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Littwin: Don’t try this at home, but imagine if Cory Gardner...

Imagine if Cory Gardner were to hold a town hall meeting with actual constituents during the July 4th recess. You'll have to imagine, of...

After marathon hearings, anti-abortion bills fail on party-line vote

Update: In a hearing that went 11 hours and concluded at 12:30 a.m. Friday morning, the House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee voted along 6-5 party-lines...

Abortion politics hits the 2016 U.S. Senate race in Colorado

  Voters still reeling from TV ad after TV ad about women’s reproductive health issues from the 2014 Colorado U.S. Senate race might be sensing a...

A corpse tampering bill may not be an anti-abortion ruse

Could a bill to make tampering with a corpse be a way Republicans could sneak anti-abortion "personhood" language into state law? Some Democrats think...

Thunderdome 2015: Abortion politics vs. Colorado

“Thunderdome 2015” is The Colorado Independent's wrap-up series on the 2015 legislative season. For a series overview, check out “Thunderdome 2015: 120 days under the...

Littwin: Tim Neville’s Colorado Senate is from another planet

In the upset of the day -- maybe of the legislative year -- a freshman Republican senator from Thornton named Beth Martinez Humenik bucked...

Abortion politics flare as fetal homicide bill advances

DENVER — Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee advanced a fetal homicide bill Wednesday night that, for limited use, would write “personhood” language associated...

‘The Denver Post’ endorses personhood bill while Longmont victim stays neutral

It seems like every year Colorado Republicans try to give fetuses the same rights people have. This year, Senate President Bill Cadman and the GOP...

Personhood, racetrack gaming and GMO labeling lose — gov transparency wins

Democrats were in dire need of a pick-me-up Tuesday, and the Vote No on 67 rally was the only party around.

Gardner ousts Udall from U.S. Senate

At the Hyatt Regency DTC on Tuesday night, everyone was a resident of Yuma. Or wanted to be. “Is anyone here from Yuma?” asked Senator-elect...