Republicans end Dems’ House supermajority as legislative dominos fall in Senate
The makeup of Colorado’s Legislature is beginning to look a bit different than it appeared it would look when election night wrapped up one month…
Legislative Session
Budget cuts could shrink funding for highways
Colorado’s ability to build and fix the highways that are key to transporting goods and people could take a $110 million hit in the next…
Democrats want to nix Labor Peace Act provision in order to boost Colorado unions
A group of Democratic legislators hopes to upend Colorado’s 81-year-old Labor Peace Act governing workforce unionization, saying Tuesday that they will introduce a bill to…
Polis: Pinnacol conversion plan is as much about aiding company as it is about balancing budget
Gov. Jared Polis’ pitch to convert Pinnacol Assurance into an independent company is being driven not just by money it could generate for the state…
Colorado House caucuses elect officers even as two races hang in the balance
Colorado House Democrats held fast to most of their current leadership slate in a caucus election held Monday, even as continued vote tabulations show that…
Democrats choose collaborator as next Colorado Senate president
Senate Democrats on Friday chose James Coleman, an eight-year legislator who has sponsored numerous workforce-development bills and carries a reputation as a collaborator, to be…
Democrats set to hold supermajority in one Colorado legislative chamber, not the other
Colorado Senate Democrats appear unlikely to capture a supermajority in that chamber, even as House Democrats are on track to maintain that veto-proof status in…
Polis seeking to convert Pinnacol Assurance as part of budget plan
Gov. Jared Polis has resurrected the idea of converting Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer of last resort, into an independently operated mutual insurance…
Business leaders plead for changes in state’s new AI law
Developers and deployers of artificial intelligence systems are begging a legislative task force to amend definitions and an “untenable” appeals process in Colorado’s AI law…
Proposed state-law changes boost disability-discrimination lawsuits
A quartet of legislatively created committees has offered a wide range of suggestions to improve the lives of Coloradans with disabilities — including the revival…