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RTD LIGHT RAIL TRAIN BELLVIEW STATION I-25

Will frustrations over RTD’s unreliable light rail service lead voters to punish or protect it?

By Nathaniel Minor

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Government and Politics

Judge tosses Libertarian party lawsuit demanding recount in wake of voting machine password leak

By Molly Cruse and Bente Birkeland

Absentee ballots

Of Colorado’s millions of votes, a few are coming from very far away

By Kiara DeMare

Feeling anxious about the election? Here’s what you can do to calm your nerves

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

Raul Vidaurri (left) filling out his ballot at the Denver Detention Center,

A Colorado law lets many inmates vote from jail – some are taking officials up on the offer

By Bente Birkeland

Secretary of State Jena Griswold

Secretary of State details when her office learned of improperly posted passwords

By Bente Birkeland and Molly Cruse

Music lovers gathered on the lawn of Ford Amphitheater for Cage the Elephant. There are many groups of people set up on blankets overlooking the stage with the sun setting in the background.

Study on Colorado Springs’ Ford Amphitheater shows noise mostly not exceeding set limits

Governor Jared Polis

Gov. Jared Polis’ budget would slow the phase-in of Colorado’s new school funding formula

A Whole Foods grocery bag

Colorado Wonders

The 10-cent fee on shopping bags in Colorado doesn’t add up to a ton of money — and that’s a good thing

A man smiles at the camera

In an ‘unwinnable’ race, one congressional candidate hopes to just show a different side of his party

By Kiara DeMare and Caitlyn Kim

"I VOTED!" Seen at a Cañon City voting center. Oct. 27, 2021.

Election Day is right around the corner. Here’s what thousands of Coloradans told us matters to them most

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A donation from Chevron raises questions about corporate support for election reform in Colorado

The Voter Service and Polling Center

Password mishap latest headache for Colorado’s beleaguered election clerks

By Molly Cruse, Tom Hesse, and Shanna Lewis

Denver police officer provides security with Denver Elections Division ballot drop-off workers

For police, election security is just one more thing they’re asked to do

By Allison Sherry

This RTD bus on Federal Boulevard says the agency is hiring. July 12, 2023.

Competitive RTD races are attracting unusually big dollars

By Nathaniel Minor

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