- Polis said that the two laws wont just be “nibbling around the margins” of affordable health care.
- Everything you need to know about the end of session, from 11th hour bill failures to last minute filibusters to post-session caucus infighting, all brought to you by two hosts who really, really need to get some sleep.
- A brief internal revolt against House Minority Leader Hugh McKean showcased the divisions that Republican lawmakers face as they also try to put a check on the Democratic majority.
- State legislators wrapped up their session late Tuesday with the usual flurry of last-minute lawmaking.
- If approved by Gov. Jared Polis, a new bill would allow agriculture employees to join unions, require overtime pay for agriculture workers, require farms to pay workers the state minimum wage of $12.32 an hour and more.
- Colorado lawmakers are moving ahead with an attempt to short-circuit a proposed property tax cut before it even gets on the ballot, providing a smaller tax cut as a substitute.
- The bill would temporarily lower property tax rates and allow some homeowners to delay part of their property tax payments — but it's also designed to partially cancel out voters' chance to cut property taxes by a larger amount this November.
- Several mysteries unfold at the Capitol as the final days of the legislative session approach.
- Housing prices in Colorado have steadily climbed for years, especially in urban and mountain communities.
- Colorado Democrats have embraced new ways to pay for government benefits and services without voters’ direct approval.
- We're down to the last two weeks of session and that means two things: rush, rush rush, and stall, stall, stall.
- Once it’s in effect, new health insurance plans would be offered on the individual and small-group markets.
- This sort of state-regulated health insurance plan would grant Colorado the power to regulate the cost of care at hospitals and doctor’s offices.
- The ground is about to shift beneath renters and landlords in Colorado once again. Protections for renters who have been struggling to pay rent due to the pandemic’s financial strain may soon expire. That’s especially tough for those also struggling with the state’s new identification system for it’s unemployment benefits, ID.me.
- After a year of pandemic rules and guardrails, everything’s changing again.
- Through new fees and tweaks to the tax code, Democrats are moving forward with policies that could bring in a lot of new money to state coffers, all without having to ask voters' permission.
