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State Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis on the opening day of the Colorado Legislature

Former Colorado state senator convicted of felonies for fabricating letters amid ethics investigation

By Colorado Sun

Government and Politics

How the Colorado legislature contributed to the state’s budget crisis

By Colorado Sun

Democratic Rep. Jason Crow holds a town hall in Aurora on August 22, 2025. He's currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice over a so-called 'seditious' video he participated in urging military service members not to follow illegal orders.

Government and Politics

Rep. Jason Crow calls DOJ investigation an attempt to intimidate critics

a student desk

Government and Politics

Legislature mulls ballot measure that would ask voters to raise TABOR cap by billions primarily to fund Colorado’s schools

By Colorado Sun

Colorado's State Senate chambers. Oct. 14, 2025.

Government and Politics

Colorado lawmakers have a big budget and policy agenda. First they’ll have to navigate interpersonal issues.

By Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun, Taylor Dolven, The Colorado Sun, and Bente Birkeland

Republican state Sen. Mark Baisley

Major shake-up in crowded Republican primary for Colorado governor as one candidate leaves race, another leaves GOP

By Colorado Sun

A man in a blue suit moves to his right to speak with a colleague.

Government and Politics

Vacancy committee selects state representative to serve out state Sen. Faith Winter’s term, forcing another vacancy vote

By Colorado Sun

The tops of houses in a sprawling neighborhood with mountains outlined in the background.

Democrats, local governments are gearing up for another round of battles over housing in Colorado

By Lucas Brady Woods, KUNC

GAS STATION TARIFFS

Trump administration cancels $109M in environmentally focused transportation grants for Colorado

By Colorado Sun

Democratic state Rep. Shannon Bird

Shannon Bird to resign from Colorado legislature to focus on congressional bid

By Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun

Government and Politics

How Medicaid became such a drag on Colorado’s state budget

By Colorado Sun

Two people standing over a grocery cart

Government and Politics

Budget pain hits local governments in Colorado as costs rise, funding shrinks and the federal shutdown drags on

By Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun

Tables full of locals are watching the season finale of hit reality television show Love Is Blind at DNVR, a Denver bar, on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Bars across the city held watch parties for the show's latest season, which was shot in Denver.

Life and Culture

‘Love is Blind’ put a spotlight on Colorado, but it’s not an easy state for filmmakers

By Lucas Brady Woods, KUNC

Government and Politics

Colorado governor says state Medicaid spending is out of control, proposes measures to rein it in

By Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun and Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun

The Sterling Correctional Facility on the outskirts of Sterling in early August 2018. It’s the largest prison in the Colorado Department of Corrections system, and is among state prisons that are understaffed and overcrowded.

Colorado’s prisons and jails are overflowing. What’s being done?

By Kyle McKinnon

The Vail Valley

Government and Politics

A group of Democratic state lawmakers gathered with lobbyists at a Vail retreat. Who paid the tab?

By Taylor Dolven, The Colorado Sun and Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun

Government and Politics

Colorado election officials reject GOP vacancy committee’s pick for state legislature, saying law wasn’t followed

By Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in Denver on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. The organization serves more than 10,000 Coloradans on Medicaid each year, who now must rely on state funding for care.

Government and Politics

Colorado covers Planned Parenthood after GOP cuts. But for how long?

By Kyle McKinnon

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