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Federal Reserve leaves key interest rate unchanged amid uncertainty over economy, inflation

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged as policymakers continue to assess uncertainty around inflation and economic conditions in light of federal policy shifts.

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Rep. Gabe Evans says sanctuary cities protect criminal gangs and drug traffickers

Representative Gabe Evans (R-CO) says Colorado’s sanctuary laws embolden illegal immigrant gangs while endangering the lives of local law enforcement. “These sanctuary policies really provide sanctuary only for criminals and violent gangs and cartels that are committing crimes and dealing poison like fentanyl in our communities,” he says.

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Inside the now-shuttered federal agency where employees lived ‘like reigning kings’

One of the seven small federal agencies that President Donald Trump ordered downsized or eliminated on Friday was rife with corruption, with its employees hiring friends and relatives, commissioning paintings of themselves, and using government credit cards to indulge in constant luxuries.

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Democrats target TABOR as budget crisis exposes reckless spending

As Colorado faces a $1.2 billion budget deficit, state lawmakers are once again debating the role of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) in shaping the state’s financial future. With deep cuts expected for education, health care and social services, some Democratic legislators are raising concerns over TABOR’s limits on government spending. Yet Republicans argue that the deficit is a result of overspending rather than shortfalls in revenue.

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Colorado moves toward a nuclear future as energy demands skyrocket

Colorado is at an energy crossroads, and House Bill 25-1040 is now sitting on Governor Jared Polis’ desk, awaiting his decision. The bill, which recognizes nuclear energy as part of the state’s clean energy portfolio, has gained rare bipartisan support—but the real question is whether Polis will cave to radical environmentalists or side with the majority of Coloradans who support nuclear energy.

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Hate or free speech? CMU students react to local Turning Point USA polls

Few things stir debate on college campuses like politics—and at CMU, a student group’s whiteboard polls have done just that. Turning Point USA’s Colorado Mesa University chapter (TPUSA CMU) has sparked discussion after posting a series of provocative whiteboard poll questions in the university’s cafeteria. Some students view the questions as open discussion starters, while others see them as hate speech meant to provoke.

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