Happy givins season and more ways to fight for progress this week (November 29)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. We hope you’re indulging in some well-earned time, space, and rest after a great Thanksgiving holiday week. As you get back in the swing of things, consider circling December 7th on your calendar. It’s Colorado Gives Day,...
Colorado Progressives Thrilled as Build Back Better Plan Passes U.S. House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, November 19, 2021CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: Following last night’s passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation making historic...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (November 15)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Today, Gov. Jared Polis and other Colorado progressive leaders are in Washington, D.C. for the signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the $1.2 trillion bill making important new investments in roads,...
New Poll: Gov. Polis, Colorado Progressives Weather Historic COVID-19 Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, November 3, 2021CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: The latest edition of the Rocky Mountaineer, an exclusive polling partnership between Global Strategy Group and ProgressNow...
NO on Amendment 78 and more ways to fight for progress this week (November 1)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Tomorrow is Election Day! And if you haven’t already found your reason to fill out and return that ballot, I’ve got one important message for you: vote NO on Amendment 78. If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything,...
GET IT DONE: Colorado Progressives Back Build Back Better Framework
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 28, 2021CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: Responding to the announcement today by President Joe Biden of a framework proposal to pass the historic Build Back Better Plan making...
VOTE SMART and more ways to fight for progress this week (October 25)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Since our launch on Saturday, thousands of Colorado voters have already accessed the 2021 Colorado Progressive Voters Guide! If you haven’t checked it out already, we’ve got the details on statewide and local ballot...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (October 18)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. As negotiations continue in Washington, D.C. over the size and scope of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan, we as Colorado progressives know there are some agenda items that can’t be ignored any longer. The Build...
Colorado Progressives Urge NO Vote on “Dystopian” Amendment 78
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, October 13, 2021CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: With ballots arriving in mailboxes across the state of Colorado for the November 2, 2021 elections, ProgressNow Colorado Executive Director...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (October 11)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. With Congress in recess this week and negotiations over the Build Back Better plan still ongoing behind the scenes with holdout Democratic Senators, I wanted to take a moment to say thanks once again for everything you’ve...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (October 4)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Congress has taken a two-week break after failing to sort out their differences, but the fight to pass the landmark Build Back Better plan to rebuild America’s “human infrastructure” is far from over. Last week, progressives...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (September 20)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. It’s a big week in Washington, D.C. as the U.S. House works to pass one of the most important pieces of legislation in a generation. House leaders are hoping to move President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan...
Colorado Progressives Welcome President Biden To State, Encourage Pres. to Halt Drilling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDATE: September 14, 2021CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: ProgressNow Colorado, the state's largest multi-issue progressive advocacy organization, welcomes President Biden to Colorado, and...
Colorado GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Heidi Ganahl: On The Wrong Side of Every Issue Coloradans Believe In
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: September 14, 2021Contact: Sara Loflin, PNC Executive Director, [email protected] “In Colorado, leadership and progress are about more than checking a box,” said ProgressNow Colorado executive director Sara Loflin. “Our...
No thanks, Heidi Ganahl: what you can do to fight for progress this week (September 13)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Here in Colorado, we’ve set milestones in recent years for women elected to the legislature, new laws to work toward equal pay, and strengthened protections for working women from discrimination and harassment. Let’s not...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (May 24)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. We’re down to the last critical few weeks of the 2021 session of the Colorado legislature. And just like most years, many of the most important priorities we want to get passed this year are coming down to the final days and...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (May 3)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Two years ago, Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a comprehensive roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—a crucial step in making sure Colorado does our part with the rest of the world to meet the ambitious goals of the...
#CoClimateWeek: What you can do to fight for progress this week (April 19)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. This week, the Colorado General Assembly kicks off debate over some of the most important bills they’ll consider all year: to commit Colorado to ambitious goals for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, and to give communities...
ADVISORY: Two-Ton “Melting World” Ice Sculpture & Climate Bill Rollout Press Conference At The Colorado State Capitol
FOR PLANNING PURPOSESFriday, April 16, 2021CONTACT: Fawn Bolak, Communications Director at [email protected] DENVER: In an effort to vividly depict the urgency of the global climate crisis on the day of the first committee hearing of Colorado...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (April 12)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. It’s been a difficult year+, and the anxiety from the compounded effects of the COVID-19 pandemic rippling across society and the damaged economy have created new challenges on top of the pre-existing struggles faced by...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (April 5)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Last week, President Joe Biden announced the next transformative piece of his agenda: The American Jobs Plan. Building on the economic relief passed just a few weeks ago and now making its way into the economy, the American...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (March 29)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Today, Gov. Jared Polis made what could be the most important announcement since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This coming Friday, everyone in Colorado aged 16 and up will be eligible to receive the COVID-19...
PNC is Hiring a New Executive Director
Apply Here For more than a decade, ProgressNow Colorado has been the leading progressive voice online and in the press in Colorado, acting as the public relations shop for the progressive movement and infrastructure in our state. We have supported the...
Criminal justice reform: the work goes on
While we mourn the victims of this week’s tragic mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, this week in the Colorado General Assembly there are important criminal justice reform issues up for debate. It’s very important that we not lose focus on taking actions that will...
Responding to this week’s tragedy in Boulder
Our hearts are heavy today as we process yesterday’s devastating massacre of yet another 10 Coloradans at the hands of a gunman. These were our neighbors, our friends, our family. No one deserves to have their lives cut short, in terror, with the finality of a...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (March 15)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Last week, a fellow member of Congress called on the House Ethics Committee to open an investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert’s role in inciting the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In her letter to the chair...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (March 8)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Help is on the way. On Saturday morning after an all-night obstruction campaign from the right, the U.S. Senate passed the American Rescue Plan. This legislation represents not just economic relief to Americans hard hit by a...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (March 1)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. With Congress moving quickly on President Biden’s agenda in Washington and the Colorado General Assembly in full swing in Denver, opportunities to help enact lasting change are everywhere! After four years of broken...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (February 22)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. This week in the Colorado legislature, far-right Republicans are trying to undo Colorado’s best-in-the-nation election system–a system that became a much-praised example last year for safely and securely holding an election...
What you can do to fight for progress this week (February 16)
Like these alerts? Click here to subscribe. Today, the Colorado General Assembly got back to business after taking five weeks off to keep safe during the worst of the pandemic. Now it’s time to get to work one of the most ambitious agendas Colorado’s progressive...
