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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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. -
House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese, a Colorado Springs Republican, said her kids “need their mom right now — and I need to keep them safe." -
The state senator from Brighton ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2022. She sits on the legislature’s powerful Joint Budget Committee. -
About 53% of registered voters who participated in a poll conducted over the summer said they support wolf reintroduction, while 37% said they oppose it and 10% said they were unsure or had no opinion on the program. -
The plan would increase income taxes on people earning at least $506,000 in annual taxable income to raise more than $2 billion each year for things like health care, education and public safety. People earning less would get a tax cut. -
Colorado’s so-called sales tax vendor fee is being shut off next year to generate about $57 million in new tax revenue each year. -
In a tense and, at times, dramatic special session, lawmakers pushed through bills to tackle a billion-dollar budget hole, SNAP cuts, and more. -
During the special session, the legislature passed a bill ceding the responsibility of cutting the budget to the governor’s office.
