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Lawmakers are rolling the dice in an effort to drive down the state’s prison population.
The $28.9 billion state budget approved Thursday includes no...
Anyone who thought the 1990s culture wars in Colorado were over hasn't been following efforts by Republicans in the state House of Representatives.
A...
Update: By Friday, the JBC had set aside $150 million to increase funding to schools.
Legislators on the Joint Budget Committee unanimously decided last week...
At Saturday’s Jefferson County Republican assembly, one message came through loud and clear: If Republicans want to keep their hold on the state Senate,...
After a scramble on the Senate floor late Wednesday night, lawmakers reached an agreement on a top priority transportation funding bill.
Prior to the...
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration doubled down on its calls to open a shuttered private prison, saying efforts by lawmakers to enact sentencing reforms instead...