Where to try the Italian sausage sandwich, the slopper in Pueblo

Where to try the Italian sausage sandwich, the slopper in Pueblo

PUEBLO, Colo. — Lisa Musso-Marino buzzed around her family’s restaurant in cowboy boots and denim. The Pueblo native dashed to the ringing phone to jot down takeout orders, chatted up regulars she’s known for years and hand-delivered the house specialty to tables: the Sicilian sausage sandwich, nicknamed the “fuggedaboudit.” The creation by Musso’s Restaurant, 35250 E. U.S. … Read more

Colorado legislature campaign finance reports show priority races

Colorado legislature campaign finance reports show priority races

Outside committees have spent more than $1.2 million on a handful of Colorado legislative races already this election cycle, highlighting the electoral fights that could determine how much power the majority Democrats will have in the Capitol for the next two years. The spending, most of it by party-aligned independent expenditure committees, largely targets nine … Read more

Ike McCorkle posts big fundraising in bid to face Lauren Boebert

Ike McCorkle posts big fundraising in bid to face Lauren Boebert

Colorado’s latest congressional campaign fundraising snapshot — the final one before the June 25 primary — showed new and intriguing dynamics emerging to stir things up in a high-profile presidential election year. But some things have stayed the same — including in U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s current district, long after she announced she would run … Read more

Colorado’s 3rd District race is Adam Frisch against a Republican field

Colorado’s 3rd District race is Adam Frisch against a Republican field

Since U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert opted to change her address to one clear across the state late last year, the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District has fallen out of the media glare that seemingly shines on the controversial Republican congresswoman wherever she goes. But Colorado’s largest district by land mass — taking in Grand … Read more

Reporter’s expulsion from Colorado Republican Party meeting causes uproar

Reporter’s expulsion from Colorado Republican Party meeting causes uproar

Politicians and news outlets expressed outrage Monday over the expulsion from a Republican gathering of an experienced politics reporter who was told the state party chairman believed her reporting was “very unfair.” Journalists and elected officials, including the former chair of the Colorado Republican Party, came to the defense of Colorado Sun reporter Sandra Fish. … Read more