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Pinnacol separation bill delayed as Colorado budget remains in flux due to $1.5B deficit
Updated 9 hours ago
A bill that would allow Pinnacol Assurance to formally sever its remaining ties with the state appears unlikely to emerge anytime soon, as House leaders...
Colorado legislators consider $500 million in general fund cuts amid $1.5 billion deficit
Updated 1 day ago
The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee is working through a list Wednesday of about 150 suggestions to cut as much as $1.5 billion in general fund...
Colorado farmers begin spring planting season with soaring fertilizer costs and price-gouging fears
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As Colorado farmers prepare their fields for spring planting, many are sounding the alarm over fertilizer prices that have surged far beyond what they say...
Colorado Democrats want large corporations to pay fee if employees are on Medicaid
Updated 2 days ago
Democrats are seeking to require Colorado’s largest corporations to pay thousands of dollars for each employee that relies on the Medicaid program for health insurance....
Farmworker overtime bill advances after lengthy debate in Colorado Senate
Updated 2 days ago
Colorado Agriculture Day: A feast for the ears, eyes and stomachs
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Pueblo man held in Afghanistan for more than a year released, Taliban says
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Wildlife agency asks for $450,000 to bring more wolves to Colorado
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Colorado lawmakers mull renaming César Chávez Day to Farm Workers Day
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Colorado Sen. Mike Weissman calls for cold water on heated hate speech
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Ethics panel dismisses complaint against Colorado agency chief Dan Gibbs
Updated 3 days ago
It’s time to let unaffiliated voters caucus | Vince Bzdek
Updated 6 days ago
Proposed data center regulation in Colorado draws critics, backers
Updated 1 week ago
Colorado revenue forecast worsens, pushing budget shortfall to nearly $1.5B
Updated 1 week ago
The latest revenue forecasts from economists at the state Capitol show that the state’s budget predicament has worsened — by hundreds of millions of dollars...
With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as lawmakers face budget shortfall
Updated 1 week ago
The Polis administration is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the state’s prison system, just as Colorado’s legislators are bracing for a...
Costs explode for Colorado program covering pregnant women and children living in the U.S. illegally
Updated 1 week ago
A state program providing health care to pregnant women and children living in the country illegally is costing far more than lawmakers expected, with expenses...
Costs explode for Colorado program covering pregnant women and children living in the U.S. illegally
Updated 1 week ago
A state program providing health care to pregnant women and children living in the country illegally is costing far more than lawmakers expected, with expenses...
Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR
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After ‘winter of defeat,’ Colorado hopes for wetter summer
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Colorado ethics panel tells legislator to attend sexual harassment training
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What are metro districts?
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Who has the power to declare war? | Cronin and Loevy
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Roasts, get yer roasts, here: Capitol M | Week of March 14, 2026
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House Ethics Committee to begin hearing on Weinberg complaint
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Colorado plans to slash interim committee work amid budget woes
Updated 2 weeks ago
Denver airport gears up for spring break as TSA employees miss first paycheck
Updated 2 weeks ago
As a Washington, D.C. showdown over immigration enforcement halts Department of Homeland Security funding, thousands of federal airport security screeners will miss their first paychecks...
Senate committee moves forward with Colorado ballot measure to redirect TABOR refunds to schools
Updated 2 weeks ago
A Senate panel on Thursday voted along party lines to move forward with a bill that would ask voters for permission to eliminate Taxpayer’s Bill...
Wolf depredation payouts in Colorado top $700,000 in 2025
Updated 2 weeks ago
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $706,000 in wolf depredation claims for 2025 during its March meeting last week, an amount that...
Colorado auditor finds serious issues with labor agency’s unemployment insurance accounting
Updated 2 weeks ago
Colorado’s state auditors found serious issues with the accounting practices of the unemployment insurance division of the Department of Labor and Employment, concluding the agency...
Colorado open records bill dies in Senate committee
Updated 2 weeks ago
Can deliberation save democracy? | Vince Bzdek
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