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Phil Weiser wins top spot in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary at party’s state assembly

Mar 28, 2026

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Ernest Luning

Attorney General Phil Weiser’s name will appear first on Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot after his overwhelming win Saturday at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo. Weiser joins U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the June 30 primary for the office held by term-limited Gov. Jared Polis. Bennet, who successfully petitioned onto the ballot, didn’t participate…
Seligman, Bridges, Gonzales lead downballot races heading into Colorado Democrats’ state assembly

Mar 27, 2026

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Ernest Luning

As Colorado Democrats prepare to designate candidates to the June primary ballot at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo on Saturday, three candidates appear poised to win top-line designation in downballot statewide races, according to data compiled by the state party. There isn’t much suspense about the outcome in the two top-ticket races — for…
Judicial fees, furniture under scrutiny as Colorado lawmakers consider budget request

Dec 15, 2025

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Michael Karlik

Members of the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee expressed concerns last week about aspects of the judiciary’s requested $845 million budget for courts and probation, while also hearing about the Judicial Department’s relatively restrained spending over time. “If you adjust for inflation, spending has actually gone down” for the trial courts, said staff analyst Amanda Bickel.…
Bill to add 15 judges heads to Colorado governor’s desk

Mar 13, 2025

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Michael Karlik

Legislation to add 15 new judgeships in trial courts across the state is headed to the governor’s desk for signature, as Colorado’s House of Representatives approved the bill on Thursday with no votes in opposition. Senate Bill 24 is the Judicial Department’s top legislative priority, and was originally intended to add 29 new judgeships over…
Colorado Senate committee advances scaled-back bill to add judgeships, with more cuts looming

Feb 18, 2025

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Michael Karlik

Colorado’s Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill to create roughly two dozen new judgeships by a vote of 5-2 on Friday, in a slightly scaled-back effort to address high judicial workloads in many areas of the state. However, with the legislation now heading to the full Senate, one of its sponsors intends to propose cutting…
Colorado lawmakers introduce 705 bills in 2024 session, 525 approved

May 17, 2024

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Marianne Goodland

Final statistics on the bills offered by lawmakers during the 2024 session are in. As previously reported by Colorado Politics, lawmakers introduced 705 bills. That’s the most since 2019 when 721 bills were introduced, but far short of the record set in 2003, at 735. Here’s what happened to them. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The General…
Appeals court blocks Aurora’s attempt to ‘double dip’ in state, local cigarette tax money

Feb 16, 2023

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Michael Karlik

Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday decided state lawmakers intended to continue prohibiting local governments from receiving their share of centrally-collected cigarette tax revenue if they enact their own sales taxes on cigarettes. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed a 2019 law designed to give localities more control over nicotine products nevertheless blocked…
Colorado program to spend $40M to incentivize innovative affordable housing

Jan 13, 2023

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Hannah Metzger

A new housing housing program will spend $40 million on constructing affordable homes throughout the state – focused on innovative housing structures, such as modular and 3D printed homes. The Colorado’s new Innovative Housing Incentive Program, announced by Gov. Jared Polis on Friday, is expected to help create up to 5,000 high-quality, low-cost housing units in…
Q&A with Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg | At the end of 16 years of public service

Jun 6, 2022

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Marianne Goodland

State Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, is the only one of 100 lawmakers in the 2022 session who has served for a full 16 years: four consecutive two-year terms in the House followed by two consecutive four-year terms in the Senate. First elected in 2006 to the House and in 2014 to the Senate, his district…
Second bill to end daylight saving time introduced in Colorado legislature

Mar 14, 2022

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Hannah Metzger

Two bills are on the legislative agenda this year that hope to end daylight saving time in Colorado. Introduced Friday, House Bill 1297 seeks to make daylight saving time year-round if federal law is changed to allow states to do so. Senate Bill 135, which is also up for consideration, aims to create a statewide ballot measure to…