Purplish Podcast
1) Yes, yes, we just had an election, but It's never too soon to talk about the midterms
Anti-hunger advocates and education groups did a victory dance election night, celebrating the passage of Props. MM and LL, two statewide ballot measures to increase funding for Colorado’s universal f...Show More
2) Portrait scandals and secret tunnels: Purplish tours the Colorado Capitol
The Colorado State Capitol Building opened its doors in November 1894, a grand neo-classical monument in the West, built of local materials, but with some of the feel of the U.S. Capitol Building in W...Show More
3) Colorado’s ‘Healthy School Meals for All’ is at a crossroads. Voters will decide where it goes
There are just two statewide questions on the ballot this year, and both are related to a universal school meals program intended to feed all public school students in the state regardless of income. ...Show More
4) Colorado banned conversion therapy for minors. A U.S. Supreme Court case could upend that
In 2019, Colorado Democrats had control of both the House and the Senate. That gave them the momentum they needed to push forward an issue that had repeatedly failed in the statehouse under Republican...Show More
5) How a possible Buc-ee’s travel plaza has divided one Colorado town
Last year, Buc-ee’s opened its first Colorado location, an expansive 74,000 square-foot outpost in Weld County filled with beaver-branded merch, brisket sandwiches and sweets. Not too long after that,...Show More
6) Budget balanced (for now), AI decisions punted, relationships ruptured: What went down during special session
The giant tax-cuts-and-spending package passed by Congressional Republicans will have major ramifications for every state in the country, but Colorado is one of the first place it's really being felt....Show More
7) Crude Signal chats, social media attacks, mistreated aides: lawmaker conduct is back in the headlines
House Republicans sharing locker room jokes about a Democratic colleague's outfit in a group chat. A former Democratic senator charged with a felony for allegedly forging letters of defense in an ethi...Show More
8) Why lawmakers have been eyeing Colorado's $2B in ‘unclaimed property’
There’s a secure room in the State Capitol filled with the lost treasures of generations of Coloradans: baseball cards, war medals, even a large yellow diamond ring. Unclaimed property that has come i...Show More
9) What Republicans' ‘One Big Beautiful Bill' means for Colorado
After a lot of back and forth, Republicans in Congress have passed President Trump’s mega tax and spending package, aka the “One, Big Beautiful Bill.” At almost a thousand pages, the law fulfills a ...Show More
10) Why is Douglas County so worked up about home rule?
Voters in Douglas County are deciding whether to become a home rule county. With ballots due June 24, the issue is stirring up a lot of strong feelings, amidst competing claims about what it would mea...Show More