Capitol Coverage
KSUT is a member of Capitol Coverage, a collaborative public policy reporting project, providing news and analysis to communities across Colorado for more than a decade. Fifteen public radio stations participate in Capitol Coverage from throughout Colorado.
Capitol Coverage stories are edited at KUNC in Greeley, Colorado.
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Colorado’s 2024 lawmaking term ended with notable civility in comparison to the tense final days of last year’s session. This year, lawmakers came together to pass flagship legislation on property taxes, education funding, housing, and gun control.
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Gov. Jared Polis and top Democrats announced an agreement with the fossil fuel industry and environmental advocates to avert a ballot box fight in November. As part of the deal, lawmakers scrapped more aggressive regulatory proposals in place of two new bills, with just days left in the legislative session.
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Significant rollbacks to state-level requirements in the bill, which is backed by Gov. Jared Polis, have done little to sway opposition, which ranges from Colorado cities and towns to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
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A bipartisan bill to be introduced this week in the state Senate would create the Colorado River Drought Task Force to develop legislation for next year’s legislative session.
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Colorado voters approved Proposition 122 in November, which decriminalized psilocybin, the psychoactive chemical found in so-called magic mushrooms, and other psychedelic substances for personal and therapeutic use. State lawmakers are rolling out the legal framework in a soon-to-be introduced bill.
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Gov. Jared Polis signed three reproductive healthcare bills on Friday that protect and expand access to abortions and gender-affirming care in Colorado. They also regulate anti-abortion pregnancy centers and mandate insurance coverage for reproductive healthcare and sexually transmitted infections.
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Lawmakers want to abolish residential growth restrictions as part of far-reaching land use reforms to increase housing inventory and fight rising prices.
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A new bill introduced this week in the state legislature would make historic advances in voting access for Colorado’s two Native American tribes. It would also expand access to students and inmates, and make changes to ballot counts, election transparency and campaign finance.
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Republican delay tactics are threatening the passage of hundreds of bills at the Colorado statehouseRepublicans in the state House of Representatives continue to stage filibusters, throwing the legislative schedule into question.
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Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic state lawmakers announced a proposal last week to address Colorado’s housing affordability crisis. It would change land-use rules in big cities, resort communities, and small towns.
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Democrats invoked a rarely-used rule to limit Republican filibusters during a rare weekend meeting of the House focused on gun bills.
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Senate President Steve Fenberg told students Thursday that gun-control measures in the legislature will be signed into law, and soon.