With Primary Election Day just days away, Colorado Inside Out examines a campaign season coming down to the wire as voters prepare to lock in their final decisions. The Insider panel also looks at the growing role of money in Colorado politics, with major donations and outside spending shaping key races and raising questions about whether this is the new normal. The show also covers the Missy Woods plea deal involving mishandled DNA evidence and closes with a remembrance of journalist and former panelist Lynn Bartels.

The primary election is almost here and the mud is flying! This week on Colorado Inside Out… we talk about who’s ahead in the final weeks and the Denver Public Schools ban on student cellphones, is it a good idea? And what’s to “HOWL” about regarding Colorado Parks and Wildlife, we dig into that discussion too. Krista Kafer fills in as Guest Host for Kyle Dyer.

Colorado ballots are in the mail, and the final sprint to Primary Day is underway. On this week’s Colorado Inside Out, we break down campaign strategy, debate season, and the role age may play in politics. Plus, federal scrutiny of metro-area school districts and financial pressures reshaping Colorado higher education.

This week on Colorado Inside Out: a pair of gubernatorial debates put Colorado's political future on center stage, Tina Peters is back in the headlines following her early release from prison, and with ballots arriving in the mail next week, the Insiders examine why voter turnout remains such a challenge in primary elections.

With just one month until Colorado’s primary, campaigns are in the final sprint — ads are up, debates are heating up, and races are shifting. On Colorado Inside Out this week, we have some varying perspectives into the different candidates who are in the spotlight. And, we’re also looking at youth mental health and safety concerns, new questions around national park access and fees, and growing pressure on Colorado’s infrastructure as travel surges through DIA.

This episode of Colorado Inside Out covers Governor Polis’ sentence commutation of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and the debate over that decision, along with its potential electoral consequences as Colorado’s primary approaches next month. The Insiders also discuss a Colorado Supreme Court ruling involving Children’s Hospital Colorado, placing the hospital between state civil rights obligations and federal pressure over transgender care for minors. They also weigh in on two metro area city council actions — on data center construction and new rules governing police communications with the public.