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How Colorado lawmakers are reacting to Donald Trump— with state laws

Colorado’s legislative session began Wednesday with a signal to Washington, D.C.: We’re watching. On the Democratic side, Thornton Rep. Joe Salazar, who might consider a...

Beyond rain barrels: What this legislative session did — and didn’t...

Authorizing the use of rain barrels wasn’t the only major water decision to come out of the 2016 legislative session, but no matter your...

A small win for immigrant driver’s license program

A broken system that has brought grief and frustration to countless undocumented immigrants seeking Colorado driver's licenses made it one step closer to overhaul Monday evening. After spirited...

Senate climate change deniers battle Clean Power Plan

An anti-Clean Power Plan bill Colorado Senate Republicans insist has “nothing to do with climate change” prompted those same lawmakers to argue on the Senate floor Monday that...

Republicans risk 96 jobs to attack Colorado’s clean air plan

Republicans on Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee put clean air and almost 100 jobs at risk Tuesday when they launched a war against critical environmental funding.  The Republican half...

Latest redistricting proposal bound to fail, say minority lawmakers

Too little, too late. That’s how several minority lawmakers feel about the latest draft of a ballot measure that purports to outlaw gerrymandering in Colorado. Initiative...

Conflicts of interest for Ethics Commission? Lawmakers seek fix.

Lawmakers hoping once again to try and rid the state's anti-corruption agency from its own conflicts of interest might have an unlikely ally in...

Colorado student debt bill sent to kill committee

DENVER -- Democratic leadership in both chambers of the Colorado General Assembly made it clear as the session opened last week that tackling mounting...

Both chambers celebrate April Fools’ Day then pass ‘Right to Try’...

Notes from the 84th day of the 2014 legislative session.

Gessler unbowed on budget shortfall, prepared for battle at the capitol

DENVER -- Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler is not to blame the steep shortfall in his office budget and members of the legislature's powerful bipartisan Joint Budget Committee would see that if only they would fairly review the facts, Gessler writes in a letter responding to committee concerns and delivered in advance of an appearance he is scheduled to make before the committee this week.
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