News Feature: Libertarians Gather in Denver
Roughly a thousand Libertarians from around the country will pick a presidential candidate and debate their party’s platform… but the party of liberty does things a bit differently than the […]
By Megan Verlee
Capitol Check-In: Renewable energy, drug crimes and protecting dogs
(Photo: CPR/Megan Verlee)This is a week of transition at the state legislature. Lawmakers are wrapping up their work on next year’s state budget.
By Megan Verlee
GOP hopes to turn president’s praise into pain for Colo. Democrats
President Barack Obama: “I want to thank the people of Colorado for coming together in sensible ways.
By Megan Verlee
Capitol Check-In: Colo. budget talks chugging along
The state legislature is off for Good Friday — a day of rest for lawmakers during a busy session. The state budget is chugging along; it passed the Senate Thursday on a party-line vote.
By Megan Verlee
Highlights, hidden stories of the Colo. budget talks
During the legislative session, state lawmakers introduce and argue over hundreds of bills, but there’s only one thing they really have to do and that’s pass next year’s budget.
By Megan Verlee
Capitol Check-In: Civil unions, gun laws and more
A roundup of all the state government news this week.
By Megan Verlee
CO Corrections Chief Killed
Coloradans woke to shocking news this morning. The state’s Chief of Corrections, Tom Clements, was shot to death at his home in Monument Tuesday evening.
By Megan Verlee
Capitol Check-In: March 15th, 2013
Governor John Hickenlooper may want to limber up his writing hand; some big bills are about to land on his desk.
By Megan Verlee
Capitol Check-In: March 8, 2013
The Colorado state Senate is spending the day locked in debate over a package of seven Democratic gun bills, with the fate of many of them still quite uncertain.
By Megan Verlee
Truth-Squadding The Gun Debate
Colorado’s full state Senate takes up the Democratic package of gun bills tomorrow.
By Megan Verlee
Gun Bills Advance in Senate
State Senators spent their Monday in marathon hearings, eventually passing seven Democratic gun control bills, all on party line votes.
By Megan Verlee
Capitol Check-In: March 1, 2013
In her weekly conversation with host Ryan Warner, CPR’s Megan Verlee runs through a controversial new gun control proposal, talks about the mood at the Capitol, and delves into the […]
By Megan Verlee
Voices from the House Civil Unions Hearing
Over the past three years, hundreds of people have come to the state Capitol to testify for or against civil unions.
By Megan Verlee
Governor Talks Sequester, Gun Policy, Marijuana
As massive federal budget cuts known as the sequester were poised to become reality, Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner sat down with Governor John Hickenlooper at the Capitol to hear […]
By Megan Verlee
Governor Moderates Gun Policy Panel
The gun debate gripping Colorado’s legislature moved to a new forum last night.
By Megan Verlee
Capitol Check-In: February 22nd, 2013
While lawmakers continue their work under the golden dome, those responsible for looking after the state’s finances are keeping their eyes on Washington, wondering what will happen if massive federal […]
By Megan Verlee