Taylor Dolven
Taylor Dolven writes about politics (elected officials, campaigns, elections) and how policy is affecting people in Colorado for The Colorado Sun.
She has been a journalist for 13 years, previously writing about transportation for The Boston Globe, tourism for The Miami Herald and immigration for Vice News. Her work has exposed dark money schemes behind political mailers, created a WhatsApp newsletter for cruise ship workers who were being misled by their employers during the pandemic, and uncovered egregious construction errors on Boston’s only subway expansion in the last 30 years.
Most recently, she was a fellow at the University of Colorado's Center for Environmental Journalism where she took classes related to climate change and the clean energy transition. She is from Colorado and is fluent in Spanish.
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A parole backlog and new laws lengthening sentences are leading to a surge in the prison population. -
The state was set to make child care more affordable for families with low incomes this summer. Now they could wait years for relief. -
The Joint Budget Committee rejected Gov. Jared Polis’ plan for the state to buy a prison and operate it itself. -
A Denver judge ruled that the case against the governor can continue. -
Kim Bimestefer’s resignation comes as the state Medicaid program has dealt with billing mistakes and scrutiny over past spending. -
The news was met with shock from state lawmakers, who have been reeling in recent weeks as they cut Medicaid and other state services to address a $1 billion budget shortfall.
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Local police chiefs opposed the bill. Two Democrats voted with Republicans to reject it. -
Lawyers for immigrants allege officers are violating a court order limiting how they can arrest people. -
News that the immigration agents were removed from field work came out in court, even though federal lawmakers have been asking for weeks. -
The Colorado Sun asked every Democrat in the legislature Wednesday whether Polis should offer Peters clemency after the governor all but said on social media Tuesday that he plans to do so.
