Jesse Paul
Jesse Paul is a Denver-based political reporter and editor at The Colorado Sun, covering the state legislature, Congress and local politics. He is the author of The Unaffiliated newsletter and also occasionally fills in on breaking news coverage.
A Colorado College graduate, Jesse worked at The Denver Post from June 2014 until July 2018, when he joined The Sun. He was also an intern at The Gazette in Colorado Springs and The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware, his hometown.
Jesse has won awards for long form feature writing, public service reporting, sustained coverage and deadline news reporting.
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Each year the cycle continues, state lawmakers will have fewer ways to address the gap without cutting state programs and services. Skyrocketing Medicaid costs are primarily to blame. -
The decision to replace the portraits with an exhibit celebrating Colorado’s 150th statehood anniversary comes after an uproar earlier this year when President Trump complained about how he looked in his Colorado Capitol painting. -
About 600,000 Coloradans receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. -
The complaints were filed by Colorado Common Cause, a liberal-leaning nonprofit that advocates for an open government. They were submitted to Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission, which is charged with reviewing allegations of violations of the state’s 20-year-old gift ban. -
Over the last decade Medicaid spending has risen at a rate of 8.8% a year — about double what the state government is allowed to spend under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, according to the governor’s office. -
The Democratic state representative’s advocacy in the animal agriculture arena dates back to at least his time as an undergraduate student. He has pushed for a transition to plant-based food. -
Former state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Longmont Democrat, admitted to failing to report spending and to spending campaign funds in an unauthorized way. She also faces a separate felony criminal charge after allegedly fabricating letters she submitted to the Colorado Senate Ethics Committee. -
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office told the GOP vacancy committee in House District 14 that its members did not get 10 days of notice ahead of making their appointment as is required by state law. -
Providing the same level of government programs and services next fiscal year is predicted to cost $850 million more than the legislature will have available to spend. -
If they cross Trump, Colorado’s Republican members of Congress risk political consequences — lost endorsements, primary challengers, fewer campaign donations — but they also could put future federal projects in jeopardy.
