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Colorado is holding elections, including for school boards, on Nov. 7, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

A judge has ruled that the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to stand trial

In addition to Caleb Williams and Drake Maye, Oregon’s Bo Nix, Washington’s Michael Penix, Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, Texas’ Quinn Ewers, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Duke’s Riley Leonard all have helped themselves.

Locals alerted police after smelling a foul stench coming from the funeral home

Ballotpedia tracked recall efforts against 932 officials in California from 2010 through October 3, 2023, the most of any state and 19.18% of all tracked. Michigan came in second with 902 (18.56%). The third-highest number of officials included in recall efforts was in Colorado with 336 (6.91%).

Authorities say they're investigating the improper storage of human remains at a Colorado funeral home that performs “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets

Authorities are investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike in Virginia, California, Colorado, Washington state, Oregon and Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2023, after company executives and eight unions representing aides, techs, support staff and other employees failed to agree on the terms of new contracts. This…

Ballotpedia tracked two new recall efforts against local officials in Colorado from Sept. 25-Oct. 1, bringing the yearly statewide total to 14 efforts against 28 officials. The most recent efforts are: 

A city in Colorado is branding itself the ‘Tarantula Capital of the World’ to capitalise on the spiders’ mating season

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