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Effort to leverage rural Internet grant money to ensure net neutrality...

This story was updated on April 24 to include a vote by the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs. The committee voted down the...

Hickenlooper delivers final State of the State address

Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered his final State of the State address on Thursday, laying out his priorities for the homestretch of his eight-year tenure...

Budget battles likely to overshadow education issues as Colorado legislature convenes

Colorado lawmakers started the day Wednesday with pledges of bipartisanship and odes to the Colorado way.  Then Republicans in the state Senate promptly sent a...

Gov says: No special session for you!

After more than a week of speculation, Gov. John Hickenlooper today put to an end the idea that he might call lawmakers back for...

Governor delays decision on special session

Gov. John Hickenlooper’s spokesperson this morning said the governor would not be making an expected announcement today on whether he would call lawmakers back to...

Governor considers special session on roads, broadband

Two of the biggest state issues that weren’t settled in the 2017 legislative session may get one more shot this year. Gov. John Hickenlooper said...

Civil and digital rights advanced

notes on the 111th day of the 2014 legislative session

House approves historic public education funding; rural broadband heads to Senate

Notes from the 92nd day of the 2014 legislative session.

House goes rural: expanding broadband and streamlining education

Notes from the 91st day of the 2014 legislative session.

Will bills to expand rural broadband gut consumer protections?

Colorado’s legislature is set to consider fundamental reform to state telecommunications policy – changes that could risk undoing decades of hard-won regulations guaranteeing access to telephone landlines at rates people can afford.