A.G. Candidate John Kellner Accepted Illegal Donation From Lobbyist
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, May 20, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at 303-349-1617 DENVER, CO – On Wednesday, ProgressNow Colorado, the state's largest multi-issue progressive advocacy organization, filed a complaint against District Attorney John...
Coloradans Demand Accountability for John Kellner’s Conflict of Interest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 18, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: Awaiting word from the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission on their complaint seeking an investigation into professional misconduct by...
We stand in solidarity with the Black community
Good afternoon, Today, at ProgressNow Colorado, we rise in solidarity with the Black community. We condemn the violent and dangerous white supremacist ideology that motivated the attack in Buffalo, New York and mourn the passing of the ten lives taken:...
Winners and Losers of the 2022 Colorado legislative session
THE WINNERS Bodily Autonomy With abortion rights facing their greatest peril ever, Colorado lawmakers rose to the occasion to codify essential abortion rights protections into Colorado statute ahead of the possible repeal of Roe v. Wade later this year. The...
Progressives Demand Heidi Ganahl Apologize For John Eastman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 11, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: The Denver Post has published a shocking new report [1] that reveals details of former University of Colorado Visiting...
Don’t let Joe O’Dea become the next Cory Gardner
Last night, word leaked that the U.S. Supreme Court has drafted its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing abortion rights to every American. Once this decision is official, everything we’ve taken for granted for generations...
Draft reversal of Roe v. Wade sparks bipartisan alarm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday May 3, 2022 CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] Nettles, Communications Director at [email protected] DENVER: On January 22, 1973 a monumental decision guaranteeing women in the...
ROE V. WADE DECISION TO BE OVERTURNED ACCORDING TO LEAKED SCOTUS DOCUMENTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2022 Contact: Aurea Bolaños Perea, [email protected] Chapin, [email protected] Meltzer, [email protected] Stephenson, [email protected] ROE V. WADE DECISION TO BE OVERTURNED ACCORDING TO LEAKED SCOTUS...
The Results Are In: Nobody Likes “Heidi The Hypocrite”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, April 9 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: Responding to the results of the Colorado Republican Party state assembly in Colorado Springs today, ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest...
Call For Ethics Investigation of John Kellner’s Conflict of Interest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 7 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: ProgressNow Colorado, the state's largest multi-issue progressive advocacy organization, has requested an investigation of District Attorney...
Release: Letter Calling for Investigation of District Attorney John Kellner submitted to Colorado Supreme Court
If the investigation finds that Kellner failed to disclose his conflicts then Kellner should be disbarred FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, March 16, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: This morning, Sara Loflin,...
Call for “Heidi The Hypocrite” Ganahl to condemn her party’s violent fringe
Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline Second demand in less than one week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 22, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: One week after calling on University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl to...
Protect Colorado teachers against intimidation
In the last few weeks, we’ve witnessed another brazen right-wing assault on public education in one of Colorado’s largest public school districts. After a far-right majority took office in the 2021 off-year elections, Douglas County’s Board of Education has launched a...
Call for Heidi Ganahl to Immediately Condemn Threats of Violence Made Last Thursday Night Against Secretary of State Jena Griswold
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 14, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: ProgressNow Colorado demands Ganahl immediately publicly reject threats made last Thursday night by extremists in her own party including...
Call For Heidi Ganahl To Apologize To Colorado Voters, Disclose Ties To “Mystery Candidate”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 8, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: Responding to news that University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl has abandoned her promise to accept voluntary campaign spending limits in...
ProgressNow Colorado Welcomes its First Black Female Communications Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, February 1, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] Nettles, Communications Director at [email protected] DENVER: Honoring its commitment to practice the same progressive values...
Let’s Go: Colorado Progressives Welcome Gov. Polis’ Ambitious Agenda
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, January 13, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: Responding to Gov. Jared Polis’ State of the State address today, ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest multi-issue progressive advocacy...
Unfinished Business: Progressives Welcome Busy 2022 Colorado Legislative Session
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, January 12, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: As the Colorado General Assembly opened the 2022 session with another ambitious agenda following up on historic progress made in the...
NEVER FORGET: Coloradans Reflect on the Violence of January 6th, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, January 6, 2022CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at [email protected] DENVER: On the first anniversary of the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th 2021 that left five people dead and American...
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...
