Tom Hesse
Tom Hesse joined CPR News in 2023 as the Western Slope Producer for Colorado Matters.
Tom kicked off his reporting career in Southeast Alaska, where he reported for the Daily Sitka Sentinel and volunteered for member station KCAW. His reporting has led to stops in Washington, D.C., Boise, Idaho, and Grand Junction. He was the city editor for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel prior to joining CPR.
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The future of Colorado's Medicaid program is getting an in-depth look and that could lead to reforms. -
Azra Taslimi and Hannah Seigel Proff were informed that their positions on the Governor’s Executive Clemency Advisory Board were terminated because of comments they made last month. -
Gov. Polis’ decision to commute the election-deniers’ sentence has reverberated through the political world. -
Democratic gubernatorial candidates U.S Sen. Michael Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser faced off in their first televised debate. -
Tina Peters was improperly sentenced in 2024 and should receive a new sentencing hearing, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. -
In recent years, the governor has shortened sentences he saw as too severe. -
Peters’ questions about the 2020 election have since yielded the focus of the White House and a flood of questions for Colorado’s governor. -
Tina Peters’ fight against her 2024 conviction must first play out in state courts before a federal court can even consider that she be released on bail. -
A request from the Trump administration to transfer former Republican Mesa County clerk Tina Peters from state to federal custody is opposed by state officials.
