Taylor Dolven
@taydolven.bsky.social
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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 ☀️
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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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
coloradosun.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
9 minutes: How the shooting at Evergreen High School unfolded, moment by moment coloradosun.com/2025/09/17/h...
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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
coloradosun.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Mother and 7-year-old son from Salida return to Colorado after nearly a month in ICE detention in Texas
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...
“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
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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...
“We always say ‘not again’ and here we are" -JeffCo Sheriff spox Jacki Kelley coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
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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.”
19thnews.org/2025/09/fami...
“In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.”
19thnews.org/2025/09/fami...
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.
19thnews.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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.”
19thnews.org/2025/09/fami...
“In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.”
19thnews.org/2025/09/fami...
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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
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How a little help desk inside a Denver rec center is preventing homelessness
Chaffee commish P. T. Wood said they've reached out to the CO AG to see what more they can do to protect immigrants.
“What are our options right now? No one knows,” he said. “There isn’t a simple solution."
coloradosun.com/2025/09/09/c...
“What are our options right now? No one knows,” he said. “There isn’t a simple solution."
coloradosun.com/2025/09/09/c...
Chaffee County commission urged to do more to protect immigrants from ICE arrest
The commissioners said they are working to find out what more they can do to protect immigrants after ICE arrests a woman and her son.
coloradosun.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Chaffee commish P. T. Wood said they've reached out to the CO AG to see what more they can do to protect immigrants.
“What are our options right now? No one knows,” he said. “There isn’t a simple solution."
coloradosun.com/2025/09/09/c...
“What are our options right now? No one knows,” he said. “There isn’t a simple solution."
coloradosun.com/2025/09/09/c...
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Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer is running to be Colorado’s next governor coloradosun.com/2025/09/09/b... #copolitics #coleg
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer is running to be Colorado’s next governor
The state senator from Brighton ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2022. She sits on the legislature’s powerful Joint Budget Committee.
coloradosun.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer is running to be Colorado’s next governor coloradosun.com/2025/09/09/b... #copolitics #coleg
Carolina Suarez Estrada thought she and her son would be OK because of her work permit, steady job, pending asylum case and no criminal convictions.
She was wrong.
A step-by-step look at what happens when ICE takes away a family in Colorado. coloradosun.com/2025/09/05/i...
She was wrong.
A step-by-step look at what happens when ICE takes away a family in Colorado. coloradosun.com/2025/09/05/i...
What happens when ICE takes away a Colorado family? A teammate disappears. A colleague misses work. Neighbors are gone.
Carolina Suarez Estrada, who was taken into custody in Salida, and her son, Luciano, remain in immigration detention in Texas
coloradosun.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Carolina Suarez Estrada thought she and her son would be OK because of her work permit, steady job, pending asylum case and no criminal convictions.
She was wrong.
A step-by-step look at what happens when ICE takes away a family in Colorado. coloradosun.com/2025/09/05/i...
She was wrong.
A step-by-step look at what happens when ICE takes away a family in Colorado. coloradosun.com/2025/09/05/i...
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Liberal groups want to change Colorado’s income tax structure to make it graduated. They say it would raise billions each year.
Can they get their proposal before voters?
coloradosun.com/2025/09/03/c... #copolitics #coleg
Can they get their proposal before voters?
coloradosun.com/2025/09/03/c... #copolitics #coleg
Liberal groups want to change Colorado’s income tax structure. Can they get their proposal before voters?
The plan would increase income taxes on people earning at least $506,000 in annual taxable income to raise more than $2 billion each year for things like health care, education and public safety. Peop...
coloradosun.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Liberal groups want to change Colorado’s income tax structure to make it graduated. They say it would raise billions each year.
Can they get their proposal before voters?
coloradosun.com/2025/09/03/c... #copolitics #coleg
Can they get their proposal before voters?
coloradosun.com/2025/09/03/c... #copolitics #coleg
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Deep look by @denverpost.com's Shelly Bradbury into DoBetterDNVR, social media account that stokes outrage with images of homeless people, public drug use and crime. “They’re doing it in a way that is hurtful, shameful and mocks people... it's just cruel," Colorado Coalition for the Homeless says
Who is DoBetterDNVR? Meet 3 women feeding information to Denver’s loudest social media critic
The account routinely excoriates Denver’s current leaders for the way the city approaches addiction and homelessness.
www.denverpost.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Deep look by @denverpost.com's Shelly Bradbury into DoBetterDNVR, social media account that stokes outrage with images of homeless people, public drug use and crime. “They’re doing it in a way that is hurtful, shameful and mocks people... it's just cruel," Colorado Coalition for the Homeless says
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NEW: Colorado lawmakers must cut $1 billion from state’s current budget because of GOP federal tax and spending bill coloradosun.com/2025/07/30/c... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado lawmakers must cut $1 billion from state’s current budget because of GOP federal spending bill
Presentations about the so-called big, beautiful bill to the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council on Wednesday was a precursor to a special lawmaking term expected to be called by Gov. Jared...
coloradosun.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NEW: Colorado lawmakers must cut $1 billion from state’s current budget because of GOP federal tax and spending bill coloradosun.com/2025/07/30/c... #copolitics #coleg
Private prison companies submitted proposals to ICE in Feb to reopen facilities to detain d immigrants in Walsenburg, Colorado Springs, Hudson and La Junta.
Local leaders are still in the dark, say they have little to no influence on reopenings.
coloradosun.com/2025/07/28/c...
Local leaders are still in the dark, say they have little to no influence on reopenings.
coloradosun.com/2025/07/28/c...
Colorado towns are in the dark about whether ICE will reopen private prisons in their communities
Some local government leaders are optimistic, some skeptical about possibility of incarcerating immigrants
coloradosun.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Private prison companies submitted proposals to ICE in Feb to reopen facilities to detain d immigrants in Walsenburg, Colorado Springs, Hudson and La Junta.
Local leaders are still in the dark, say they have little to no influence on reopenings.
coloradosun.com/2025/07/28/c...
Local leaders are still in the dark, say they have little to no influence on reopenings.
coloradosun.com/2025/07/28/c...
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Easy-on, easy-off mobility hubs serve as Bustang’s ‘center of gravity’ as CDOT works to open more https://trib.al/S9hNYQB
Easy-on, easy-off mobility hubs serve as Bustang’s ‘center of gravity’ as CDOT works to open more
“When I board the bus, it’s going to be a straight shot,” one Bustang rider said, “with no twisting and turning.” The Loveland mobility hub that opened last year has m…
trib.al
July 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Easy-on, easy-off mobility hubs serve as Bustang’s ‘center of gravity’ as CDOT works to open more https://trib.al/S9hNYQB
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Jared Polis vows to chain himself to Colorado Capitol plaza to stop $28 million pedestrian bridge ... that he proposed coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/j... #copolitics #coleg
Jared Polis vows to chain himself to Colorado Capitol plaza to stop $28 million pedestrian bridge that he proposed
The bridge was the governor’s idea to celebrate the state’s 150th anniversary. But it was panned by lawmakers, historic preservationists and, apparently, the public.
coloradosun.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Jared Polis vows to chain himself to Colorado Capitol plaza to stop $28 million pedestrian bridge ... that he proposed coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/j... #copolitics #coleg
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Colorado Republican Rep. Gabe Evans has centered his pro-Trump political identity — and his support for mass deportation — on the story of his Mexican-American grandfather, who he has repeatedly said immigrated “the legal way.”
Documents show that isn’t true.
Documents show that isn’t true.
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans misrepresented family’s immigration history | Colorado Newsline
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado has mischaracterized the story of how his Depression-era ancestors immigrated to America.
coloradonewsline.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Colorado Republican Rep. Gabe Evans has centered his pro-Trump political identity — and his support for mass deportation — on the story of his Mexican-American grandfather, who he has repeatedly said immigrated “the legal way.”
Documents show that isn’t true.
Documents show that isn’t true.
Update: Colorado gave records to ICE 4 times since February in response to subpoenas, including once by mistake coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/c...
July 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Update: Colorado gave records to ICE 4 times since February in response to subpoenas, including once by mistake coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/c...
It's a great day to donate to your local public radio station coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/t...
Trump’s cuts to public broadcasting leave 52 local Colorado stations staring at massive budget holes
With listeners in every Colorado congressional district, many in rural areas, the radio stations are funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
coloradosun.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's a great day to donate to your local public radio station coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/t...
Did Gov. Jared Polis hand over Coloradans’ personal information to federal immigration officials?
He won’t say.
coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/c...
He won’t say.
coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/c...
Colorado governor won’t say if state handed over residents’ personal information to ICE
A spokesperson for Gov. Jared Polis declined to say how the state has handled nine federal subpoenas seeking data on Coloradans
coloradosun.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Did Gov. Jared Polis hand over Coloradans’ personal information to federal immigration officials?
He won’t say.
coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/c...
He won’t say.
coloradosun.com/2025/07/22/c...
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NEW: Democratic state senator who resigned amid ethics investigation now faces felony criminal charge in Denver coloradosun.com/2025/07/21/s... #copolitics #coleg
Democratic state senator who resigned amid ethics investigation now faces felony criminal charge in Denver
The Denver District Attorney’s Office filed the charge against Sonya Jaquez Lewis on July 6, according to court records
coloradosun.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
NEW: Democratic state senator who resigned amid ethics investigation now faces felony criminal charge in Denver coloradosun.com/2025/07/21/s... #copolitics #coleg
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Joe Neguse wants to ban former Congress members from lobbying. That would leave some Colorado politicos unemployed.
Joe Neguse wants to ban former Congress members from lobbying. That would leave some Colorado politicos unemployed.
Several former members of Congress from Colorado are lobbyists or have worked at lobbying firms in the past, a Colorado Sun review found.
coloradosun.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Joe Neguse wants to ban former Congress members from lobbying. That would leave some Colorado politicos unemployed.
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At Camp Comfort, Colorado children swim, fish — and grieve https://trib.al/dDmwgNj
At Camp Comfort, Colorado children swim, fish — and grieve
Camp Comfort helps Colorado children grieve after a loved one has died.
trib.al
July 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
At Camp Comfort, Colorado children swim, fish — and grieve https://trib.al/dDmwgNj
Colorado agencies have received 9 subpoenas from ICE since Trump took office in Jan, records show
Dateline: OUTRIDER ⛰️💻 🚍
coloradosun.com/2025/07/18/c...
Dateline: OUTRIDER ⛰️💻 🚍
coloradosun.com/2025/07/18/c...
July 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Colorado agencies have received 9 subpoenas from ICE since Trump took office in Jan, records show
Dateline: OUTRIDER ⛰️💻 🚍
coloradosun.com/2025/07/18/c...
Dateline: OUTRIDER ⛰️💻 🚍
coloradosun.com/2025/07/18/c...
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DOJ subpoenas Children’s Hospital Colorado over gender-affirming care
DOJ subpoenas Children’s Hospital Colorado over gender-affirming care
The U.S. Department of Justice subpoenaed Children's Hospital Colorado as part of an investigation into gender-affirming care for youth.
coloradosun.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
DOJ subpoenas Children’s Hospital Colorado over gender-affirming care
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President Trump said ICE is going after the "worst of the worst." The agency's Rocky Mountain data shows otherwise. Immigration arrests have almost tripled in Wyoming and quadrupled in Colorado since Trump returned to office in January.
Reporting with @coloradosun.com 📰
Reporting with @coloradosun.com 📰
Most people arrested by ICE in Wyoming and Colorado this year did not have criminal history - WyoFile
President Donald Trump said ICE is going after the “worst of the worst.” The agency’s Rocky Mountain data shows otherwise.
wyofile.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
President Trump said ICE is going after the "worst of the worst." The agency's Rocky Mountain data shows otherwise. Immigration arrests have almost tripled in Wyoming and quadrupled in Colorado since Trump returned to office in January.
Reporting with @coloradosun.com 📰
Reporting with @coloradosun.com 📰
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with this week's new data, along with @taydolven.bsky.social and @andrewgraham88.bsky.social took a look at ICE arrests, where the #copolitics arrests increased more than those in #wyopol. Also available in Spanish.
Most people arrested by ICE in Colorado and Wyoming this year did not have criminal history
Trump said ICE is going after the “worst of the worst.” The agency’s Rocky Mountain data shows otherwise.
coloradosun.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
with this week's new data, along with @taydolven.bsky.social and @andrewgraham88.bsky.social took a look at ICE arrests, where the #copolitics arrests increased more than those in #wyopol. Also available in Spanish.