Comment on Economy leveling out — and ongoing inflation woes — weigh on Colorado voters heading into election

One of the top issues on the minds of Colorado voters this election is the cost of living, with about 15% in the ongoing Voter Voices survey by media outlets across the state saying they intend to focus first on the economy as they mark their ballots. Coloradans are concerned about the price of housing, groceries, gas, utility bills and everything else it takes to keep households running.

Andy Cohen, a 41-year-old co-founder of a public affairs firm in Denver, is tired of the negativity about an economy that, by most metrics, is glowing — even as he noted a dip in his own business to close out 2023, and acknowledges that affordability remains a challenge in Colorado. Steve Brewer, 64, who runs a small IT consulting firm out of Centennial, acknowledges that inflation has slowed since its peak last year, but worries “the damage is already done” when it comes to high prices. For both, the economy and cost of living are one of — if not the — top issues as they fill out their ballots for the Nov.

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box. But this year, Donald Trump’s campaign appears to be trying to win on a different field of battle. With dozens of lawsuits already filed across the country, the Republicans are using state and federal courts as a key pillar of their strategy to retake the White House.

As a child, Senegalese-born chef Pierre Thiam took trips from Dakar to the countryside to visit his grandparents. There, he often ate fonio, a locally grown seeded grass rarely found outside rural areas. After making a name for himself at New York restaurants decades later, Thiam’s thoughts returned to the ingredient.

As Donald Trump campaigns to be a dictator for one day, he’s asking: “Are you better off now than you were when I was president?” Great question! To help answer it, our Trump Files series is delving into consequential events from the 45th president’s time in office that Americans might have forgotten—or wish they had. Six years on, families remain separated.

When Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified last week, exploding into a Category 5 storm, large parts of Florida were bracing for disaster. For Cruz Salucio, Milton wouldn’t be the first, or the worst, hurricane he’d endured. But it sparked anxiety all the same. Salucio works for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ local radio station, Radio Conciencia.