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Money, social issues look for another path onto Colorado’s 2020 ballot...

Before coronavirus, Colorado voters were facing the likelihood of a long November ballot — pages filled with questions about hot-button issues such as paid...

Littwin: You make the forecast — could Colorado really be ready...

This forecast just in: April 26 will come and April 26 will go, and Colorado will not, sadly, be reopened. It’s actually more of a...

In wake of oil and gas tax audit, advocates seek penalties...

An anti-fracking group is calling on state regulators to impose fines on oil and gas companies that have failed to report well production data...

Scenes from the opening day of the 2020 legislative session Democrats...

Colorado lawmakers returned to the statehouse Wednesday for the opening of the 2020 legislative session. It's a largely ceremonial day marked by speeches laying...

Some Colorado residents want their local governments to ban fracking. Here’s...

Editors note: This story was originally published on Dec. 23, 2019. On Tuesday, at 11 a.m., environmental advocates are planning a news conference at...

Here are five hot spots of the 2020 legislative session Businesses...

A political advertisement, paid for by a Washington, D.C.-based group made up of mostly drugmakers, insurance companies and private hospitals, aired last month on...

Dems set carbon-cutting goal of 50% by 2030; activists call it...

Update: The bill, HB-1261, passed the House on April 16 by a 41-23 party-line vote.  Political realities inside the Gold Dome are tempering lawmakers’ efforts...

Bill to regulate oil and gas advances, pitting pro-environment Dems and...

Editor's note: This bill has bounced back and forth between the House and Senate as final amendments are made. The most recent action was...

Bold climate-action legislation for Colorado nears rollout; Polis, Speaker Becker wrangle...

Colorado lawmakers are on the brink of introducing legislation that would set the state on course to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions drastically over...

‘From rage to heartbreak’: How a landmark immigration bill fell apart...

A landmark immigrant rights bill that sought to limit federal immigration enforcement in Colorado imploded before it was ever introduced, leaving advocates, lobbyists and...