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It’s time to let unaffiliated voters caucus | Vince Bzdek

Updated 20 hours ago

There’s no getting around it: Colorado’s 3,000 county caucuses, which just wrapped up recently, left half the electorate out in the cold. Since unaffiliated voters...

Colorado Senate committee advances bill increasing overtime threshold for farmworkers

Updated 2 days ago

The struggle to balance farmworker protections with the survival of Colorado’s family farms took center stage Thursday as senators debated two competing overtime bills. The...

Proposed data center regulation in Colorado draws critics, backers

Updated 2 days ago

A packed marathon hearing at the state Capitol in Colorado highlighted the sharp divide between two competing approaches to the effects of data centers, one...

Colorado revenue forecast worsens, pushing budget shortfall to nearly $1.5B

Updated 3 days 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 3 days ago

Costs explode for Colorado program covering pregnant women and children living in the U.S. illegally

Updated 3 days ago

Costs explode for Colorado program covering pregnant women and children living in the U.S. illegally

Updated 3 days ago

Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR

Updated 3 days ago

Colorado Title Board advances competing redistricting proposals, revised Pinnacol measure

Updated 3 days ago

Artificial intelligence working group agrees on framework to replace Colorado law

Updated 4 days ago

After ‘winter of defeat,’ Colorado hopes for wetter summer

Updated 4 days ago

Colorado ethics panel tells legislator to attend sexual harassment training

Updated 5 days ago

What are metro districts?

Updated 6 days ago

Who has the power to declare war? | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 1 week ago

Roasts, get yer roasts, here: Capitol M | Week of March 14, 2026

Updated 1 week ago

The lighter side of the Capitol, especially in the past week Apparently, the pending and eventual switch to daylight stupid time has put people in...

House Ethics Committee to begin hearing on Weinberg complaint

Updated 1 week ago

The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday will begin a hearing requested by Rep. Ron Weinberg, R-Loveland, tied to an ethics complaint filed against him by...

Colorado plans to slash interim committee work amid budget woes

Updated 1 week ago

In a tight-budget year, the work of interim committees — those off-session groups that look at transportation, agriculture, water, healthcare, wildfires, pensions, and anything else...

Denver airport gears up for spring break as TSA employees miss first paycheck

Updated 1 week 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 1 week ago

Wolf depredation payouts in Colorado top $700,000 in 2025

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado auditor finds serious issues with labor agency’s unemployment insurance accounting

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado’s Polis joins coalition of governors urging Congress to reject Trump tariffs

Updated 2 weeks ago

U.S. energy secretary warns Colorado’s energy policies could drive up prices, deter businesses

Updated 2 weeks ago

Split vote by Colorado Title Board stops ballot push to privatize Pinnacol Assurance

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado open records bill dies in Senate committee

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado prostitution decriminalization bill shelved after sponsor says it lacks votes

Updated 2 weeks ago

Bill to roll back Colorado lottery credit card purchases clears Senate committee in tight vote

Updated 2 weeks ago

Can deliberation save democracy? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 weeks ago

Another TABOR fight: Democrats plan to redirect residents’ refunds to K-12 spending

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado voters could decide this fall whether billions of dollars that would otherwise be returned as refunds under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights should instead...

Colorado legislators push dozen-plus energy bills amid debate over emissions goals | ANALYSIS

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado legislators have introduced more than a dozen energy-related bills this year that highlight the sharp partisan split over how aggressively the state should pursue...

Proposed changes to wildfire code would add protections to eastern edge of Colorado Springs

Updated 2 weeks ago

New construction rules may be coming to the higher-risk wildfire areas around Colorado Springs, including the grassland on the city’s eastern side. Colorado Springs Fire...

U.S. House probes reports of fraud, waste in Colorado’s Medicaid program

Updated 2 weeks ago

A congressional committee is probing reports of waste, fraud and abuse in Colorado’s Medicaid program, citing recent stories outlining over-billing in transportation spending and alleged...