Republicans insisted that their narrow focus was to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse from the health care...
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Group leaders are confident the signatures will hold up, meaning voters in November will decide whether to expand the Board of County Commissioners from three seats to five.
Dougco Petition Effort to Add Two County Commissioners Turns In Nearly 23,000 Signatures
A couple dozen volunteers in matching "Ask me about 5" shirts stood outside the Douglas County clerk's office Friday morning, just after they turned in the boxes they'd spent months...
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Deborah Flora, a longtime Republican activist and occasional candidate for office in Colorado, recently said on a right-wing radio show that kicking large numbers of people off of government health care would be supported by Jesus, because it would help “take care of the most needy.”
For the Record: Republican Activist Says Cutting Health Care Is 'What Jesus Would Point Us To Do'
Welcome to For The Record, the Colorado Times Recorder’s series where you can hear public figures in their own words. We’ll give you the clip and the context, so you...
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Concerns and criticism surround the manner in which Boulder police chose to respond to a reported threat from anti-abortion protesters this week.
Earlier today, Sen. Lisa Cutter and Rep. Lindsay Gilchrist participated in the national launch of the “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” campaign. The initiative was created in part to counteract the recent changes in our current healthcare system. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/07/nati...
National 'Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now' Campaign Launches in Colorado
Earlier today, Sen. Lisa Cutter (D-CO) and Rep. Lindsay Gilchrist (D-CO) spoke outside of the Colorado Capitol to participate in the national launch of the "Sick of It! Fix Health...
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INBOX: Former AG candidate David Seligman's nonprofit law firm Towards Justice & faith advocates Together Colorado sue Hudson over new ICE facility- asking court to order town to require what it would normally: a permit & a public hearing. "The Town has the authority and the obligation to act.”
Good morning! I’m at the ENT Center for the Arts in Co Springs for today’s appeal hearing of the Project Taurus data center.
Colorado Senate Assistant Minority Leader Lisa Frizell (R-Castle Rock) reflected on her time at the legislature during this week’s Women of Influence Luncheon hosted by the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/07/doug...
DougCo Senator Laments 'Political Animosity' at Chamber Luncheon
Colorado Senate Assistant Minority Leader Lisa Frizell (R-Castle Rock), the former Douglas County assessor elected to the Senate in 2024 after two terms as a state representative, reflected on her...
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