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In wake of Suncor settlement, lawmakers double down on toxic emissions...
State air regulators last week reached a $9 million settlement with Suncor, the owner of the oil refinery in Commerce City, for violating the...
Death penalty passes the House after hours of debate focused on...
Update: This story was originally published on Feb. 25, 2020, when the House passed the death penalty repeal bill by a voice vote. It...
Colorado’s criminal justice system has a mental health crisis. Will the...
Officials agree that growing numbers of people with mental health disorders in Colorado’s criminal justice system is a crisis.
But, in a hearing this week...
The growing movement to force change at Aurora’s troubled ICE detention...
In recent months, a steady beat of complaints and official reports have painted a picture of dehumanizing, and, at times, dangerous conditions within the...
Fearing Polis veto, lawmakers neuter bill meant to limit ICE’s reach...
No sweeping immigrant rights bill will be passed this year in Colorado, after all.
Lawmakers still hope to pass something in the coming days, but...
A bill to protect Colorado’s immigrants imploded. Will a second try...
What would have been Colorado’s most significant immigrant rights bill in years flamed out in dramatic fashion earlier this month, causing a rift in...
‘From rage to heartbreak’: How a landmark immigration bill fell apart...
A landmark immigrant rights bill that sought to limit federal immigration enforcement in Colorado imploded before it was ever introduced, leaving advocates, lobbyists and...
Jared Polis, longtime advocate for immigrants, could now stand in way...
Gov. Jared Polis, who ardently supported immigrants’ rights as both a philanthropist and Congress member, may be the biggest obstacle to immigration reform measures...
Bennet-backing Latino leaders demand apology from Romanoff for photoshop blunder
A coalition of Colorado Latino leaders who mostly back Sen. Michael Bennet in the campaign for U.S. Senate blasted Andrew Romanoff for a photo-doctoring...