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Coming to a ballot near you this November – no statewide...

Colorado voters will get a bit of a respite this year, now that there isn’t anyone or any group planning to run a ballot...

Gov says: No special session for you!

After more than a week of speculation, Gov. John Hickenlooper today put to an end the idea that he might call lawmakers back for...

Budget debate turns into House ruckus over sanctuary cities

The road to next year’s state budget hit some bumps in the last 24 hours, with the House coming to a standstill twice over...

Businesses that short their workers no longer protected by “trade secrets”...

Finding out which businesses cheat workers out of their fairly-earned wages - whether making them work off the clock, not paying overtime or not...

Senate’s gun-rights bills shot down by House Democrats

Just one bill to expand gun rights in Colorado is still standing after a state House committee dispatched three pro-gun bills Wednesday. That last remaining...

What did lawmakers do for Jane Coloradan and her family this...

  Hi, I'm Jane. I'm a 34-year-old married mom of two living in a Denver suburb. Like the typical Colorado family, my husband and I...

State Senate control still up in the air late Friday

All eyes remain on the Resolution Room at the Adams County Government Center in Brighton.

Republicans lick chops at prospect of state Senate control

With a one-seat Democratic majority in Colorado’s State Senate (18-17) and at least seven races in play, the calculus for dominance in the legislature’s...

Bruce Kicks Himself Out of Legislative Clout

I was wrong. Colorado Rep. Doug Bruce's apparent inability to utter those three words after kicking a newspaper photographer could cost him most of his...