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Politics/Policy reporter at The Colorado Sun • she/her • Send tips/chisme: taylor@coloradosun.com • Photo by Anita Pouchard Serra

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Taylor Dolven @taydolven.bsky.social · Jun 2
Hello! Today is my 1st day @coloradosun.com as a politics/policy reporter after 3 great years @bostonglobe.com and one @colorado.edu

I'll miss the Globe and the MA transpo community dearly.

It's time to take my journalism home. Coloradans: please send tips/chisme to taylor@coloradosun.com ☀️
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Colorado Democrats propose new limits on 3-D printed guns, tougher rules for firearms dealers
Colorado Democrats propose new limits on 3-D printed guns, tougher rules for firearms dealers
Federal data show ghost guns are increasingly turning up at crime scenes
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February 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to keep $$ flowing to programs that support the poorest families in Colorado and four other Democratic-led states — California, New York, Minnesota and Illinois — in a preliminary injunction Friday.

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Trump's freeze of $10B in funds for low-income families in Colorado, 4 other states blocked by federal judge
$300 million will continue to flow to Colorado's child care and safety net programs, per a preliminary injunction issued Friday
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February 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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Michael Bennet on Phil Weiser's endorsements in today's edition of The Unaffiliated newsletter.

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February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Federal immigration agents in Colorado continue to arrest people because of the color of their skin, in violation of a federal judge’s order, lawyers representing immigrants allege.

They're asking a federal judge to intervene — again.

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ICE is violating court order against warrantless arrests in Colorado, lawyers say
Lawyers representing immigrants are asking a federal judge to intervene again
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February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Colorado is sending more athletes to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics than any other state @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2026/02/03/c...
Colorado is sending more athletes to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics than any other state
The skiingest state in the U.S. is sending 29 skiers and snowboarders, two figure skaters and a bobsledder to the 25th Winter Olympics
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February 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Voters are still asking Michael Bennet why he wants to leave the Senate to become Colorado’s governor coloradosun.com/2026/02/03/m... #copolitics #coleg
Voters are still asking Michael Bennet why he wants to leave the Senate to become Colorado’s governor
The Democrat says it’s natural for voters to ask, but that he thinks people feel good about his explanation — which is that as governor he can both fight Donald Trump and chart a new path forward for ...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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ICYMI: Rep. Diana DeGette is the only Dem in Congress from CO who is for "dismantling" ICE.

U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet & John Hickenlooper and Reps. Brittany Pettersen, Joe Neguse & Jason Crow are for reforming the agency.

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February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Democratic lawmakers plan package of bills to further regulate federal immigration enforcement in Colorado coloradosun.com/2026/02/02/d...
Democratic lawmakers plan package of bills to further regulate federal immigration enforcement in Colorado
The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota and the scale of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities have delivered new urgency.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Colorado AG asks Trump administration to let Craig’s coal plant close as planned
Colorado AG asks Trump administration to let Craig’s coal plant close as planned 
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser petitioned the U.S. Department of Energy to rescind its “emergency” order keeping the coal-fired Craig Unit 1 open past Tri-State Generation and Transmission’s...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Colorado leaders, immigrant rights groups and residents speaking out against ICE's violent enforcement tactics caught on camera in Minnesota.

And many are wondering: Could we see a similar surge of federal agents and violence here? coloradosun.com/2026/01/27/c...
As immigrant advocates worry Colorado could be the next Minnesota, state leaders vow to fight back
“It’s already come here. We’ve already seen the violence,” a Durango immigrant rights advocate says.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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NEW: Surveillance, captive-audience and wholesale pricing are in Colorado Democrats’ cost-of-living crosshairs coloradosun.com/2026/01/26/c... #copolitics #coleg
Surveillance, captive-audience and wholesale pricing are in Colorado Democrats’ cost-of-living crosshairs
Many business groups are already lobbying against the measures. Gov. Jared Polis, as well as more moderate Democrats at the Capitol, could pose a roadblock to the bills becoming law, too.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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The NSF just released a "dear colleague" asking for ideas to inform its plans to restructure the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Voters will decide whether to force Colorado police to alert ICE after charging people with questionable immigration status coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/i... #copolitics #coleg
Voters will decide whether to force Colorado police to alert ICE after charging people with questionable immigration status
Initiative 95 would amend the state constitution to require that police officers, sheriff’s deputies and prosecutors alert federal immigration authorities if they charge someone whose immigration stat...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Trump administration must keep funding Colorado’s poorest families, judge rules in temporary reprieve.

Colorado uses the funding for its child care payment assistance program, cash assistance for families to buy basic needs and job training.
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Trump administration must keep funding Colorado’s poorest families, judge rules in temporary reprieve
Colorado uses the funding for its child care payment assistance program, cash assistance for families to buy basic needs and job training
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January 23, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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When 14 D state lawmakers received lengthy records requests in Nov from a mystery person named Elaine Baxter, many wondered: Who is she and what is her motive?

A $10k cashier's check we obtained has a clue.

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January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Health insurance enrollment declines in Colorado, but not as much as feared
Health insurance enrollment declines in Colorado, but not as much as feared
Enrollment in health insurance plans through Connect for Health Colorado declined for 2026, but not as much as state officials had feared.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Tax breaks vs. renewable energy offsets: Democrats plan to duel over conflicting Colorado data center bills.

This is the legislature’s latest attempt to regulate the controversial sector that forms the backbone of daily digital life. coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/t...
Tax breaks vs. renewable energy offsets: Democrats plan to duel over conflicting Colorado data center bills
This is the Colorado legislature’s latest attempt to regulate the controversial sector that forms the backbone of daily digital life
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January 23, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser and their supporters amass combined $9M for high-stakes gubernatorial primary coloradosun.com/2026/01/16/m... #copolitics #coleg
Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser and their supporters amass combined $9M for high-stakes gubernatorial primary
The funds will likely be mostly spent on the primary given that whoever wins the Democratic faceoff will likely become governor in November
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January 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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It's Gov. Jared Polis' last State of the State annotated by @coloradosun.com reporters
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Colorado’s governor gave his 8th and final State of the State speech. We analyzed everything he said.
Jared Polis delivered his last — and by far longest — State of the State address on Thursday. It was part victory lap, part vindicating and part forward looking.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Legislature mulls ballot measure that would ask voters to raise TABOR cap by billions primarily to fund Colorado’s schools coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/c... #copolitics #coleg
Legislature mulls ballot measure that would ask voters to raise TABOR cap by billions primarily to fund Colorado's schools
The measure is backed by the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, and other education organizations. It would boost funding for K-12 education and help the state address...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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9 minutes: How the shooting at Evergreen High School unfolded, moment by moment coloradosun.com/2025/09/17/h...
9 minutes: How the shooting at Evergreen High School unfolded, moment by moment
Desmond Holly critically wounded two students as he fired about 20 rounds inside and outside the school. Here's how. ithappened
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September 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Mother and 7-year-old son from Salida return to Colorado after nearly a month in ICE detention in Texas
Mother and 7-year-old son from Salida return to Colorado after nearly a month in ICE detention in Texas
Carolina Suarez Estrada and her seven-year-old son Luciano spent nearly a month in detention
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September 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The school shooting Weds is the latest in a state where it seems the wounds of each tragedy only partially heal before they’re reopened when the next one invariably happens.

“We always say ‘not again’ and here we are" -JeffCo Sheriff spox Jacki Kelley coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
3 teens, including suspected shooter, in critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School
A fourth minor was also transported to a hospital, a spokesperson with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said
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September 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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You may have seen our story about the impact the detention of a child care worker had on her Seattle community. She recently told me what happened to her & her family in detention.
“In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.”
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A family’s detention and deportation through a mother’s eyes
Nicolle Orozco Forero brings us inside the country's largest family detention center, where she was kept with her husband and two sons.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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How a little help desk inside a Denver rec center is preventing homelessness
How a little help desk inside a Denver rec center is preventing homelessness
Elevated Denver purposely put the Westwood help desk in a spot with no stigma, next to a library branch and fitness classes
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September 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM