- From starting out with the sweeping potential to rewrite organizing rules for hundreds of thousands of workers, its potential impact had been reduced to a few tens of thousands.
- For months, Colorado lawmakers have debated a controversial question: Can the threat of more severe criminal penalties help people break an addiction to fentanyl?
- A look at how the legal landscape for and against abortion access has shifted in the years since Colorado became the first state to legalize abortion.
- Colorado ranks last in the nation, when it comes to mental health care available, compared to the number of people who need it. This year state lawmakers are hoping to make a big difference in the problem.
- On Tuesday, abortion-rights supporters across Colorado protested against the leaked Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v.
- The proposal means property taxes would rise by a lower amount — close to $2.3 billion, which means the remaining $700 million would remain in the hands of taxpayers.
- As the session winds down, CPR's Bente Birkeland and Andy Kenney take stock of what's been passed, what's still left on the table, and what will be left on the cutting room floor.
- The sponsors and some of the community members behind the effort may try to force the governor’s hand by passing the bill anyway.
- Democrats wanted a collective bargaining bill for employees across the state. They settled on a compromised version.
- Broomfield lawmaker Matt Gray was picking up his children and brought up his relationship with DA amid DUI arrest.
- A new state law is meant to end the practice of diploma withholding in Colorado.
- Lawmakers with personal stories of how flavored tobacco, particularly menthol, is marketed to Black communities and parents trying to keep kids off nicotine. One the other is Polis’ view that it’s a local issue — and tied to funding his universal pre-K plan — and vape shop owners who want to stay in business.
- The governor told sponsors he wouldn’t sign Colorado’s first statewide rent stabilization measure.
- Rep. Matt Gray of Broomfield was arrested for driving under the influence last night in Broomfield.
- Lawmakers are debating whether to ban menthol cigarettes, flavored vapes and similar products. It's an issue that's pulled in tons of lobbying money and is causing some deep divisions between usual political allies.
- Mandating treatment is a big part of lawmakers' efforts to cut down on deaths from the drug, but some worry the system doesn't have capacity to absorb so many new patients.
