Tag: Jovan Melton
Death penalty passes the House after hours of debate focused on...
Update: This story was originally published on Feb. 25, 2020, when the House passed the death penalty repeal bill by a voice vote. It...
When policy becomes personal: Statehouse friends take opposite sides on Colorado...
Jovan Melton and Rhonda Fields are good friends. He ran her campaign for the state House in 2010, and now they’re both representing Aurora...
“Ban the box” movement takes aim at college applications And this...
Majid Mohammad knows first-hand what a criminal record can do to your self-esteem.
Mohammed, who served seven years behind bars for robbery, wanted to go...
GOP mum on Rep. Lori Saine’s lynching comment, which Dems call...
Colorado House Republicans are not taking a position on a controversial statement about lynching victims that the GOP caucus leader made during a resolution...
Littwin: It was cleanup time at the state Senate, and Baumgardner...
As you’ve probably heard, Randy Baumgardner, the oft-accused sexual harasser who survived an expulsion vote last session, has now resigned from the state Senate....
Debate highlights: Polis and Stapleton on Trump, Bernie, Jovan Melton and...
Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton spent parts of Colorado’s second-to-last gubernatorial debate trying to turn a 1999 police incident involving his opponent, Democratic Congressman...
Colorado lawmakers conclude effort to revamp Capitol’s policy on harassment until...
A select group of lawmakers charged with coming up with ideas for how to change the state Capitol's policy on sexual harassment wrapped up...
Littwin: Jovan Melton’s defenders go on the offensive, and an ugly...
I had House Majority Leader KC Becker on the line when the tweets began rolling in from the Wellington Webb-led news conference, meaning I...
Senate’s gun-rights bills shot down by House Democrats
Just one bill to expand gun rights in Colorado is still standing after a state House committee dispatched three pro-gun bills Wednesday.
That last remaining...
Campaign’s under way to set the record straight on slavery in...
It might come as a surprise, but the Colorado legislature unanimously approved a measure in this year’s session. Yes, approved by every single member....