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Five(ish) takeaways from the 2017 legislative session

The 2017 legislative session may have done more for rural Colorado than any session in the past two decades.   “Rural, rural, rural! Music to my...

What’s on tap for the last week of the 2017 legislative...

It’s called sine die, pronounced see-NAY dee-AY. It translates loosely to “on this day and no more.” On Wednesday, the General Assembly is expected to...

State lawmakers hope more affordable condos are in Colorado’s future with...

Update: The House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to send the bill to the full House for debate. House lawmakers...

Why Colorado lawmakers hope this is the year to solve the...

This much perhaps everyone can agree on: Colorado is in an affordable housing crisis, whether you live on the Front Range, Western Slope or...

Indy reporter Marianne Goodland talks statehouse politics on KMGH

Indy reporter Marianne Goodland joined KMGH anchor Anne Trujillo on Sunday, Feb. 19 to talk about the latest news from the Colorado General Assembly. Goodland...

Homebrew: Gov. Hickenlooper endorses Morgan Carroll for U.S House

Guv love It's probably not a big surprise to anybody following the 6th Congressional District race, but Gov. John Hickenlooper announced his support for Democratic...

Construction-defects reformer Mayor Hancock makes campaign calls from office of Colorado’s...

On the morning of January 29, 2015, incumbent Mayoral candidate Michael Hancock spent 90 minutes making campaign calls from the offices of Oakwood Homes,...

Construction-defects bill may have failed, but lobbyists won big

Looking towards a repeat effort to make it more difficult for HOAs to sue developers over construction defects, homebuilders spent $158,000 in direct contributions to state...

Homebuilder advocates increase contributions to Mayor Hancock; he testifies for industry’s...

Homebuilder advocates gave at least $16,200 to Mayor Michael Hancock's reelection campaign, states a report Ethics Watch released today. This is a hike in...

Victims of Denver’s housing stampede weigh in on perennial construction-defects bill

James Roy married three years ago and has a two-year old baby. For nine months he and his wife have been looking to buy...