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Tina Peters, convicted on several counts and sentenced to nearly nine years in prison, was released early after Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence.

One bill was focused on social media platforms and collaboration with law enforcement while the other was concerned with automated driving.

Budget pressures, policy compromises and intraparty tensions shaped this year's session under Colorado's Gold Dome.

The controversial commutation follows a months-long pressure campaign from the Trump administration to free Tina Peters.

The question will appear on the statewide ballot in November.

The Colorado Sun and Colorado Capitol News Alliance parsed through nearly 650 pieces of legislation debated in the legislature this year to find the ones that will most directly impact people's lives — or would have had they passed.

Sponsors added a tax incentive, but it was not enough to get the bill passed.

The two top Democrat candidates for governor answer questions of affordability, water, jobs and more in debate sponsored by CPR News, Denver7 and The Denver Post.

A Democrat who attended the Opportunity Caucus’ Vail retreat last year sided with Republicans to kill the measure.