Energy production in Colorado has shifted dramatically over the past 25 years. At the turn of the century, more than three-quarters of the electricity produced in Colorado was generated in coal-fired power plants. A few years ago, wind power overtook coal in total megawatt hours produced, and this
Colorado Democrats have been using unsustainable fundraising tactics that threaten to burn out donors and increase cynicism.
Note: This interview was transcribed by an AI tool which seems to have done an admirable job, but errors likely remain. It has further been very lightly edited for readability. I conducted this interview for my post, "Colorado's Hook and Squeeze." Brad Jones: I wanted to
Coloradans have wagered more than a billion dollars on table tennis since the legalization of online sports betting, but that is only a small part of the story.
Colorado has one of the least affordable housing markets in the country. A recent report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition ranked Colorado among the least affordable housing markets in the country. This was an issue that came up over and over in my recent review of state legislative
Democrats and Republicans running for the state legislature are presenting themselves in very different ways. They talk about different issues and they talk about those issues in very different ways. Political campaigns are the key connective tissue between candidates and Coloradans. In this post, I'll review some data
Analysis of the ballots cast in the 2026 primary election reveals the diversity of the electorate.
In my last post, I (perhaps unadvisedly) wandered out of my comfort zone and into some climatological data in the form of snowpack data over the past 40 years in Colorado. While I wait on some official election data to come in, I've got another dataset in the
What does Colorado's historically dry winter portend for fire season?
Just as it was a mistake to read too much into Trump's 2024 victory, it is a mistake to try to read too much into a handful of Democratic primary contests.
A few relevant data points about Kiros's victory in CO-01.
Some observations about the June 30 primary elections in Colorado