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Democratic lawmakers take on dark money in elections communications
Last year, at least four campaign fliers showed up in voters’ mailboxes in the Front Range that didn’t disclose who paid for the mailers....
Wouldn’t you love to stay on one time zone year-round? Two lawmakers want to...
Updated: the House Agriculture Committee voted 5-8 (five Republicans in favor, 7 Democrats and one Republican opposed) to the Daylight Saving bill, based largely...
Rep. Joe Salazar rules out run for governor for a shot at attorney general
State Rep. Joe Salazar announced today he will run for Attorney General in the 2018 election. Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, is currently in his...
GOP Senate prez under fire for state transportation tax plan
Reaction from conservative lawmakers and their allies to a transportation bill introduced Wednesday afternoon has been swift and from some, brutal.
The plan would seek voter approval to...
Midpoint in the Garden of the General Assembly
Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed roughly 33 bills into law in the past week. You’d be hard pressed to name even one of them....
Lawmakers draft bill that relies on sales tax hike to pay for state’s transportation...
With the 2017 General Assembly just days from its halfway mark, a bill to remedy some of the state’s biggest transportation headaches showed up...
Transgender Coloradans hope third time’s the charm for change in birth certificate law
For Colorado native Todd Garrity, the realization that his female anatomy did not match his knowledge that he was a boy struck the day...
Sen. Rhonda Fields on news of possible retrial of son’s killer: “It just shakes...
Sir Mario Owens, currently sitting on death row for the murders of three people, could end up with a new trial because of alleged...
Oil and gas tampering bill moves on to state House
The state Senate this morning gave its final okay to a bill that would make tampering with oil and gas equipment a felony punishable...
Coal rolling regulation rolls through the House
Imagine you’re sitting down one evening to dinner on the patio of a restaurant. Just as you’re about to take your first bite, a...