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Capitol Dispatch

Colorado lawmaker facing ethics complaint

Colorado’s ethics watchdog has decided to proceed with a complaint against Republican Rep. Kim Ransom of Lone Tree for allegedly violating the state’s ban on...

State lawmaker takes aim at school tests tied to contempt charge

State Rep. Tim Leonard, who spent a couple weeks in jail last month on contempt charges stemming, in part, from his effort to opt...

Indy reporter Marianne Goodland on Sunday’s Politics Unplugged

Indy reporter Marianne Goodland, a longtime legislative reporter, joined KMGH anchor Anne Trujillo on Sunday to talk about what Coloradans can expect from the...
John Hickenlooper at his 2017 State of the State address. (Photo by Allen Tian)

Hickenlooper plays it safe with State of the State

Analysis Gov. John Hickenlooper played it safe today. After two years of fighting with majority Republicans in the state Senate and not getting the results he...

Opening Day 2017 Colorado General Assembly: the day in pictures

Photographer Allen Tian captured the first moments of the 2017 Colorado General Assembly, with a look at some of the lawmakers and their families...

Opening Day at the Colorado General Assembly: One day down, 119 to go

The 2017 session of the Colorado General Assembly already had distinguished itself before today’s Opening Day. It includes the first Latina Speaker of the House,...

Fake pee may be flushed by state lawmakers

Marijuana sales in Colorado topped $1 billion last year. That may have triggered an upswing in the sale of another product: synthetic urine, which...

Hospital provider fee dead, or at least on life support, for 2017

An intense two-year battle between Colorado’s outgoing Senate president and the outgoing speaker of the House appears to be ending right along with the...

The Colorado General Assembly begins its 2017 session next week. Here’s what you can...

Quick — name the biggest accomplishment of the 2016 General Assembly. And no fair counting the budget — it’s the only thing lawmakers legally...

Hickenlooper: Colorado must continue on its own path

A somewhat pensive Gov. John Hickenlooper sat down with members of the media today to reflect on Tuesday’s election, discussing what it portends for...
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