LAKEWOOD – Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) today announced her legislation to uncover how Trump’s federal workforce cuts have impacted her constituents’ ability to resolve their federal casework issues. This effort comes after it was brought to Pettersen’s attention that there are just three federal case managers at the Department of Education processing all cases, and just five total cas... Read More »
In July, the U.S. Congress quietly passed a significant update to federal housing policy that builders and housing advocates are saying could provide a major boost to production. The bill took effect without President Trump's signature, a policy that was initially introduced in 2025 as the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act. The National Low Income Housing Alliance (N... Read More »
EVERGREEN – Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (C0-07) today solemnly marked the one year anniversary of the tragic Evergreen High School shooting, introducing a bipartisan congressional resolution signed by all members of the Colorado U.S. House delegation honoring the shooting victims, and expressing gratitude to first responders, law enforcement, educators, faculty, and neighbors who acted swiftl... Read More »
Gov. Jared Polis and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse are calling on the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management to “immediately halt” helicopter gathers of wild horses in Colorado, citing the “inhumane and unnecessary” nature of the agency’s gather methods following operations this year in the state’s northwest corner, states a Thursday news release. In a letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Inte... Read More »
Rank-and-file lawmakers have a surprising amount of bipartisan overlap when it comes to ideas about how to make Congress work even just a little bit better. Take Reps. Chrissy Houlahan and Randy Fine, a Pennsylvania Democrat and Florida Republican who rarely agree on anything. On Wednesday, they were among the dozen lawmakers offering input at the House Rules Committee “member day” hearing. It’s a... Read More »
DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis announced that the State has supplemented its Major Disaster Declaration (MDD) request with 173 letters of support demonstrating the urgent need for federal assistance and the broad, bipartisan support for Colorado’s request. “These letters tell the stories behind the damage assessments: families who lost everything, first responders and local governments whose... Read More »
Rep. Brittany Pettersen is reupping her push to allow new parents to vote by proxy in the House, centering the issue ahead of the 120th Congress after the same bipartisan effort fizzled last year. The Colorado Democrat and a bipartisan group of lawmakers will make the case for brand new moms and dads to vote remotely on House bills at a House Rules Committee member day hearing Wednesday morning, s... Read More »
Bloomberg Article Link By the time Brittany Pettersen’s son was 6 months old, he’d taken 24 flights. The Colorado Democrat’s son is no world traveler — his time on planes as an infant was spent with Pettersen flying back and forth to Washington for votes. As the House considers potential rules changes for next Congress, Pettersen and other members spoke Wednesday at a Rules Committee hearing in su... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase awareness for the 988 helpline with a public awareness campaign for those experiencing mental health crisis. The Public Transit Mental Health Awareness Act which Pettersen introduced with Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17), specifically increases awareness by placing information about this lif... Read More »
A long-standing piece of federal legislation could soon be updated and have a high impact on Colorado residents who live or have lived near nuclear facilities. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, a Democrat representing Colorado's 7th Congressional District, helped introduce the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026 alongside Republican state Rep. James Moylan. "This is a huge issue in ... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Last night, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) hosted a telephone town hall with more than 18,000 constituents from across the Seventh Congressional District to hear their concerns and discuss her work in Washington. On the call, Pettersen spoke to many issues, including continued rising costs, how she is fighting back against Donald Trump's disastrous policies, protecting our c... Read More »
Today, as co-chairs of the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), alongside Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), introduced a resolution designating August 31st as Overdose Awareness Day. The Task Force intends to increase awareness of the continued overdose crisis, honor the lives lost, and pledge action... Read More »
Armed with a cream-colored $15 Target lunch box containing thousands of dollars’ worth of medication and needles, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, went about her business in the nation's capital. One day she was in the green room of ABC News' Washington studio, pinching her belly to prep the injection site before jabbing herself with a needle. Another day, she was standing at her kitchen... Read More »
The Gazette family of newspapers won 64 awards in the Colorado Press Association’s annual Better News Contest — a whopping 36 more than the three papers collectively won last year. Colorado Politics raked in 27, The Colorado Springs Gazette took home 21 and The Denver Gazette brought in 16. Colorado Politics also received the Best in Editorial Excellence award in its division. Of those, 26 were fi... Read More »
Steve Nein has been in the cattle business in Julesburg, in the northeastern corner of the state, for about 50 years. When he found out last Friday that President Donald Trump was dropping tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of imported beef for 90 days in an effort to lower the price of ground beef, he was not happy. “This administration is always talking about America first,” Nein said. “Here we've g... Read More »
