- It's political gospel that to win a campaign, you've got to reach individual voters, the more directly the better. So how are campaigns adapting their techniques to meet the challenges of the pandemic? Plus, there's about to be a giant Supreme Court nomination fight in Washington. Do Colorado voters care?
- Lyons' long-serving fire chief stepped down after joking about turning firehoses on protesters in Denver. The incident exposes how the racial justice movement roiling the streets of big cities is also playing out in smaller, mostly white communities.
- The state has regained around half the jobs that were lost at the height of the pandemic-related economic shutdown, but the road to full recovery is expected to be uneven and volitile.
- Some people worry the rapid move to mail ballots nationally is inviting massive fraud. Others fear postal slowdowns could sabotage the whole system. The Purplish team takes a local look at the reality behind the fears here in Colorado, a state with a long-running tradition of universal mail ballots.
- CPR's Public Affairs team is back with your weekly dive into the upcoming election: the big races and the big issues, what we're hearing from candidates — and voters, and the moments that make us go wait... what? It's all here in the new season of Purplish.
- Election season doesn't usually bring a lot of bipartisan good news, but here's one thing: clerk say they're hearing from lots of people who want to help ensure the election runs smoothly.
- Grassroots activists want the statue to come down, while the city's Democratic leadership is seeking some sort of compromise, all as the party tries to draw together ahead of the upcoming election.
- Pueblo's city council unanimously voted down a proposal to put the statue's fate on the November ballot, and instead are asking supporters and opponents of the controversial memorial to continue with mediation.
- Colorado's race for Senate has drawn national attention. But so far, Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper can't agree on where or when to debate this fall.
- Republican National Convention delegates who couldn't be in Charlotte gathered in Colorado to watch President Donald Trump's acceptance speech.
- Democrats are putting in resources to try to flip a state House seat in the northern part of deep-red Douglas County. If they succeed it could bellweather for where the state's politics are headed.
- Timothy Shea, a Castle Rock resident, is one of four men accused by federal prosecutors of illegally siphoning off money from the GoFundMe fundraising campaign for their own personal benefit.
- Party Chair Vickie Tonkins fought back against calls for her to resign earlier this year, so this week, the county's executive committee voted to strip her of many of her powers.
- For some who’ve been active in trying to improve the workplace conditions at the Capitol, the new report is still not enough.
- The group's first goal is to help Republicans in the state Senate, but its arrival so late in the election cycle means its entering a crowded political landscape.
- Colorado makes it relatively easy for candidates to qualify for the presidential ballot.
