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Video: A day of pomp as Colorado’s 2019 legislative session wraps

Colorado has a lay legislature that makes laws each year from January to May. This session, Democrats took control of the House, Senate and governor’s...

Colorado Senate rejects nicotine tax that would have boosted preschool spending

A proposed nicotine tax backed by Gov. Jared Polis was rejected by the Colorado Senate Thursday night. The proposal would have allowed Colorado to double...

The race for this suburban state Senate seat presents challenges for...

State Rep. Brittany Pettersen sat before an 18-member state legislative committee to present a package of bills she helped write aimed at creating more...

Littwin: Who’s the bigger culprit in sexual harassment report—Boob Grabber or...

Which is the bigger scandal — that yet another investigator has concluded that Randy “Boob Grabber” Baumgardner is a serial sexual harasser or that...

Short take: Littwin on where sexual politics meets plain old politics...

Come to the Colorado Senate to see where sexual politics and, well, plain old politics clash. Senate President Kevin Grantham has made it clear...

Littwin: Not sure we needed the lesson, but Baumgardner shows us...

If there’s anything we’ve learned during the #MeToo movement, it’s how to apologize and how not to. And so I think we can all agree...

Homestretch: The four Colorado Senate races to watch

  One seat. That’s all that separates the Democrat Party from control of the Colorado Senate. It’s all going to come down to what it always...

Bill Cadman thanked AFP for his rise to rule the Colorado...

  Last Tuesday, a smattering of Colorado state lawmakers were at the University Club a few blocks from the Capitol waiting to see what grade...

Colorado primary: State legislative races unseat multiple incumbent Republicans

Fifty-one wannabe lawmakers found out Tuesday night whether they’ll be moving on to the general election contests in November. There were more than a...

Keyser admits personal financial disclosures inaccurate and months late

U.S. Senate candidate and former state Rep. Jon Keyser of Morrison has another problem that his opponents claim goes to his credibility. And it’s...