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Aurora police killed a grandfather defending his home. Now his family...
On June 27, Aurora police officer Drew Limbaugh fired 11 bullets into an armed man during an exchange in a dark parking lot of...
For Colorado citizens, a deal with prosecutors could mean a clean...
Here’s a process that plays out hundreds of times every year in Colorado: A person is charged with a low-level crime such as simple...
Proposed “red flag” law introduced with bipartisan support but dies in...
This story was updated on May 8 to indicate that the bill died in the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.
State lawmakers introduced...
House Democrats plan to nix bonding measure from Senate’s transportation bill
House Democrats rejected a Republican-backed plan to use bonding to help pay for the state's ailing transportation infrastructure when they announced a funding proposal...
Senate Dems back transportation bill that lets voters decide how they...
After a scramble on the Senate floor late Wednesday night, lawmakers reached an agreement on a top priority transportation funding bill.
Prior to the...
Lawmakers at odds with Hickenlooper administration over leasing private prison
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration doubled down on its calls to open a shuttered private prison, saying efforts by lawmakers to enact sentencing reforms instead...
Stalking, sex assault victims could break rental leases under bill awaiting...
Update: the House and Senate have agreed on a final version of the bill, and it is on its way to the governor Friday morning for...
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...
Stalking, sexual assault victims may be able to break rental agreements...
Women’s groups, advocates for the homeless and those who support victims of sexual assault or stalking are cheering a near-unanimous vote today on a...
Senate Republicans to take on energy in next session
With a new pro-fossil fuels administration headed to Washington, Republicans in the state Senate are seizing the opportunity to shore up Colorado's sluggish mining...