It was a busy week in Colorado politics. Discussion topics ranged from sanctuary cities, the media and President Donald Trump to conversion therapy, TABOR and Doug Bruce.

Here are this week’s most visited stories in order of popularity.

1. Sanctuary city bill aimed at Denver, Aurora and Boulder killed in committeeHouse Democrats predictably killed a Republican bill to hold elected officials responsible for crimes committed by undocumented immigrants in a sanctuary city.

The State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee heard six hours of testimony that swung from anger toward undocumented immigrants to a defense of them and human rights. Opponents saw the bill as a step toward stop-and-frisk policies to force people of color to prove their citizenship.

2. David Lane thinks outlets banned by Trump should see him in courtIf you been banned by Donald Trump, you’ve got friend in David Lane. And to bet against Lane is something a loser would do these days.

Last week, Lane’s well-known Denver law firm reduced Denver International Airport’s seven-day waiting period for a protest permit to one day. As long as you’re not bothering anybody, the cops won’t bother you if you want to hold a sign, within reason, at the airport now.

3. Insights: There’s no harbor for Bennet on GorsuchPenny for your thoughts, Michael Bennet.

If the Democratic senator from Colorado knows where he stands on Judge Neil Gorsuch occupying a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, he isn’t telling anyone who’s willing to tell me. A lot of Republicans and reporters desperately want to know.

4. Supermarket booze talks in legislature opens big-box stores to attacksA debate over a measure framed as a “cleanup” of full-strength alcohol sales in supermarkets devolved Monday into a referendum on big-box versus small retailers.

Democrats were at odds with each other over whether the measure from Sen. Angela Williams, D-Denver, would result in “wiping out” small liquor stores.

5. Conversion therapy ban passes Colorado House committee, againA Colorado House committee passed a ban Tuesday on gay conversion therapy practiced by a licensed mental health professional.

Sound familiar? That’s because a House committee has passed the bill three years in a row. The Democratic majority in the House moved the bill to the Republican-led Senate, and each of the last two years it has died there in committee.

6. TABOR reform measure passes first test with bipartisan supportAn effort to reform the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, passed its first test on Monday with Republican support, though the legislation faces an uphill battle.

Some TABOR observers call it progress that two Republicans are sponsoring the effort to change how the state calculates its spending cap.

7. Insights: Colorado was born 156 years ago todayOn this day 156 years ago, the Colorado we know was born in Washington, D.C. Colorado was given its name, had its territory carved out of four other territories, had it boundaries legally determined, and was designated a territory.

And all of this happened while the nation was drifting rapidly into Civil War. Congress passed the territorial legislation, and then President James Buchanan, on February 28, 1861, signed the bill. Buchanan left the presidency and was soon replaced by Abraham Lincoln.

8. Who eats crow and then spits it back out? Douglas Bruce, of courseDouglas Bruce can’t be the first felon who ever tweaked his backstory to fit his circumstances. No doubt plenty of perps have told a prospective employer, for example, that they regret their bad choice – only to turn around and tell mom, “I was framed!”

Yet, it takes someone with Bruce’s trademark audacity – unmitigated gall, if you prefer – to change his tune quite so publicly as he did last week in 4th Judicial District Court in Colorado Springs. That’s where the inimitable political figure, legendary tormentor of public officials – and, more recently, convicted tax evader just months out of prison – was back at it jousting with his old nemesis, Colorado Springs City Hall, over a pending tax question on the spring municipal ballot.

9. Case given new life that could throw state’s elections system in fluxThe Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday sent a case back to a lower court that could leave future funding for state and local elections in jeopardy.

The case, filed by the National Federation of Independent Business, claims that businesses carry an unfair burden of the cost of funding state and county elections. The business group hopes to reclaim the revenue, which would potentially throw elections into flux.

10. White House spokesman fuels fears in Colorado of crackdown on recreational marijuanaThe Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday sent a case back to a lower court that could leave future funding for state and local elections in jeopardy.

The case, filed by the National Federation of Independent Business, claims that businesses carry an unfair burden of the cost of funding state and county elections. The business group hopes to reclaim the revenue, which would potentially throw elections into flux.