Taylor Dolven
Taylor Dolven writes about politics (elected officials, campaigns, elections) and how policy is affecting people in Colorado for The Colorado Sun.
She has been a journalist for 13 years, previously writing about transportation for The Boston Globe, tourism for The Miami Herald and immigration for Vice News. Her work has exposed dark money schemes behind political mailers, created a WhatsApp newsletter for cruise ship workers who were being misled by their employers during the pandemic, and uncovered egregious construction errors on Boston鈥檚 only subway expansion in the last 30 years.
Most recently, she was a fellow at the University of Colorado's Center for Environmental Journalism where she took classes related to climate change and the clean energy transition. She is from Colorado and is fluent in Spanish.
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During the special session, the legislature passed a bill ceding the responsibility of cutting the budget to the governor鈥檚 office. -
Democrats at the Capitol also pushed back the start date of Colorado鈥檚 first-in-the-nation AI law, shored up subsidies on health insurance and tweaked a pair of measures on the November ballot. -
The moves comes after the Berthoud Republican abruptly resigned from the state legislature last week in an apparent attempt to avoid a censure. -
The move came after a deal between consumer advocates, the tech industry and others on how to move forward on the measure fell apart. -
If the agreement holds, it would end nearly two years of negotiations on how to try to prevent AI from harming people when they do things like apply for jobs, seek out loans and pursue a college degree. -
State Rep. Ryan Armagost, R-Berthoud, was already set to leave the legislature on Sept. 1 to pursue a job and personal relationship in Arizona. -
Some local government leaders are optimistic, some skeptical about possibility of incarcerating immigrants. -
Colorado law prohibits state and local entities from giving personal information to federal immigration agents unless it鈥檚 being sought as part of a criminal investigation. -
Trump said ICE is going after the 鈥渨orst of the worst.鈥� The agency鈥檚 Rocky Mountain data shows otherwise. -
The state鈥檚 dismal economic forecast requires the green tax credits be slashed in 2026, Colorado economists said Wednesday. Listen to Morning Edition host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Health/Environmental Writer Michael Booth and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.
