By Chase Woodruff | senior reporter
“When it comes to county commissioners, we roll up our sleeves, we get the work done, we listen to each other, and we work with some of our statewide organizations as well.”
— Lesley Dahlkemper, lieutenant governor nominee
Phil Weiser, right, selected Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper as his running mate in November. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
By Lindsey Toomer
Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper is Attorney General Phil Weiser’s running mate in the race for Colorado governor, he announced Wednesday. Dahlkemper, who has served as a county commissioner in Jefferson County since 2019, would serve as Colorado’s lieutenant governor if Weiser, the race’s heavy favorite, wins the election in November. “I know local leaders across the state have worked with Lesley, and what they have said about her and what she has done speaks volumes, that we’re not getting someone who’s going to need a long learning curve,” Weiser said at a press conference at the Colorado Democratic Party’s office in Denver.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora, operated by private prison firm GEO Group, is pictured on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
Colorado public health officials are still unable to investigate at least one tuberculosis case at an immigration detention center in Aurora, as the private company that runs the facility missed a deadline to give more information and allow health workers inside the building. “The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment still has not received access to the facility or all of the information needed to determine who may have been exposed and ensure they receive appropriate testing and treatment,” a department spokesperson said.
The U.S. Capitol on the evening of Sept. 30, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
By Jennifer Shutt
The U.S. House approved a stopgap spending bill Tuesday that would keep the government up and running through the fall, sending it to the Senate, where lawmakers expect to rework the measure. Congress must pass a government funding bill before the new fiscal year starts on Oct. 1 in order to avoid a shutdown just weeks before the November midterm elections. The 220-205 mostly party-line vote represents House Republicans’ opening salvo in negotiations, though without Democratic support it won’t be able to advance in the Senate.
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