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Senate narrowly passes red-flag bill, 18-17; measure expected to advance...

Editor's note:  With an 18-17 vote, the Senate Thursday afternoon narrowly passed Colorado's controversial red-flag bill, would allow police to temporarily confiscate a person’s firearms...

Guns, guns and more gun (bills) at the state Capitol this...

Update: In a hearing that lasted for more than eight hours, the House State Affairs Committee Wednesday killed all three gun bills on its...

This isn’t the Trump whistleblower’s first toot

  The Internet is buzzing this morning over a blog post from a woman claiming to be a former strategist for presidential candidate Donald Trump...

Former Colorado House Majority Leader Amy Stephens on women in politics...

In Colorado over the past few election cycles, partisan sniping and ideological battles have moved beyond distracting and annoying to become scary. Exaggerated and...

GOP sets sights on state Senate

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners is stirring it up in three GOP Senate primaries.

Critics see proposed ethics commission cure as bad medicine

Although critics say it would do more damage than good, in a building brimming with possible defendants, the bill might gain traction.

Embattled Herpin likely to draw more heat for gun-politics past

The furor over the state senator's 100-round ammo magazine remarks may be diminishing but, as his record on gun rights draws more scrutiny, it may well flare up all over again.

Colorado state senators make nice on opening day

Opening day in the Colorado Senate was about comity and comedy. There were lots of jokes. How long will the good feelings last?

Republicans ready to rain on Democrats’ planned sunny-day legislature

  DENVER-- If you can measure anything by opening day speeches, the ones given in the House here today suggest the 2014 legislative session is...

Littwin: Colorado’s coming unpredictable pre-election post-recall legislative session

Last year's rollicking session was about setting the terms for the election-year debate. Last summer's jarring recall elections assured this year's session will be about replaying those same debates, over and over and over again.