Jesse Aaron Paul
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Colorado Sun political reporter/editor/cofounder. Searching for the strangest datelines and best ski lines. coloradosun.com
ICE arrested more than 3,500 people in Colorado in 2025 — including babies and the elderly coloradosun.com/2025/12/31/i... via @taydolven.bsky.social
ICE arrested more than 3,500 people in Colorado in 2025 — including babies and the elderly
The number of arrests made by ICE agents in Colorado this year from Jan. 20 to Oct. 15 quadrupled compared with the same period last year
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January 2, 2026 at 4:47 PM
ICE arrested more than 3,500 people in Colorado in 2025 — including babies and the elderly coloradosun.com/2025/12/31/i... via @taydolven.bsky.social
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Amid Tina Peters fight, Trump is withholding funding from parts of Colorado that overwhelmingly voted for him coloradosun.com/2026/01/01/d... #copolitics
Amid Tina Peters fight, Trump is withholding funding from parts of Colorado that overwhelmingly voted for him
While many Colorado Republicans stayed silent as the Trump administration rolled back funding for clean energy projects in the state, things are starting to change amid the White House’s latest decisi...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Amid Tina Peters fight, Trump is withholding funding from parts of Colorado that overwhelmingly voted for him coloradosun.com/2026/01/01/d... #copolitics
Amid Tina Peters fight, Trump is withholding funding from parts of Colorado that overwhelmingly voted for him coloradosun.com/2026/01/01/d... #copolitics
Amid Tina Peters fight, Trump is withholding funding from parts of Colorado that overwhelmingly voted for him
While many Colorado Republicans stayed silent as the Trump administration rolled back funding for clean energy projects in the state, things are starting to change amid the White House’s latest decisi...
coloradosun.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Amid Tina Peters fight, Trump is withholding funding from parts of Colorado that overwhelmingly voted for him coloradosun.com/2026/01/01/d... #copolitics
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies coloradosun.com/2025/12/30/b... #copolitics
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies
Campbell died Tuesday surrounded by his family
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December 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies coloradosun.com/2025/12/30/b... #copolitics
NEW: Vacancy committee selects state representative to serve out state Sen. Faith Winter’s term, forcing another vacancy vote coloradosun.com/2025/12/23/w... #copolitics #coleg
Vacancy committee selects state representative to serve out state Sen. Faith Winter’s term, forcing another vacancy vote
The number of state lawmakers who will serve at the Colorado Capitol next year who at some point were appointed to the House or Senate by or through a vacancy committee has grown to 27. That’s more th...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
NEW: Vacancy committee selects state representative to serve out state Sen. Faith Winter’s term, forcing another vacancy vote coloradosun.com/2025/12/23/w... #copolitics #coleg
A milestone: I appear to have survived my first measles exposure!
December 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A milestone: I appear to have survived my first measles exposure!
Colorado governor accuses Trump of playing “political games” after disaster request denials coloradosun.com/2025/12/21/j... #copolitics
Colorado governor accuses Trump of playing "political games" after disaster request denials
Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, said Trump responds to each request for federal disaster assistance “with great care and consideration, ensuring American tax dollars are used appropriatel...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Colorado governor accuses Trump of playing “political games” after disaster request denials coloradosun.com/2025/12/21/j... #copolitics
NEW: Colorado state Sen. Faith Winter was legally drunk when she caused car crash that killed her, authorities say coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/f... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado state Sen. Faith Winter was legally drunk when she caused car crash that killed her, authorities say
The Broomfield Democrat was driving a Hyundai Ioniq 5 and rear ended a Ford F-350 flatbed truck stopped in the left lane of traffic, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said. Her blood alcohol level ...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
NEW: Colorado state Sen. Faith Winter was legally drunk when she caused car crash that killed her, authorities say coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/f... #copolitics #coleg
Uncertainty clouds Colorado state budget picture, as economy wobbles coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/c... #copolitics #coleg
Uncertainty clouds Colorado state budget picture, as economy wobbles
The federal government shutdown delayed the release of key business and labor data, leaving forecasters in the dark about the true state of the economy
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December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Uncertainty clouds Colorado state budget picture, as economy wobbles coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/c... #copolitics #coleg
Federal judge blocks Colorado law requiring that consumers be warned of air quality effects of gas stoves coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/c... #copolitics #coleg
Federal judge blocks Colorado law requiring that consumers be warned of air quality effects of gas stoves
The judge agreed with an argument from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, a trade group, that the law likely violates their First Amendment rights
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December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Federal judge blocks Colorado law requiring that consumers be warned of air quality effects of gas stoves coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/c... #copolitics #coleg
NEW: Colorado Treasurer Dave Young ends campaign in 8th Congressional District coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/d... #copolitics
Colorado Treasurer Dave Young ends campaign in 8th Congressional District
The Democrat’s departure from the contest means it’s effectively a three-way race for a chance to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans next year in one of the nation’s most competitive congressiona...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Colorado Treasurer Dave Young ends campaign in 8th Congressional District coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/d... #copolitics
Trump administration vows to break up National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder coloradosun.com/2025/12/17/t... #copolitics
Trump administration vows to break up National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder
Russ Vought, President Donald Trump’s budget chief, called NCAR “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country”
coloradosun.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump administration vows to break up National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder coloradosun.com/2025/12/17/t... #copolitics
Neighbors, hikers rally as a proposal for a big gas station threatens their vision of Bakerville on I-70 coloradosun.com/2025/12/17/b...
Neighbors, hikers rally as big gas station threatens their vision of Bakerville on I-70
A proposal for a sprawling gas station and convenience store combo at the undeveloped Bakerville exit from I-70 has nature lovers up in arms.
coloradosun.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Neighbors, hikers rally as a proposal for a big gas station threatens their vision of Bakerville on I-70 coloradosun.com/2025/12/17/b...
Trump administration cancels $109M in environmentally focused transportation grants for Colorado coloradosun.com/2025/12/16/t... #copolitics
Trump administration cancels $109M in environmentally focused transportation grants for Colorado
“These projects did not align with President Trump’s ambitious America First agenda or were redundant,” a U.S. Department of Transportation spokesperson said in a statement
coloradosun.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trump administration cancels $109M in environmentally focused transportation grants for Colorado coloradosun.com/2025/12/16/t... #copolitics
Steamboat Springs billionaire buys new apartment complex and slashes rent to help curb housing shortage coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/s...
Steamboat Springs billionaire buys new apartment complex and slashes rent to help curb housing shortage
Steamboat Springs investor Mark Stevens acquired the 104-unit Riverview apartments for more than $95 million and is renting to local workers
coloradosun.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Steamboat Springs billionaire buys new apartment complex and slashes rent to help curb housing shortage coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/s...
Colorado’s unaffiliated voters — who now make up half of the electorate — say they’re intentionally not joining a political party. Here’s why. coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/c... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado’s unaffiliated voters say they’re intentionally not joining a political party. Here’s why.
The results of a new poll erode the assumption that the growing share of unaffiliated voters in the state in recent years — who as of Dec. 1 made up half of active, registered voters — has been caused...
coloradosun.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Colorado’s unaffiliated voters — who now make up half of the electorate — say they’re intentionally not joining a political party. Here’s why. coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/c... #copolitics #coleg
Update: Plane with replacement battery has arrived, but there are no gates for it to park at. Day from hell continues.
Seven-hour United Airlines delay in Columbus, Ohio, today because *checks notes* someone left the plane on overnight and the battery died. Thankful for kind airport and airline staff though!
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Update: Plane with replacement battery has arrived, but there are no gates for it to park at. Day from hell continues.
Seven-hour United Airlines delay in Columbus, Ohio, today because *checks notes* someone left the plane on overnight and the battery died. Thankful for kind airport and airline staff though!
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Seven-hour United Airlines delay in Columbus, Ohio, today because *checks notes* someone left the plane on overnight and the battery died. Thankful for kind airport and airline staff though!
Donald Trump says he’s pardoned Tina Peters. That doesn’t affect her state conviction. coloradosun.com/2025/12/11/t... #copolitics
Donald Trump says he’s pardoned Tina Peters. That doesn’t affect her state conviction.
Peters, the former clerk in Mesa County, was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a breach of her county’s election system. Because she was convicted in state court, only Gov. Jared Pol...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Donald Trump says he’s pardoned Tina Peters. That doesn’t affect her state conviction. coloradosun.com/2025/12/11/t... #copolitics
More data centers are coming to Colorado, demanding more power than they’ll need. Will customers foot the bill? coloradosun.com/2025/12/10/d...
More data centers are coming to Colorado, demanding more power than they'll need. Will customers foot the bill?
Colorado regulators want rules in place to shield ordinary from getting stuck paying for increased generating and transmission capacity
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December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
More data centers are coming to Colorado, demanding more power than they’ll need. Will customers foot the bill? coloradosun.com/2025/12/10/d...
Telluride ski patrollers reject resort’s pay plan, setting the stage for a holiday strike coloradosun.com/2025/12/10/t...
Telluride ski patrollers reject resort’s pay plan, setting the stage for a holiday strike
After authorizing a strike last month, the 72-member Telluride ski patrol union Monday voted to reject resort owner's final contract offer
coloradosun.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Telluride ski patrollers reject resort’s pay plan, setting the stage for a holiday strike coloradosun.com/2025/12/10/t...
With billions on the line, Colorado prepares for the rural health care “Hunger Games” coloradosun.com/2025/12/09/r... #copolitics #coleg
With billions on the line, Colorado prepares for the rural health care “Hunger Games”
Colorado is vying against every other state for a share of $50 billion in federal money earmarked for improving rural health care.
coloradosun.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
With billions on the line, Colorado prepares for the rural health care “Hunger Games” coloradosun.com/2025/12/09/r... #copolitics #coleg
NEW: Democratic state senator launches bid as “insurgent progressive” to unseat Colorado’s John Hickenlooper coloradosun.com/2025/12/08/j... #copolitics #coleg
Democratic state senator launches bid as “insurgent progressive” to unseat Colorado’s John Hickenlooper
Julie Gonzales said “go-along-to-get-along, poll-tested incrementalist politics have not made Coloradans’ lives better”
coloradosun.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
NEW: Democratic state senator launches bid as “insurgent progressive” to unseat Colorado’s John Hickenlooper coloradosun.com/2025/12/08/j... #copolitics #coleg
NEW: Shannon Bird to resign from Colorado legislature to focus on congressional bid coloradosun.com/2025/12/07/s... #copolitics #coleg
Shannon Bird to resign from Colorado legislature to focus on congressional bid
The Westminster Democrat will step down Jan. 5. A Democratic vacancy committee will be convened to select her replacement.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
NEW: Shannon Bird to resign from Colorado legislature to focus on congressional bid coloradosun.com/2025/12/07/s... #copolitics #coleg
Faith Winter remembered at Colorado Capitol for adoring her children, inspiring women to run for office coloradosun.com/2025/12/05/f... #copolitics #coleg
Faith Winter remembered at Colorado Capitol for adoring her children, inspiring women to run for office
Winter, a Democratic state senator from Broomfield, was killed last week in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 south of Denver
coloradosun.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Faith Winter remembered at Colorado Capitol for adoring her children, inspiring women to run for office coloradosun.com/2025/12/05/f... #copolitics #coleg