The news in Colorado this week included a special session of the General Assembly, a legal fight with President Trump, a tough line on sex offenders and soul-searching by a politician often accused of not having one.

Here are the stories that grabbed headlines and have the likelihood to keep yielding news to watch, as picked by the Colorado Politics staff:

5. Colorado girds for DACA legal showdown

Gov. John Hickenlooper says Colorado will join New York, Washington and Massachusetts to take President Trump to court over his plan to punish Dreamers by phasing out President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Hickenlooper says 17,000 Coloradans brought to the U.S. by their parents face deportation under the president’s plan.

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4. Zooooom: Denver to the Springs on a coffee break

The Colorado Department of Transportation is working with a private company to determine the feasibility of high-speed commuter tube on the Front Range, one of 10 corridors Hyperloop One is considering for its transit system capable of 700 mph.

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3. Not so fast on sparing sex offenders, Coffman says

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman thinks a federal judge went out on a weak legal limb by declaring the state’s sex-offender registry “cruel and unusual punishment” because it allows society and prospective employers know about their criminal past. Coffman filed an appeal this week.

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2. Tancredo turns to his base: Should he, shouldn’t he?

Immigration reform firebrand Tom Tancredo has run for president, he’s run for governor and he served five terms in Congress. But this week he turned to the Republican Party’s base to gauge whether he should jump in next year’s governor’s race. Tancredo who has been unaffiliated switched his registration back to the GOP, “just in case,” he told a gathering this week. Could he prove a spoiler in next year’s Republican primary?

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1. A legislative gathering to fix a goof

A mistake in a much-celebrated bipartisan bill from the session in May prompted Gov. John Hickenlooper to call  lawmakers back to the Capitol on Oct. 2 for the first special session since 2012. The measure moved a hospital provider fee out from under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and raised critical funds for rural hospitals and transportation. But it also inadvertently cut off a share of retail marijuana money from special district. Hick wants a fix.

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