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Colorado lawmakers push limits on data-driven pricing as critics push back

Updated 14 hours ago

Colorado lawmakers are weighing a proposal to restrict the use of algorithms in setting prices and wages, as advocates warn the technology enables hidden discrimination...

Colorado Senate candidate charged with felony child neglect after daughter nearly drowns in Florida pool, police say

Updated 16 hours ago

Frederick Alfred, Jr., the sole Republican candidate for Senate District 21 in the June primary and November general election, was arrested in Key West, Florida,...

Colorado lawmakers set Jan. 11 start date for 2027 General Assembly

Updated 17 hours ago

Legislative leaders on Tuesday confirmed that the 2027 session of the Colorado General Assembly will begin on Monday, Jan. 11. Ordinarily, legislative sessions start on...

Colorado ethics panel to review complaint alleging misuse of Democratic caucus funds by chair

Updated 19 hours ago

A legislative ethics panel in Colorado is scheduled to meet Wednesday to review a complaint alleging that Aurora Democrat Rep. Mandy Lindsay misused House Democratic...

Proposal to ban appointed Colorado legislators from serving in next term fails to advance

Updated 19 hours ago

Colorado lawmakers push reforms for handling defendants deemed incompetent

Updated 2 days ago

Colorado lawmakers advance bill to tackle Colorado’s prison capacity issues

Updated 3 days ago

A happier budget week | Capitol M | Week of April 18, 2026

Updated 4 days ago

Democrats want Colorado colleges to provide abortion medication

Updated 5 days ago

Colorado lawmakers cut newer programs to close $1.2 billion budget shortfall

Updated 5 days ago

Governor’s wildlife commission picks face pushback ahead of Colorado Senate hearing

Updated 5 days ago

Cannabis overhaul introduced in Colorado Senate

Updated 6 days ago

Colorado House passed a bill raising threshold for agriculture overtime by one vote

Updated 6 days ago

Colorado’s $46.8 billion budget nears finish line

Updated 6 days ago

Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary $5 fee to fund wildlife crossings

Updated 6 days ago

The Colorado Senate approved bipartisan legislation allowing drivers to voluntarily pay an extra $5 when registering their vehicles to help finance wildlife crossings and reduce...

Taking Colorado workers’ ID documents would be a crime under this proposal

Updated 6 days ago

After a narrow 6–5 vote, a bill to bar employers from taking workers’ identification documents is moving to the full Colorado House, sparking questions about...

Colorado Senate reworks key programs, gives preliminary nod to $46B budget

Updated 7 days ago

With the Senate’s traditional Budget Day barbecue setting a lighter tone, lawmakers worked through the $46.8 billion state budget Wednesday, navigating a long list of...

Colorado budget plan seeks to keep $306 million by canceling TABOR refunds

Updated 7 days ago

Tucked deep within the hundreds of pages of the proposed $46.8 billion 2026–27 state budget is a line item showing $306.1 million in savings —...

Colorado House committee advances Democratic bill to reduce penalties for ‘extreme indifference’ murder

Updated 7 days ago

Democratic lawmakers target Colorado’s stalled prison population plan

Updated 7 days ago

After internal strategy sessions, Colorado Senate to take up $46B budget debate

Updated 7 days ago

Senate Democrats outline amendment strategy as budget debate nears

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado becomes first state to ban arrests solely based on field drug test results

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado Senate takes up $46.8 billion budget

Updated 1 week ago

Bipartisan Colorado bill targeting AI chatbot risks advances

Updated 1 week ago

Republicans Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx win spots in Colorado gubernatorial primary at party assembly

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado House finishes work on 2026-27 state budget, finally

Updated 2 weeks ago

Minority Leader Peña argues against oil and gas bill | A LOOK BACK

Updated 2 weeks ago

An “-“ends tribute in a week full of “odds” | Capitol M | Week of April 11, 2026

Updated 2 weeks ago

The lighter side of the Capitol, usually… The decision to read the budget bill — the long bill, which spans 661 pages this year —...

What you need to know about the Colorado legislature reading a 661-page bill aloud

Updated 2 weeks ago

A rarely used procedural move by a Republican legislator threw the Colorado House into an extended slowdown, after she invoked her right to have a...

Literal reading of budget bill complicates Colorado legislators’ plans for GOP assembly

Updated 2 weeks ago

Republican Rep. Brandi Bradley’s decision to force the full reading of the state budget — called the “long bill” for its obvious length — has...

Colorado GOP votes down bid to ask court to prevent unaffiliated voters from voting in June primary

Updated 2 weeks ago

Members of the Colorado Republican Party’s executive committee rejected a proposal Thursday night to seek an emergency injunction in federal court to prevent unaffiliated voters...