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Vote to expel GOP Baumgardner over harassment claims fails in Colorado’s Senate
A Republican state senator in Colorado will keep his job despite allegations of sexual harassment after the upper chamber on Monday voted against a...
Lawmakers make another attempt at closing the state’s digital divide
This story was originally published on Feb. 2 and updated on April 2 after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the bill into law.
For Senator Don...
Colorado House approves budget that cuts spending for private prisons despite projected rise in...
Lawmakers are rolling the dice in an effort to drive down the state’s prison population.
The $28.9 billion state budget approved Thursday includes no...
Short Take: Littwin on Baumgardner — should he stay or should he go?
As far as I can tell, there are two scenarios for the Randy Baumgardner saga. Either Friday is the deadline for Baumgardner to resign...
Same-sex marriage cake case renews effort to legalize discrimination on religious grounds
Anyone who thought the 1990s culture wars in Colorado were over hasn't been following efforts by Republicans in the state House of Representatives.
A...
Here’s how Colorado schools would spend an extra $100 million (or more) from the...
Update: By Friday, the JBC had set aside $150 million to increase funding to schools.
Legislators on the Joint Budget Committee unanimously decided last week...
Swing district Republicans hope promise of smaller government will woo unaffiliated voters
At Saturday’s Jefferson County Republican assembly, one message came through loud and clear: If Republicans want to keep their hold on the state Senate,...
Senate Dems back transportation bill that lets voters decide how they want to pay...
After a scramble on the Senate floor late Wednesday night, lawmakers reached an agreement on a top priority transportation funding bill.
Prior to the...
Lawmakers at odds with Hickenlooper administration over leasing private prison
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration doubled down on its calls to open a shuttered private prison, saying efforts by lawmakers to enact sentencing reforms instead...
Littwin: State Senate’s decision to kill bump-stock ban should count as campaign gift for...
In the least surprising — and yet, possibly dumbest — news of the week from the Colorado legislature, the Senate GOP decided to kill...