Tag Archives: local politics

March 7, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on March 7, 2025

This week, we saw the ‘Sanctuary City Showdown’ with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston in the hot seat, defending the city’s immigration policies during a 6-hour Congressional hearing. And this week, we welcomed a new Insider to the show, Kristi Burton Brown, who says that hearing proved that Denver is indeed a sanctuary city. To that notion, Eric Sondermann suggested, Denver is a “welcoming city.” We had a deeper conversation beyond the semantics of the words at hand, and as Patty Calhoun said regarding this week’s Colorado Inside Out … this is a ‘fun one!’ Continue reading →

February 28, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on February 28, 2025

This week’s show falls on the 30th Anniversary of Denver International Airport opening, so I decided to start off our conversation around the impact of DIA, or DEN as it’s now referred to, plus, Westword Editor Patty Calhoun brought some show & tell, a key chain of the mustang sculpture outside the airport known as Blucifer (and the key chain doll’s eyes even light up bright red like the real thing). Despite Blucifer’s image problems, magnified by David Kopel of the Independence Institute saying “Blucifer is the portal through which demons enter the city,” Denver’s airport is the state’s largest economic engine. Here’s a look at what was discussed on Colorado Inside Out, which started with all things DIA and the conversation ‘took off’ from there. Continue reading →

February 21, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on February 21, 2025

State legislators are in overdrive as they’re now one-third of the way through the 75th Colorado General Assembly, with close to 500 items already introduced. The pace is fast and furious, and I am so grateful Colorado Sun legislative reporter Jesse Paul took a time-out from his reporting under the Golden Dome to add his insight Continue reading →

February 14, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on February 14, 2025

Another week.. another lawsuit. Actually Colorado has joined four lawsuits in the last three weeks of the new Trump Administration. And earlier this week, Denver Public Schools also filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, and a restraining order to keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents off school grounds. And in Colorado Springs, judges have made two rulings this week alone regarding a ballot measure dealing with legalizing recreational marijuana. Continue reading →

February 7, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on February 7, 2025

A huge ingredient in creating a lively discussion each week on Colorado Inside Out has to do with finding the right mix of people to lead our conversations. And that is where the magic of Rachel Farha comes into play. As Executive Producer, Rachel (pictured below with Kyle) thoughtfully curates a panel of Insiders whose backgrounds, perspectives and expertise elevate our show. Continue reading →

January 31, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on January 31, 2025

Everyone seems to be talking about how long this month of January has felt… and I agree! I think it’s because it’s been an emotional month for our country with a deadly terrorist attack, catastrophic wildfires and a horrific mid-air collision. Colorado is also trying to find solid footing amidst the political shift in Washington, Continue reading →

January 24, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on January 24, 2025

This certainly was a “history in the making” kind of week with the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, and in the first 24 hours of new term, the political shift was impacting Colorado. Our state joined 17 other states in a lawsuit against an executive order to ban birthright citizenship. The Department of Justice called out Denver’s Mayor Continue reading →

January 17, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on January 17, 2025

This week, there’s a lot of focus on what’s happening outside of Colorado with Israel and Hamas involved in serious ceasefire talks, the destructive and deadly fires continuing in Southern California, and the transition of power in Washington DC. With that said, there still remains a lot to discuss this week from inside Colorado. Continue reading →

January 10, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on January 10, 2025

This week, our attention was drawn to both coasts: the deadly fires that are devastating Southern California communities and the State Funeral for 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, in Washington, D.C. But, it was also a big week in Colorado Continue reading →

January 3, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on January 3, 2025

Usually during the week between Christmas and New Year’s, there are a lot of “slow news days,” and published content is lighter in nature. That is certainly not the case this year! Sunday, December 29th brought the death of Former President Jimmy Carter. Days later, there was the deadly truck attack in New Orleans as well as the death of a Colorado Springs Army Sergeant inside a Cybertruck Continue reading →