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Colorado Senate committee advances bill increasing overtime threshold for farmworkers

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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...

Colorado bill to fund mental health care with alcohol taxes defeated in House committee

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A second measure proposing that alcohol producers and wholesalers in Colorado help fund mental health care treatment in the state was narrowly defeated in the...

Lawsuit targets Gov. Polis, Colorado officials for holding juveniles after court‑ordered release

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Colorado officials are facing a lawsuit alleging the state has kept minors in juvenile detention for days or months after judges ordered them released, largely...

Trump switches endorsement back to Jeff Hurd, says Hope Scheppelman is ending run in Colorado’s 3rd CD

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In a surprise twist, President Donald Trump on Friday said he was again endorsing Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd after pulling his support from the...

Set appropriate state guidelines for critical surveillance technology | OPINION

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Puppy trafficking bill promotes inhumane breeding | OPINION

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Conservation Colorado proposes measures aimed at oil and gas companies

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With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as lawmakers face budget shortfall

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

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

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Penny wise but foolish by pounds | Paula Noonan

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Proposed evictions bill fails to improve housing stability while threatening higher rents | OPINION

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Prevention works — invest in conflict prevention with wolves | FEEDBACK

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Colorado Title Board advances competing redistricting proposals, revised Pinnacol measure

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Senate panel advances bill to tighten Colorado sports betting rules amid youth addiction concerns

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A divided panel of lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly advanced a bill to impose new restrictions on Colorado’s booming sports betting industry, as lawmakers cited worries...

Democrat Matt Cavanaugh ends campaign in Colorado’s 5th CD, says petition firm came up short

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Democratic congressional candidate Matt Cavanaugh said Wednesday that he was ending his bid to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th District because...

Colorado voters to decide whether to ban gender surgeries for minors

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Colorado voters will decide this November whether to prohibit gender surgeries for minors and bar public funding or insurance coverage for procedures that alter children’s...

Democrats want to bar use of consumer data to set Colorado prices, employee wages

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A closely divided House committee advanced a bill aimed at curbing the use of personal data to set individualized prices and wages, reviving a proposal...

Colorado’s clean-energy future must be affordable for older adults | PODIUM

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Why Denver should care about conservation easements — even if you’ve never set foot on a ranch | OPINION

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Could it be the end of hunting as we’ve always known it in Colorado? | FEEDBACK

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Artificial intelligence working group agrees on framework to replace Colorado law

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Proposal to levy new fees on alcohol products in Colorado dies

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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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Want to talk to the Colorado legislature? Be nice | Hal Bidlack

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Constituents still message DC — but are our reps even listening? | Miller Hudson

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Access to earned wages increases retention, attendance, morale | OPINION

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Why Colorado businesses should oppose SB26-134 | OPINION

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By Liliana Soto My family has spent the last 30 years building a small piece of Colorado’s food culture. My father founded Las Dos Americas...

Colorado’s workers can’t afford a privatized Pinnacol | OPINION

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By Stephanie Tucker and Dennis Dougherty Pinnacol Assurance plays an important role in Colorado by providing workers’ compensation insurance as a quasi-governmental agency. In Colorado,...

Legislation shifts too big a burden onto family court | OPINION

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By Judi Atwood I know what a family-court snafu looks like because I lived one. In military slang, a snafu is a breakdown so confused...

Colorado voters will decide whether transgender students can join girls’ sports

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A ballot initiative that would require student athletes to only join sports teams that correspond to their biological sex has qualified for the November ballot,...