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Update: The House Judiciary Committee voted 6-5 along party lines to kill the bill on Tuesday.
A last-ditch effort to open a controversial high-security prison...
House Democrats rejected a Republican-backed plan to use bonding to help pay for the state's ailing transportation infrastructure when they announced a funding proposal...
A bipartisan compromise on the future of the embattled Colorado Civil Rights Commission – one of the most politically fraught bills of this legislative...
Teachers dressed in red shirts circled the state Capitol this afternoon, demanding more money for K-12 education and a secure retirement pension. This was...
Update: The Senate Appropriations Committee, controlled by Republicans, killed this bill on Tuesday, May 1.
Jessica Higgins never reported. After she was raped her freshman...
This story was updated on May 3 to state that the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee killed the bill 3-2.
Colorado lawmakers want...