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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That leaves two Democrats, former state Rep. Shannon Bird of Westminster and state Rep. Manny Rutinel of Commerce City, vying for a chance to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans. -
Casa de Paz gives people a warm meal, a suitcase, a phone charger and a way home, no matter how far that may be. -
Budget pressures, policy compromises and intraparty tensions shaped this year’s session under Colorado’s Gold Dome. -
The Colorado Sun and Colorado Capitol News Alliance parsed through nearly 650 pieces of legislation debated in the legislature this year to find the ones that will most directly impact people’s lives — or would have had they passed. -
The initiative would give Coloradans a “right to natural gas” in the state constitution. -
Sponsors added a tax incentive but it was not enough to get the bill passed. -
Legislative leaders are prepping a last-minute bill to blunt the impact of the proposed constitutional amendment.
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A compromise bill backed by environmental groups is still being negotiated. -
A Democrat who attended the Opportunity Caucus’ Vail retreat last year sided with Republicans to kill the measure.
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Companies that create and use AI wouldn’t have to disclose how their systems help make decisions on things like hiring, loans and housing.
