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Tag: Jared Polis
Citing flaws in Colorado’s criminal justice system, lawmakers move to repeal...
In 2004, Alex Perez, then in prison on a murder conviction, was charged with killing a fellow inmate at the Limon Correctional Facility. He...
Ask The Indy: How far will Colorado Democrats go with gun...
The Ask the Indy project is a way for our readers who’ve got pressing questions on policy and politics to put them directly to...
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...
Ask the Indy: What’s going on with universal health care in...
Steve Winters, a 55-year-old retired small business owner from Denver, has a straightforward question for The Colorado Independent: What are lawmakers and the governor doing...
Will Toor, head of the Colorado Energy Office, on climate change...
The Colorado Energy Office has become a key battlefield in the fight over the state’s energy future. In 2017, disagreement over whether the office...
Kate Greenberg, Colorado’s new ag commissioner, on climate change and mental...
Kate Greenberg, 31, has spent most of her adult life advocating for agriculture, a calling that’s taken her from farmers’ kitchens in the rural...
Day 1 of the Denver teachers’ strike: Scenes from the...
More than half of Denver Public Schools teachers stayed off the job Monday, triggering mass student walkouts and chaos in the hallways of some...
Death penalty repeal: Capitol Dems say ‘full steam ahead’ on legislation...
Twenty states have banned or suspended the death penalty, and this could be the year Colorado joins them. Public support for capital punishment is...
Polis calls for re-opening Cañon City prison as back-up to reform...
This story was updated at 4 p.m. on Friday with reaction from lawmakers and edited for clarity
Gov. Jared Polis wants to re-open a mothballed...
State lawmakers allot $2 million for overtime pay as prison guard...
State lawmakers allocated $2 million to the Department of Corrections on Thursday to help cover the costs of overtime pay for prison guards for...