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Colorado House introduces first 20 bills of 2026 session, prioritizing housing, labor and consumer protections

Updated 8 hours ago

Lawmakers from Colorado’s House of Representatives have introduced their first 20 bills of the session, which are often their top priorities for the year. In...

Colorado Senate kicks off 2026 session with bills on competency law, housing, schools and public safety

Updated 9 hours ago

The Colorado Senate opened the 2026 legislative session Wednesday with a flurry of policy proposals, including changes to the state’s competency law, tougher penalties for...

Senate friendship, shared grief set tone for opening day of Colorado’s 2026 session

Updated 9 hours ago

Friendship, grief and a call for unity echoed through the Senate chamber on Wednesday, as Colorado lawmakers convened for the first day of the 2026...

Colorado GOP House leader emphasizes parental rights, affordability woes

Updated 10 hours ago

The new Republican leader of the House emphasized worries about affordability, rising political violence, and parental rights in a speech to his colleagues on Wednesday....

No kings here: Colorado House votes to strip ‘His Excellency’ from governor’s title

Updated 12 hours ago

Opening Day: Colorado lawmakers return to state Capitol for 2026 session

Updated 18 hours ago

Colorado lawmakers grapple with how to help economy amid budget constraints

Updated 1 day ago

Kenny Nguyen selected to represent Colorado House District 33

Updated 2 days ago

Denver, Aurora and Colorado Springs mayors list competency, AI among priorities for legislative session

Updated 2 days ago

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser clash at Democratic gubernatorial forum

Updated 2 days ago

Colorado Democratic vacancy committee selects Lori Goldstein for HD 29

Updated 2 days ago

Following scandals and accusations of toxicity, Colorado House leaders seek a reset in 2026

Updated 3 days ago

Colorado business coalition moves Pinnacol privatization fight from Capitol to voters

Updated 3 days ago

Frozen funds, vetoes and lawsuits: Why Colorado says it’s in Trump’s crosshairs

Updated 4 days ago

Gov. Jared Polis ‘frustrated, surprised’ at efforts to revive vetoed union bill

Updated 5 days ago

Gov. Jared Polis was surprised that Democratic lawmakers and labor groups are seeking to revive a union-backed legislation less than a year after he vetoed...

Final lap: Gov. Jared Polis outlines his 2026 agenda for Colorado as he nears the end of his term

Updated 6 days ago

A year from now, Gov. Jared Polis will wrap up eight years as the state’s chief executive officer and go back to private life. When...

As lawmakers return, federal pressure and fiscal stress poised to shape Colorado’s 2026 session

Updated 7 days ago

The eight months since lawmakers wrapped up the 2025 legislative session have been anything but quiet. Federal funding cuts, a flurry of presidential executive orders,...

Senate Democrats announce committee assignments for 2026 session

Updated 7 days ago

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver, announced committee assignments for the 2026 legislative session on Wednesday. “Committees are crucial to the legislative process –...

Colorado lawmakers hear from chief justice about security needs, new judges

Updated 1 week ago

Lawmakers, advocates seek reforms after cases expose gaps in Colorado’s competency system

Updated 1 week ago

Urban vs. rural, labor vs. business: Battles are brewing ahead of the 2026 Colorado legislative session

Updated 1 week ago

Former Colorado wildlife director heads to Wyoming

Updated 1 week ago

Former Rep. Rose Pugliese vies for Mesa County Treasurer

Updated 1 week ago

Primary challenges surge as Colorado lawmakers head into 2026 election cycle

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado legislators eye ramping up penalties for child trafficking

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado Republican Mark Baisley exits gubernatorial race, launches U.S. Senate campaign

Updated 1 week ago

Ben Nighthorse Campbell was a Colorado original | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado legislature votes to make committee hearing livestreams permanent

Updated 2 weeks ago

Gov. Polis appoints Lindstedt to Colorado Senate District 25 after vacancy committee misses deadline

Updated 2 weeks ago

Despite a similar vote by a Senate District 25 vacancy committee last week, it was up to Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday to make sure...

Ben Campbell, former US senator from Colorado and advocate for Native American rights, dies at age 92

Updated 2 weeks ago

Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who represented Colorado for two terms beginning in 1993 and was the first Native American elected to the chamber...

Colorado podcaster who has called for political foes to be executed joins GOP primary for governor

Updated 3 weeks ago

Joe Oltmann, the conservative Colorado podcaster who has repeatedly called for Colorado’s top elected officials to be executed and whose uncorroborated claims that the 2020...

2025 Unfiltered: Ethics investigations, scandals plague Colorado Capitol

Updated 3 weeks ago

Over the course of the year, a series of investigations, allegations and controversies emerged at the state Capitol, drawing scrutiny to the behavior of elected...