Politics

Marisela Ballesteros ran unopposed for a seat on the Gunnison City Council earlier this month. She will be sworn in on December 12 as the first city council member from the Cora Indigenous group in the council's history.

Biden administration officials have been visiting the West a lot to promote spending packages such as the Inflation Reduction Act. They’ve already directed more than $50 billion to the region. But it's unclear if rural residents care.

Colorado’s ambulance services are stretched dangerously thin — which spells trouble for residents and overworked EMTs and paramedics. KUNC statehouse reporter Lucas Brady Woods sat down with In The NoCo's Robyn Vincent to explain why they are on the brink of collapse.

The housing crisis is touching Coloradans in multiple ways. In recent surveys, residents pointed to some of its underpinnings — affordable housing and homelessness — as their biggest concerns. In today's episode, Zach Neumann, an eviction attorney and co-founder of the Community Economic Defense Project, discusses what is working and what needs to change to keep more Coloradans housed.

Rep. Yadira Caraveo is Colorado’s first Latina member of Congress, representing the newly drawn 8th Congressional District. The pediatrician and daughter of Mexican immigrants discusses how her upbringing and life experiences have informed her work as a physician — and now as a member of Congress.

Governors from across the West came together for a three-day conference this week to talk about key issues facing the region, from health care to water to wildfires.

As the Western Governors’ Association’s annual meeting closed Wednesday, governors asked young adults to share their thoughts about policy and politics.

Colorado is promising not to enforce its new ban on unproven treatments to reverse medication abortions until state regulators go through a process to determine if they should be allowed.

Republicans in the state House of Representatives continue to stage filibusters, throwing the legislative schedule into question.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg confirmed the withdrawal of Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington in a tweet Saturday night. The setback for the administration comes after Washington appeared to lack enough support in the closely divided Senate.