By Quentin Young | editor
“This case is really about who’s going to bear the costs of all of these accelerating effects that we’re experiencing on the front lines here in Colorado … Are those costs just going to fall on the shoulders of all of the taxpayers and citizens and our local governments? Or is the oil industry going to be at least partially responsible for their role in contributing to this crisis?”
— Chris Winter, environmental attorney and executive director of the Getches-Wilkinson Center at the University of Colorado School of Law
By Newsline staff
Our voter guide that gives you everything you need to cast a ballot in the 2026 general election. The guide offers a look at candidates and their positions. It describes ballot measures in plain language. It explains how to register to vote, and how to vote. It also contains two special features:
Build-your-own-ballot tool: Just just enter your address, and the tool will display the candidates and measures on your ballot, wherever you live in Colorado.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
By Chase Woodruff
Attorneys representing two Colorado local governments are set for a high-stakes legal showdown over climate change Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court, where they’ll ask justices to allow Boulder’s lawsuit seeking monetary damages from two fossil fuel companies to proceed in state court. With help from the Trump administration, the two companies, Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil, have asked the court to step in and quash the lawsuit, which was filed in 2018 by Boulder County and the city of Boulder. The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages under state tort law “for the substantial role (the companies) played and continue to play in causing, contributing to and exacerbating climate change.”
Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for Colorado governor, speaks at the 2026 summer conference of the Colorado Water Congress in Steamboat Springs on Aug. 19, 2026. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for Colorado governor, was assessed a fine of $57,647 on Friday by the Colorado secretary of state’s office for accepting campaign contributions in excess of the legal limit. The fine is believed to be the largest penalty ever assessed by the secretary of state’s Elections Division, which investigated complaints filed against Marx in May and June by Darcy Schoening, a former state GOP official and a persistent Marx critic.
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