Colorado banned conversion therapy for minors. A U.S. Supreme Court case could upend that
The case pits free speech against the authority of states to regulate medical practices.
Purplish
Purplish is a podcast about state politics, state government and elections, produced by CPR News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance.
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How a possible Buc-ee’s travel plaza has divided one Colorado town
Last year, Buc-ee’s opened its first Colorado location, an expansive 74,000 square-foot outpost in Weld County filled with beaver-branded merch, brisket sandwiches and sweets.
Budget balanced (for now), AI decisions punted, relationships ruptured: What went down during special session
In a tense and, at times, dramatic special session, lawmakers pushed through bills to tackle a billion-dollar budget hole, SNAP cuts, and more.
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.
Why lawmakers have been eyeing Colorado’s $2B in ‘unclaimed property’
Purplish takes a trip inside the treasure vault at the State Capitol.
What Republicans’ ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ means for Colorado
Now that lawmakers in D.C. are done, lawmakers in Colorado’s Capitol will have to figure out how to absorb its many cuts and changes.
Why is Douglas County so worked up about home rule?
For the first time in 50 years, a Colorado county will vote on going home rule — but there’s a lot of debate about what that really means.
When Colorado rewrote the rules for policing
In 2020, Colorado became one of the first states in the nation to pass police accountability reforms in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Five years on, where does that effort stand now?
