Western Slope lawmakers ditch plan to pause wolf reintroduction, but reach deal with governor to redirect some funding
Senate Bill 5 would move about $250,000 in funding earmarked for wolf reintroduction into a fund aimed at driving down health care costs. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will have to find the funding elsewhere to continue its reintroduction plans — which doesn’t appear to be a problem for the agency.
Taxes, AI and health care: Everything you need to know about Colorado’s special legislative session
Chief among lawmakers’ tasks is plugging a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget caused by the Republican federal tax and spending bill. But there’s plenty more on the docket.
Western Slope lawmakers want to pause wolf reintroduction, redirect funding amid Colorado’s $1 billion budget hole
The savings would be relatively meager — wolf reintroduction cost Colorado taxpayers $3.5 million last year — but the Democrat leading the measure says it’s about priorities as the legislature contends with a steep drop in state tax revenue.
Crude Signal chats, social media attacks, mistreated aides: lawmaker conduct is back in the headlines
Incidents keep happening at the statehouse that show lawmakers still have a ways to go in their quest to set a healthy workplace culture.
Frequently asked questions — and misunderstandings — about Colorado’s special session to close a nearly $1B budget hole
There’s a lot of confusion out there about why the hole exists, how the state budget works and what’s going to be done to address the gap.
Colorado tax revenue was especially susceptible to changes in the “big, beautiful bill.” Here’s why
The Colorado legislature is convening for a special lawmaking term to plug a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget stemming from tax revenue reductions caused by the Republican federal tax and spending bill.
Colorado lawmakers must cut $1 billion from state’s current budget because of GOP federal tax and spending bill
Presentations about the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill to the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council on Wednesday was a precursor to a special lawmaking term expected to be called by Polis for the coming weeks.
Democratic state senator who resigned amid ethics investigation now faces felony criminal charge in Denver
The Denver District Attorney’s Office filed the charge against Sonya Jaquez Lewis on July 6, according to court records
Colorado’s property insurer of last resort is now covering more than two dozen families
The Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan, or FAIR Plan, began accepting applications from residential property owners on April 10.
Two women accuse Republican state lawmaker of making unwanted sexual advances. He denies the allegations
Two women say state Rep. Ron Weinberg made unwanted sexual advances toward them at a pair of conservative leadership events while he was head of the Larimer County GOP but before he was elected to the statehouse.
No. 3 Republican in Colorado House, Ryan Armagost, is resigning to pursue job in Arizona
House Minority Whip Ryan Armagost of Berthoud said his resignation will take effect September 1.
Portrait of Donald Trump donated by White House will hang temporarily in Colorado Capitol where painting he despised used to be
The Capitol Building Advisory Committee had been discussing whether to replace the presidential portraits hanging in the building’s third-floor rotunda with paintings of the state’s former governors
After Trump gripe, presidential portraits at the Colorado Capitol may be replaced with governors
The conversation around replacing the presidential portraits with gubernatorial ones began before Donald Trump complained about his painting. But the controversy kicked the talks into higher gear.
Colorado just faced a tough budget year. It’s forecast to get much worse
In the best case scenario, the legislature is projected to face a $700 million hole next year if it wants to maintain its current spending plans. But that’s assuming there is no recession and the current version of the Republican reconciliation bill doesn’t pass.
The 12 gun bills passed by the Colorado legislature this year and signed into law
From limiting who can purchase most semiautomatic rifles on the market today to raising the minimum age to buy ammunition, Democrats in the legislature were busy this year imposing new gun regulations.
Top Republican in Colorado Senate resigns to take private sector job
Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, is resigning effective Monday to become president and CEO of the American Excellence Foundation.
