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Colorado Sen. Mike Weissman calls for cold water on heated hate speech
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Likening the recent record-setting warm temperatures to hot political rhetoric, Colorado Sen. Mike Weissman, D-Aurora, pleaded for an end to death threats and other hate speech directed at lawmakers of both parties. “The increasingly tragic reality of our politics, however, like the increasingly tragic reality of our climate, is one of combustibility,” Weissman said from the well…
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Colorado Senate swears in Adrienne Benavidez after district vacancy win
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Sen. Adrienne Benavidez, a Democrat from Adams County, was sworn in Monday to the Colorado Senate, just four days after winning a vacancy election in District 21. She was sworn in by Colorado Court of Appeals Justice Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov. Usually, that role is handled by a member of the Colorado Supreme Court,…
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Colorado senators hold heated debate on latest immigration bill
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A bill that would allow individuals who get injured during an immigration action to sue federal agents in state court won preliminary approval from the Colorado Senate on Monday. The bill would permit a “cause of action” by such individuals to sue. It would also permit “legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief”…
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Colorado Senate Democrats choose Sen. Cathy Kipp as president pro tempore
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Senate Democrats on Monday elected Sen. Cathy Kipp, D-Fort Collins, as the next president pro tempore. Kipp replaced former Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, D-Commerce City, who resigned her seat earlier this month. Kipp faced off against Sen. Tony Exum, D-Colorado Springs. The vote total was not announced, although caucus Chair Sen. Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, said…
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Colorado legislators, friends and family pay tribute to late Sen. Faith Winter
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Colorado legislators on Friday, joined by current and former lawmakers, memorialized the late Sen. Faith Winter, noting her contributions to public policy in transportation, family and medical leave, and climate legislation. Winter died in an auto accident on Nov. 26 at the age of 45. Winter’s legacy in the General Assembly, where she served from…
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President Pro Tem Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet to resign from Colorado Senate
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A top Democrat in the Colorado General Assembly is resigning to take a new job. President Pro Tem Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet of Commerce City, who has served in the General Assembly since 2017, will become the director of the David and Laura Merage Foundation for Combating Antisemitism. Her last day is this Friday. The…
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Colorado Senate kicks off 2026 session with bills on competency law, housing, schools and public safety
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The Colorado Senate opened the 2026 legislative session Wednesday with a flurry of policy proposals, including changes to the state’s competency law, tougher penalties for child trafficking, early action on school funding and measures addressing housing, firearms and immigration enforcement. The first of several expected bills addressing the state’s competency law was introduced at the…
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William Lindstedt sworn in to represent Colorado Senate seat left by Faith Winter
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Broomfield Democrat William Lindstedt was officially sworn in as a state senator on Monday, following his appointment by Gov. Jared Polis to fill the seat of the late Sen. Faith Winter. A vacancy committee selected Lindstedt, who had been serving in the House since 2023, to represent Senate District 25 in late December. However, because…
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Colorado Senate Republican put Barbara Kirkmeyer on Joint Budget Committee
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Colorado Senate Republicans on Friday unanimously chose Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer to be the caucus’s representative on the Joint Budget Committee. Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican who is halfway through her first term, replaces Sen. Bob Rankin. The Carbondale Republican was the committee’s longest-serving member, having been on JBC since 2014. He announced Dec. 1 he would…
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Colorado Senate Democrats pass abortion bill on party-line vote, send bill to Polis
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After 13 hours of debate Tuesday and another two hours on Wednesday, the state Senate passed, on a party-line 20-15 vote, House Bill 1279, which would enshrine in Colorado law the unequivocal right to an abortion. The bill was not amended during its passage in the Senate and heads directly to Gov. Jared Polis, who is expected…
