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Where’s Leroy Garcia? Supporters of Colorado’s Senate president tout his hands-off...

When one of your first jobs involves collecting several dead bodies every day for six months in the 110-degree heat of an Iraqi war...

Colorado activists bank on midterm blue wave to pass 2019 law...

Note: This story has been updated to include comments from 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler. Opponents of the death penalty — hoping to capitalize...

A record number of Latinos to join the state legislature, but...

On Wednesday afternoon, about 24 hours after the polls closed, Rochelle Galindo was at her mother’s house in Greeley watching the votes trickle in...

Vote to expel GOP Baumgardner over harassment claims fails in Colorado’s...

A Republican state senator in Colorado will keep his job despite allegations of sexual harassment after the upper chamber on Monday voted against a...

Littwin: The #MeToo message is loud and clear, but so many...

As you may have noticed, the #MeToo movement has marched into the state legislature and doesn't seem ready to leave any time soon. As I...

Another senator accused of sexual harassment as other investigations drag on

Allegations of sexual misconduct continue to rattle the state Capitol this session. Sen. Larry Crowder, R-Alamosa, became the fifth lawmaker this session to be...

Colorado Legislature 2018: Shortfalls in a time of plenty

When lawmakers drive to Denver next week to convene the 2018 legislative session, they will see about a dozen cranes across the city’s skyline,...

Governor signs omnibus rural Colorado bill

Gov. John Hickenlooper this morning signed into law a bill that is expected to help save up to a dozen rural hospitals and provide...

Bill to save rural hospitals on its way to the governor

With the 11-hour passage today—the final day of the state’s 2017 General Assembly—of a sweeping and hard-fought-for bill to spare rural hospitals from decimating...

Bill to save rural hospitals survives Republican headwinds, up for final...

The sweeping omnibus bill to save rural hospitals, provide a one-time funding boost to rural schools and a tax break for small business is...