Today is Jan. 24, 2024, and here’s what you need to know:

Another attempt to oust Rep. Mike Lynch as minority leader devolved into chaos on Tuesday morning, when his critics within the caucus failed to muster a quorum to hold a vote on his leadership.

Some of Lynch’s colleagues sought to oust him from his post as House Minority Leader on Monday, when the GOP caucus deadlocked on the question of whether to retain him, which meant Lynch kept his post.

It was the second day of the drama that erupted within the House Republican caucus resulting from the news that Lynch was arrested for drunk driving in 2022.

The Colorado Republican Party presented a series of witnesses in federal court on Tuesday in its effort to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the party’s primary elections, months after the GOP failed to secure enough support from its own members to close its nominating process to those who are not registered Republicans.

The defendant in the lawsuit, Secretary of State Jena Griswold, also solicited testimony about how a judge’s order excluding the single largest bloc of voters would have detrimental effects on Colorado’s election infrastructure, given that the March 5 presidential primary is already underway.

In 2016, Colorado voters approved a pair of ballot initiatives: Proposition 107, which reestablished the March presidential primary and enabled unaffiliated voters to cast ballots for candidates, and Proposition 108, which allowed unaffiliated voters to cast a ballot in either the Republican or Democratic primaries in June for all other races. Proponents argued that allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in partisan primaries would make candidates more responsive to “a broader range of interests.”

Since then, the state’s Republican Party has attempted to opt out of the primary elections, with some conservatives bristling at the notion that non-party members would have a say in selecting the GOP’s candidates. The effort has been unsuccessful, with a 2023 vote of the party’s central committee resulting in only 65% support for the opt-out – short of the necessary 75% threshold.

Colorado is currently ranked sixth in the nation for suicides, a figure that two state lawmakers are looking to decrease through a bill that would require companies to post prevention education posters at workplaces starting next year.

The proposal from State Rep. Stephanie Vigil, D-Colorado Springs, and Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, D- Commerce City, would also require businesses to include suicide prevention information in company handbooks.

Under House Bill 1015, posters created by the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics would include an overview of available suicide prevention training programs, educational materials on reducing access to means of self-harm, such as firearms, information on the 988 Suicide Crisis Line, and a QR code linking to a workplace suicide prevention landing page. The latter will be created by the Office of Suicide Prevention.

The posters would be distributed to workplaces across the state at no cost to the employer.

Specifically addressing Democrats, Gov. Jared Polis asked the Colorado legislature earlier this month to seriously consider slashing the income tax rate, a key campaign promise that his own party has perennially resisted.

“I know some Democrats in the past have been skeptical of reducing our income tax rate, but cutting the income tax rate is the most effective way to further our economic growth,” the governor said during his state address, when he invoked both former presidents John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama to argue that this tax cut would spur economic growth.

A new report from the Independence Institute said Colorado could, indeed, lower its income tax rate to 3.25% if Polis “fully implemented” his tax agenda, which would translate to more than $1,000 in savings per income tax filer.

Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, tightening his grip on the Republican presidential nomination and bolstering the likelihood of a rematch later this year against President Joe Biden.

The result was a setback for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who invested significant time and financial resources into winning the state. She was the last major challenger in the race after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ended his presidential bid over the weekend, allowing her to campaign as the sole alternative to Trump.

In Colorado, Trump’s allies cheered his victory.

“TRUMP 2024!” U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert said on X.