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When I was three, my mom packed me and my little brother into the car and drove us to a restaurant about an hour from where we lived. We were going to meet my dad, who recently entered treatment at Project Turnabout, then a fledgling addiction recovery center in rural Minnesota. He had just been granted permission for a family visit and, despite the… Read more »
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South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn has been a member of Congress since 1993. But he’s been a father even longer.
Clyburn and his late wife, Emily, shared three daughters, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. So it made sense that the 84-year-old congressman called on his paternal instincts on Tuesday, June 10, when he stepped… Read more »
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Forest management is a big issue for Colorado, especially as the threat of wildfires has grown. So when Sen. John Hickenlooper heard that Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman, chair of the House Natural Resources committee and a certified forester, was working on a forest management bill, Hickenlooper wanted to talk with him.
“A half-hour meeting turned into… Read more »
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In the fight for better policies for mothers and families, Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) has also had to fight to have her own voice heard on Capitol Hill.
Last October, five months pregnant with her second child, Pettersen proposed a change to the House Rules Committee for “a narrow exception to the prohibition on proxy voting” that would… Read more »
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As the spending plan known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill makes its way through the U.S. Senate, new polling is out here at home, giving insight into how some Coloradans feel about programs that could see cuts under the proposal.
The poll by Healthier Colorado shows that support for programs like SNAP and Medicaid is strong among Colorado… Read more »
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The U.S. House on Monday passed a resolution introduced by Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans that condemns the June 1 antisemitic attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall by an Egyptian national who was in the country illegally.
Evans, who represents Colorado’s competitive 8th Congressional District, criticized the state’s “radical leftist… Read more »
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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.), joined by Reps Brittany Pettersen, Harriet Hageman, Nikema Williams, and Young Kim, introduced the Veterans Affairs Loan Informed Disclosure Act of 2025 (VALID Act). Despite potentially offering thousands of dollars in savings over the life of a loan, VA loans are underused – with only 10% to… Read more »
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The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with its plan to phase out old aircraft and use the money to reinvest in new ones. But the states with retiring squadrons aren’t necessarily going to get those new fighter planes or, maybe, any.
Colorado’s 140th Wing, based out of Buckley Space Force Base, is on the divestment list, and along with about a dozen… Read more »
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Representative Brittany Pettersen and Senator Michael Bennet hosted an in-person Town Hall meeting at Salida High School last night, drawing a crowd of more than 1,200 attendees. The high school gymnasium was filled with constituents eager to hear from the two lawmakers on a wide range of issues.
Among the most discussed topics was… Read more »
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Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado, a Democrat, just became the 13th voting member of Congress to give birth in office. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, a Republican, was the 12th when she welcomed her first child last year. And under current House rules, neither was able to vote while on leave, recovering from giving birth.
Now, they’re teaming up… Read more »
