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Environment/Energy

In wake of Suncor settlement, lawmakers double down on toxic emissions...

John Herrick -
State air regulators last week reached a $9 million settlement with Suncor, the owner of the oil refinery in Commerce City, for violating the...
The state Capitol on Jan. 8, 2020, the opening day of the session. (Photo by John Herrick)
2020 Legislative Session

Death penalty passes the House after hours of debate focused on...

John Herrick -
Update: This story was originally published on Feb. 25, 2020, when the House passed the death penalty repeal bill by a voice vote. It...
Capitol Dispatch

Colorado’s criminal justice system has a mental health crisis. Will the...

Alex Burness -
Officials agree that growing numbers of people with mental health disorders in Colorado’s criminal justice system is a crisis.  But, in a hearing this week...
Protesters line up outside the ICE detention center for immigrants in Aurora Friday at the No More Deaths/No Más Muertes demonstration. (Photo by Grace Carson.)
Immigration

The growing movement to force change at Aurora’s troubled ICE detention...

Alex Burness -
In recent months, a steady beat of complaints and official reports have painted a picture of dehumanizing, and, at times, dangerous conditions within the...
2019 Colorado legislature

Fearing Polis veto, lawmakers neuter bill meant to limit ICE’s reach...

Alex Burness -
No sweeping immigrant rights bill will be passed this year in Colorado, after all. Lawmakers still hope to pass something in the coming days, but...
Areli Gonzales Lopez, 3, is held by her mother, Sandra Lopez, at a rally at the Colorado State Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. The rally was in support of Virginia's Law, which would limit the extent to which officials in Colorado can cooperate with ICE. (Photo by Evan Semón)
2019 Colorado legislature

A bill to protect Colorado’s immigrants imploded. Will a second try...

Alex Burness -
What would have been Colorado’s most significant immigrant rights bill in years flamed out in dramatic fashion earlier this month, causing a rift in...
Supporters of Virginia's Law rallied Feb. 27 at the Capitol. (Photo by Evan Semón)
Capitol Dispatch

‘From rage to heartbreak’: How a landmark immigration bill fell apart...

Alex Burness -
A landmark immigrant rights bill that sought to limit federal immigration enforcement in Colorado imploded before it was ever introduced, leaving advocates, lobbyists and...
Areli Gonzales Lopez, 3, is held by her mother, Sandra Lopez, at a rally at the Colorado State Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. The rally was in support of Virginia's Law, which would limit the extent to which officials in Colorado can cooperate with ICE. (Photo by Evan Semón)
Capitol Dispatch

Jared Polis, longtime advocate for immigrants, could now stand in way...

Alex Burness -
Gov. Jared Polis, who ardently supported immigrants’ rights as both a philanthropist and Congress member, may be the biggest obstacle to immigration reform measures...
Blog

Bennet-backing Latino leaders demand apology from Romanoff for photoshop blunder

Joseph Boven -
A coalition of Colorado Latino leaders who mostly back Sen. Michael Bennet in the campaign for U.S. Senate blasted Andrew Romanoff for a photo-doctoring...

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