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Where does Colorado’s Congressional delegation stand on gun access?

WASHINGTON – A heated debate over gun control awaits the U.S. Congress when lawmakers return to Capitol Hill next month, but Colorado Republicans don't...

An Atlas of American Gun Violence

About the Data This map was built with data collected by Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization that gathers and verifies information about incidents of gun...

Wiretap: We know much more about the Las Vegas massacre, but...

We know more about the Las Vegas killer. We know more about the guns he used. We know more about the elaborate setup in...

Wiretap: Finding Michael Phelps’ human side; biased policing, and, yes, Trump

It doesn't seem to matter which city's police force is investigated. The answer is always the same. This time the city is Baltimore,  and...

Littwin: Was Trump joking or is he just a really sore...

  It was inevitable, I guess, that we'd finally get to the point in this presidential campaign when we'd be debating whether or not Donald...

Three bills to expand gun rights hit the 2016 Colorado legislature

Colorado has a long history of wrangling over gun rights. This legislative session will be no exception.   Lawmakers in Colorado, including one state Senator who's...

Walking Dead: Doomed-to-die bills and the Colorado lawmakers breathing life into...

Each session, zombie bills lurk at the Colorado Capitol. Minimum wage increases, high-capacity-magazine-ban repeals, the Parent's Bill of Rights, the gay-conversion-therapy ban – these are just...

Newsmaker Q&A: Rep. Dan Thurlow, voting his conscience and taking the...

Freshman lawmaker Rep. Dan Thurlow, a Republican from Grand Junction, has been making a lot of headlines lately for voting with Democrats. He ran...