Statehouse reporter for @DenverPost
Joined June 2009
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
Feb 10
House Dem campaign arm is expanding its target map to include #CO05. Republican Jeff Crank over performed Trump in the district in ‘24. He won by 14, Trump by 9. This is the only seat in CO not to have ever elected a Dem. #copolitics
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
30 Nov 2025
I love this man like a brother. A brother I pushed off a cliff and then scurried down the mountain to push him again. And then embraced his frigid corpse, fed him lukewarm soup and nursed him back to life.
In all seriousness, Brandon Perna is what happens when someone works his ass off to make the un-traditional look very traditional. Talent is found.
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
Hansen ignored repeated phone calls last week asking about his coming resignation. His reported new employer, the La Plata Electric Association, has a new CEO welcome on its board agenda later this month, and past agendas indicate Hansen accepted the job last month.
12 Nov 2024
About a dozen sources in and around the State Capitol tell me Democratic State Sen. Chris Hansen will resign his seat.
He just won re-election with 85% to a four-year term representing Senate District 31 (Lowry, Cherry Creek, downtown, Cap Hill, Wash Park). #copolitics
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
6 Nov 2024
5 takeaways from Colorado’s 2024 election — including reactions as a new Trump era looms denverpost.com/2024/11/06/co… by @NColtrain, @SethKlamann and @abuvthefold
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
Years of neglect & mismanagement, from unsafe conditions to armed property managers allegedly serving fraudulent eviction notices, contributed to the collapse of CBZ Management’s properties that it, w/ a PR firm a city councilwoman, blame on gangs. denverpost.com/2024/11/03/au…
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Found some interesting data on Western Slope state legislators’ voting records from this past session while doing elections research. Specifically, I was looking at how often they stuck with their party vs. joined the other side of the aisle. For my #copolitics and #coleg nerds:
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
23 Sep 2024
Hi all! ✨Today is my first day at the @denverpost! I’ll be covering all things business, including commercial real estate. Tips? Words of encouragement? Say hi at jalvarado@denverpost.com
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
Gov. Jared Polis is set to speak at the DNC tonight, the same night as Gov. Tim Walz’s convention speech. Polis introduced Walz at a Denver fundraiser last week. Polis and Walz were in Congress together elected gov at same time.
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
An anonymous donation opened the last section of land for affordable housing in Steamboat. Three years later, voters rejected the development town is no closer to building there as the housing crisis deepens and prices out local workers: denverpost.com/2024/08/04/af…
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
31 Jul 2024
Four new wildfires along the Front Range since Monday...
At least 8,300 acres burning. One person dead. Five homes destroyed.
31 Jul 2024
NEW: A new wildfire sparked near Gross Reservoir in Boulder County prompted mandatory evacuation orders Wednesday afternoon. trib.al/dopYAEQ
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
7 Jul 2024
Lobbyists in Colorado legislature paid nearly $70 million in last year - a record high @NColtrain @denverpost #copolitics #coleg denverpost.com/2024/07/07/co…
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It didn’t take long for several government entities in Colorado to adopt the new, much-higher, maximum CORA fee rate that went into effect on Monday, July 1. #coleg #copolitics #edcolo coloradofoic.org/colorado-go…
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
With the last campaign finance report of the primary season in, we now know who funded the Kent Thiry-backed group that dumped more than $1 million into several statehouse races with a few days to go before Election Day. It was ... Kent Thiry, who donated $1.24M on June 18.
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
A group backed by Kent Thiry and efforts to overhaul Colorado's election system dropped more than $1 million in last-minute spending for a slew of primary races this week, largely mirroring spending from other outside groups boosting moderate candidates: denverpost.com/2024/06/22/co…
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
17 Jun 2024
An anonymous letter, a $10 land deal and powerful metro districts
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
10 Jun 2024
The Denver Art Museum has earned a reputation among tribes and countries for being difficult to deal with when it comes to returning sacred cultural objects in its collection.
Cambodia. India. Nepal. Tlingit tribe. Winnebago tribe. All have had issues.
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
1 Jun 2024
New Colorado tax credit could lift 50,000 children out of poverty, is latest to tap TABOR surplus denverpost.com/2024/06/01/co… via @NColtrain
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Nick Coltrain retweeted
29 May 2024
The Denver Post's national spelling bee contestant is going to the finals, y'all!
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