Colorado Political Coverage

Lawmakers convened at the State Capitol Friday for the first day of a special legislative session focused on providing property tax relief next year. Bipartisan collaboration seems unlikely as Democrat and Republican proposals remain at odds and several GOP bills have already been killed.

The failure of some high-profile bills has one supporter wondering, could leaders have made it easier for these policies to get through?

While Democrats won major victories this year — significantly strengthening Colorado’s gun laws and passing new protections for abortion and gender affirming care — the session ended bruisingly for the party, with simmering frustrations bursting into public view.

The legislature convenes Monday for a session that could see Colorado move further to the left on social and environmental issues.

The centrist side of Colorado’s Republican Party easily won all three statewide primaries on Tuesday night, sweeping away right-wing challengers who had focused on election denial and culture wars.

Coram promised to be a drama-free, get-it-done replacement to Boebert in Washington. But 3rd District GOP voters decided instead to stay the course with Boebert, despite all of her controversies.

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657 bills. 120 days. 6 big takeaways.

Elizabeth Reiter’s family was not by her side on Mother’s Day in 2020, when she was fighting pneumonia and a blood infection in a Denver hospital. The coronavirus pandemic was just starting to rage, and hospitals were keeping visitors out to limit the spread of the virus.

Sponsor Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Boulder County, said the restrictions were needed because bobcat deaths were “out of control” in recent years.