Bo French, Jon Rosenthal battle over culture, job duties in bid to regulate the oil and gas industry

Controversial remarks by the GOP candidate cast a national spotlight on the typically quiet race for a spot on the Texas Railroad Commission.

What’s Working: A Durango nonprofit gets to build AI that will help caseworkers spend more time with those they help 

Credit an AI agent for finding the $500k Open AI Foundation grant. Plus: CoorsTek moves into new-old HQ; Colorado’s weak economic report, Loveland firm raises…

Dems Have an Opportunity to Force an End to the Iran War. Will They Take It?

With Democrats campaigning on ending the war, advocates want them to put their money where their mouth is and risk a lame-duck shutdown. The post…

French protesters storm city hall and set fire to buildings

348: Bad DOGE!

‘It Creates Mistrust…’: Macron Slams Trump’s Diesel Deal with Putin, Vows Support for Ukraine

348: Bad DOGE!

Jill Wine-Banks hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss the SCOTUS case over a FOIA request seeking DOGE transparency, the legal arguments, government accountability under Trump, and what…

Trump Heads to Mar-a-Lago as Russia, Iran and Economic Crises Mount

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s arrival at Mar-a-Lago as he retreats from the mounting crises unfolding on his watch. Meiselas breaks down…

Vigil to honour the three children and teacher killed at Oregon school

Trump’s Midterm Madness | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, October 17, 2026

With Michael Lahanas-Calderón, W. Kamau Bell, and yours truly, Robert Reich

‘Absolutely Understandable…’: Merz Backs Ukraine’s Strikes On Russia In Fresh Snub To Trump

Opinion: The War on Drugs didn’t end the overdose crisis. Proposition 132 won’t either.

We should hold large-scale manufacturers and traffickers accountable, but a one-size-fits-all approach for differing offenders is flawed.

Opinion: With Proposition 132, Colorado has a chance to reverse course on fentanyl

To protect Colorado families, we need to pass the measure and rely on leaders to make treatment and accountability succeed together

Opinion: Amendment 85 is a misguided attempt to solve the Colorado ballot’s readability problem

Ballot measure writers need flexibility to explain issue without burden of meeting arbitrary grade-level language

Opinion: Amendment 85 is solid reform that makes Colorado elections more transparent, accountable

Every Coloradan deserves a ballot and democracy they can understand

10-17-2026 Saturday News List

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A Norwegian, hired by Swedes, backed by Iranians, to murder someone in Huddersfield

Trump’s DOJ Finds Yet Another Basement

On Monday, the Justice Department raided a sitting congresswoman’s D.C. home to build a denaturalization case. Andrew Weissmann joins Dahlia Lithwick to explain the new…

Amazon’s AI ‘union-busting’

openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 10 October 2026

‘Has to Be Covered…’: EU Prepares to Address 70 Bn Euro Funding Gap for Ukraine for the Coming Year