In a year of stern attention on Republican election bills in conservative states, the Democratic Senate Bill 250 slid onto the Colorado General Assembly's agenda quietly when it was introduced three-quarters of the way through the legislative session and had its first hearing on May 4. Continue Reading
Colorado paid more than $89.2 million to a coronavirus testing provider run by an ambitious 25-year-old entrepreneurial college dropout in California. Continue Reading
A recently formed nonprofit with Republican Party ties gave $128,000 this spring to campaign efforts that backed three Colorado Springs City Council candidates. Continue Reading
Even if a Colorado judge had committed disability discrimination when he dismissed four hearing-impaired people from a jury pool, the federal appeals court based in Denver declined to overturn the defendant’s conviction, saying his lawyer handled the situation reasonably at trial. Continue Reading
Forty Years Ago This Week: Betty Rendel, president of the National Federation of Republican Women, traveled to Denver to personally check in on preparations for the national convention, which was rapidly approaching in September. Continue Reading
The lighter side of the state Capitol, usually. Continue Reading
Lawmakers in the Colorado General Assembly last week took a huge step toward turning the $800 million package of stimulus proposals into law, advancing more than a dozen measures through various stages of the legislative process. Continue Reading
Customers are returning to Colorado restaurants, bars, retail shops and other businesses, but they may not have anyone to take their order and serve them, help them find merchandise or take their payment. Continue Reading
Just over 50% of prison staffers in Colorado have been vaccinated, a Department of Corrections official said this week, despite months of eligibility and a $500 incentive to get inoculated. Continue Reading
The committee appointed to oversee the search for a new head of Denver’s Office of the Independent Monitor has received approval for funding to hire a search firm to aid the process, committee head Al Gardner told Denver’s Citizen Oversight Board on Friday morning at the body’s semimonthly meeting. Continue Reading
While a record 44,740 new businesses and nonprofits filed initial documents with the Colorado Secretary of State in the first quarter of this year, 37,820 businesses filed dissolutions in the past 12 months, according to the Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report released this week. Continue Reading
Colorado's identified yet another COVID-19 variant in the state, state health officials said Thursday. Continue Reading
Denver Public Schools announced Friday the finalists for the district's open superintendent position. Continue Reading
Eric Sondermann: "The indiscriminate, untargeted, one-size-fits-all nature of these (stimulus) payments speaks to a government with more wallet than refined strategy. Even if that wallet is illusory, consisting of trillions after trillions of indebtedness and money borrowed from next generations." Continue Reading
Thank you. That's the message first lady Jill Biden shared with military spouses during a visit to Fort Carson on Thursday, a day ahead of Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Continue Reading
Just two weeks after Colorado offered them job tax credits, Square Comp announced it’s locating its U.S. headquarters in Fort Collins and creating more than 50 jobs. Continue Reading
Ernest Luning: "Neguse, of Lafayette, landed in the top 10% of House members on the scale, which measures how often lawmakers' legislation attracts co-sponsors from across the aisle and how often they sign on to bills sponsored by members of the other party." Continue Reading
House lawmakers worked late into the evening and on into the early hours of Friday morning on amendments to House Bill 1232, the so-called public option bill. The bill won approval on a preliminary vote and heads to a recorded vote on Friday. Continue Reading
More than 2 million Coloradans have been fully vaccinated, Gov. Jared Polis' office announced Thursday morning, shortly before state health officials expressed some cautious optimism about the state of the pandemic. Continue Reading
Critics warn the president's goals will create reliability problems and increase consumer energy bills. Continue Reading
The funding in House Bill 21-1290 from House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, D-Pueblo, and Rep. Perry Will, R-New Castle, would represent the first real money pumped into the Office of Just Transitions. That office came about through 2019 legislation that called for creation of a transition plan to assist communities and workers whose coal-related industries and jobs "are subject to significant economic transition." Continue Reading
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has dropped remaining charges brought by the previous district attorney against a group of local organizers involved in a protest at an Aurora police headquarters building last summer. Continue Reading
Late nights, lack of sleep, stress and with a little more than three weeks left in the 2021 General Assembly session to debate the most contentious bills of the year are leading to blowups, such as the one that took place on Wednesday in the House and a minor repeat on Thursday. Continue Reading
Senate Bill 262 primarily addresses metropolitan districts, which are local governments created to build and maintain infrastructure in connection with private development. Continue Reading
The city of Denver is planning to purchase the Travelodge Hotel in the Central Park neighborhood to house up to 240 people experiencing homelessness in the metro area per year. Continue Reading
In what is expected to be a long evening in the chamber, the House is debating House Bill 1232, the public option bill that intends to dramatically change the health insurance market for those who buy their own insurance and for small businesses. Continue Reading
Colorado Politics obtained the April 22 opinion authored for CMS by Conklin, Cardone & Rutberg, which states that "it is well-established that physicians and other licensed health care providers have an inalienable constitutionally-protected right in the privilege to practice granted by their licensure." Continue Reading
Denverites will no longer have to wear masks in certain indoor settings, city officials said Thursday, reflecting a statewide change and a significant drawdown of the longstanding face covering order. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Denver and Rep. Joe Neguse of Lafayette have emerged as two of the most members of Congress on preserving public lands in Colorado, and the title of Biden's initiative, America the Beautiful, gets its name from the beloved song first drafted by Katharine Lee Bates after her visit to the top of Pikes Peak in 1893. Continue Reading
Democrats said the For the People Act's aim is to reduce the influence of money in politics poured in by groups that aren't required to identify its source, while ensuring fairness and weeding out political corruption, with an overall goal of providing accurate, accessible elections. Continue Reading
Joey Bunch: "With Gov. Jared Polis' signature, the legislation would change the age to 80, and all drivers younger than that have to attest they've had an eye exam in the past year. Those older than 80 would still have a doctor's note showing an exam the previous six months." Continue Reading
The first of three new gun safety bills, in part a response to the March 22 shooting at the south Boulder King Soopers, was approved on a party-line 7-4 vote by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday evening. Continue Reading
The number of K-12 outbreaks in Colorado grew again over the past week, according to data released Wednesday by the state, and more than 2,000 students have been infected in those clusters. Continue Reading
The mental health screening would be comparable to physical checkups or other preventive care. The companies could not collect deductibles, copayments or coinsurance for the coverage. Continue Reading
The Aurora City Council is looking for someone to fill its Ward Two seat after Councilwoman Nicole Johnston announced she would be resigning from her position in June. Continue Reading
A new ordinance working its way through the Denver City Council would provide income-eligible residents with free legal representation when facing eviction. Continue Reading
A beaming Gov. Jared Polis, surrounded by legislative leaders and education advocates, announced Wednesday a bill to create a new state department on Early Childhood, both on preschool and early childhood services, such as childcare Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law a bill that expands students' access to medical marijuana while at school. Continue Reading
The House on Wednesday voted to give final passage to four bills from the $800 million Colorado Recovery Plan stimulus package and initial approval to another, bringing the total number of stimulus bills to move forward in the General Assembly to 10. Continue Reading
A group of downtown Denver-based businesses, Mayor Michael Hancock and the Downtown Denver Partnership Wednesday implored downtown employees to come back to the office. Continue Reading
With just over three weeks to go until a tentative adjournment, tempers are getting pretty hot around the state Capitol. Continue Reading
April not only brought snow and showers, it brought record-setting returns for Denver home sellers, according to the latest numbers from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. Continue Reading
The House on Tuesday advanced an omnibus bill to ban plastic bags and polystyrene containers in a marathon debate that stretched some three-and-a-half hours and saw the chamber shoot down 20 Republican amendments. Continue Reading
A House panel on Tuesday advanced a $75 million proposal to build out the state’s broadband infrastructure, the largest state stimulus bill to begin working through the legislative process so far. Continue Reading
As Denver enters its property tax reassessment period, 226,000 properties have been revalued for 2021, showing a minimal increase in residential property value throughout the city and inconsistent commercial property value changes. Continue Reading
The Department of Public Safety has imposed suspensions on two Denver police officers for their use of force during last summer’s protests of police violence against people of color, disciplinary orders from late April show. Continue Reading
A visit to the top of Mount Evans — or a hike to Brainard Lake — two of the Front Range's most iconic attractions, will require a reservation this year. Continue Reading
Coloradans who participated in a 12-day whirlwind tour of the state by elected officials had lots of ideas on how Colorado should spend an expected $3.9 billion federal windfall expected later this year. Continue Reading
Senate Republicans prevailed in tacking an amendment on accountability to one of the 36 bills introduced on the Colorado Recovery Plan that they say will help address conflict-of-interest questions on the Clean Energy Fund. Continue Reading
The Wittners have chronicled a tragedy to reporters across Colorado and the country. They've described the years of heavy use, from the time of the surgery to when she finally settled into a treatment program in 2015. They share it because their tragedy is both intensely personal and strikingly familiar, a Broomfield family fighting its own battle against an enemy that killed record numbers of Coloradans last year. Continue Reading
