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Listen: Months after unveiling pedestrian bridge, Gov. Jared Polis says he’ll ‘chain’ himself to Capitol to stop it

By Kevin J. Beaty and Ryan Warner

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Colorado gave records to ICE four times since February in response to subpoenas, including once by mistake

By Taylor Dolven, The Colorado Sun

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Government and Politics

One big beautiful special session? Colorado lawmakers still aren’t sure

By Bente Birkeland

Governor Polis signs property tax relief bill

Government and Politics

Gov. Jared Polis on health insurance increases, paying to fight wildfires and immigration enforcement

By Anthony Cotton

Terrene tires, owned by Borealis, but manufactured in China, at the Borealis assembly shop in Colorado Springs

State to look for ways to ease industries’ pain from tariffs

By Sarah Mulholland and Bente Birkeland

The Aurora ICE Processing Center

Six Colorado sites considered for potential ICE Detention expansion

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Government and Politics

Judge blocks Colorado governor from ordering certain state workers to hand over employment info to ICE

By Taylor Dolven, The Colorado Sun

Gov. Jared Polis speaks a the 2025 Psychedelic Science Conference

Polis announces mass pardon for previous psilocybin and psilocin convictions

By Kiara DeMare

Four people sit around a table. One man in a blue suit jacket and one woman is wearing a beige blazer and making a hand gesture to the woman sitting across from her. A man in a gray suit sit at the head of the table.

Colorado leaders, hospitals paint bleak picture of Medicaid cuts if GOP bill becomes law

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Across the political spectrum, Colorado politicians react with horror, sadness to shootings of Minnesota lawmakers

By Megan Verlee

Governor Polis speaking into a mic

Polis, anti-hunger groups raise objections to proposed SNAP Changes

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Colorado’s health insurance marketplace also at risk under GOP budget bill

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers

Jared Polis agrees to hold off on complying with ICE subpoena until June 23 as whistleblower lawsuit plays out

By Colorado Sun

Gov. Jared Polis is seated at a table wearing a dark grey suit and blue shirt. He is looking up at Rep. Jenny Willford, second from right, who is wearing a dark jacket and black and white patterned dress. Sen. Mike Weissman stands behind Polis wearing a light grey jacket. Other people stand around them wearing dark clothes and they are all against a dark blue backdrop.

Gov. Polis signs law to reduce Colorado’s rape kit backlog

By Lucas Brady Woods, KUNC

Multicolored flowers stick through a gate in a park.

Colorado Gov. Polis says Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is where people ‘cherish free speech’

By Stephanie Rivera

Gov. Jared Polis leads lawmakers and other dignitaries in a moment of silence for former President Jimmy Carter

Government and Politics

Jared Polis vetoes bill that would have restricted the use of rent-setting software, like RealPage

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

A yellow ribbon tied around a metal pole

Amid pleas to pardon a former Mesa County clerk, a ‘Free Tina!’ flood has swamped Gov. Polis’ inbox

A floor sign points the way to Uber’s pickup location at Denver International Airport

Gov. Polis rejects rideshare safety bill prompted by sexual assault of state lawmaker

By Bente Birkeland and Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun

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