After Boulder, Colorado Lawmakers Wrestle With What They Can Do About Mass Shootings
Dealing with the sudden loss of life due to gun violence is all too familiar for Colorado, which has had some of the highest numbers of mass shootings in the country.
Colorado Leaders Want Your Opinion On How To Spend The Billions Coming From The American Rescue Plan
Gov. Jared Polis and lawmakers from both parties will embark on a listening tour around the state to hear what people think the top priorities should be.
The Colorado GOP Needs A Comeback. But First It Must Pick Someone To Lead It
Five candidates are competing in the race for party chair, a crucial role as Republicans hope to make up lost ground in the state.
Capitol Warming
Statehouse Democrats want to go big on climate change this year. Is Gov. Jared Polis ready to go along with them?
Court Upholds Legislative Stalling Tactic, Says Bill Readings Can Not Be Reduced To A ‘Cacophony’
In 2019, Colorado Democrats tried to transfer the task from humans to a bank of computers set to read different sections of bills simultaneously at 650 words per minute.
1.9 Trillion Is An Awfully Big Number
Congress signed off on spending an out-of-this-world number of Benjamins this week. The Purplish crew looks at what all that money means for Colorado.
The Latest Strategy Against Election Misinformation That Goes Viral: The Courtroom
Voting technology companies, like Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, are suing a number of people and organizations for spreading conspiracy theories about their role in the 2020 election.
Polis’s Pandemic Year
This episode of Purplish is brought to you by the letter P: For Polis, pandemic, policies, persuasion, piñata, and proposal.
Gov. Jared Polis, First Gentleman Marlon Reis Get Engaged
The December engagement has been kept relatively quiet till now.
He Told You To Stay At Home And Closed Your Favorite Businesses. So, What Was This Pandemic Year Like For Polis?
From driving his partner to the hospital, to getting press conference tips from his mother, Gov. Jared Polis reflects on a year that he — and so many Coloradans — would like to forget.
Lawmakers Line Up Behind Anti-Doxxing Bill To Protect Colorado Health Workers
Public health workers say they’ve been harassedand intimidated because of the policies their departments have enacted to curb the pandemic. Lawmakers hope to give them a little more protection.
LGBTQ Colorado Politicians Condemn Lauren Boebert’s Trans Youth Remarks
The state’s first transgender lawmaker, Democratic Rep. Brianna Titone, said she feels “a responsibility to speak up when things like this are said.”
Everything You Need To Know About Transportation Reform
It could be THE big issue at the state legislature this year, and we have all the details.
Colorado’s Undocumented Immigrants Have Been Shut Out Of Benefits And Licensed Jobs For 15 Years. A New Bill Would Change That
Some state lawmakers and immigrant rights activists think this is the year to roll back some of the workforce policies set in 2006, but the plan will face political blowback as critics say it sets a bad precedent.
Legislative Leaders Reject Call To Investigate GOP Rep. Who Attended Trump Rally In DC
The freshman Republican attended the president’s rally but says he did not take part in the breaching of the U.S. Capitol.
