- Colorado lawmakers attempt to tackle auto theft scourge by increasing penalties for repeat offenders Colorado lawmakers this week are expected to introduce a bipartisan bill aimed at cracking down on the scourge of vehicle theft in the state by decoupling the cost of a stolen car from the criminal penalty a thief faces and by increasing penalties for …
- State and local LGBTQ elected officials detail how they battle hate Just a few months ago, the midterm elections saw a “rainbow wave” with a record-breaking number of LGBTQ candidates elected to public office across the country. After statehouses and city councils and other legislative bodies opened for new business, …
- State budget writers fine Colorado Mesa University for exceeding tuition increase cap, highlighting annual Capitol debate The panel of state lawmakers that drafts Colorado’s budget fined Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction $50,000 for raising tuition for most of its students by more than the legislature allowed last year, putting a spotlight on the annual tuition- …
- Senators get meeting with defense secretary, push to keep Space Command in Colorado U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper of Colorado have spent the past week looking to rekindle discussions about keeping U.S. Space Command headquarters in the state, as the decision to move it to Alabama has been on hold for the past two years. …
- Colorado Democrats agree something must be done about guns — but what? Early and pointedly, Colorado Democrats staked gun violence reduction as a top priority this legislative session. But early proposals have lawmakers disagreeing on the best way to achieve that. A Democratic lawmaker recently previewed a bill that would ban …
- Why is it a travesty when Ducey buses immigrants, but not when Hobbs does it? I disagree with several policies proposed by Arizona’s new governor but must give credit for one she mentioned at a press conference last week. Katie Hobbs will continue Gov. Doug Ducey’s policy of moving migrants from our strapped border communities to …
- COLUMN: Who’s stealing from fire victims? | Jon Caldara It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year and a month since the Marshal fire swept through my neighbors in Superior and Lafayette. Wasn’t much longer back in time it happened to folks near Colorado Springs. After the Marshall fire I saw police stationed …
- Hundreds of Colorado students attend youth diversity conference GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — More than 800 teenagers from 100 Colorado schools gathered at Cherry Creek High School on Saturday for the 30th Colorado Youth Diversity Conference. The conference gives teens a chance to discuss issues normally off-limits in the …
- Don't treat rural Colorado like Denver, say rural lawmakers | COVER STORY What rural Coloradans want most from the General Assembly is to be heard, according to most of the baker's dozen of lawmakers whose districts lie outside the urban corridor. In the past, it’s mostly been Republicans who represent those districts. On …
- Governor, Colorado law enforcement agencies respond to videos of Tyre Nichols traffic stop Five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping and misconduct. DENVER — New body camera videos showing the traffic stop that preceded Tyre Nichols' death, prompted strong condemnation from officials in Colorado. …
- Casa Bonita hiring hundreds of workers, cliff divers The iconic Lakewood restaurant is gearing up for its grand reopening after it was bought by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Coloradans are one step closer to watching cliff divers, plundering Black Bart's …
- Overworked, underpaid, under attack: Survey shows Colorado teacher challenges Colorado educators feel overworked, underpaid, and under attack, and they think students’ education is suffering as a result. Those were the findings of the Colorado Education Association’s most recent survey, completed in late 2022 by more than 1,600 of …
- Nearly 25% of Colorado’s state lawmakers have landed a statehouse seat by vacancy committee Nearly a quarter of the 100 state lawmakers serving in the Colorado General Assembly this year will have at some point been appointed to a legislative seat by a vacancy committee, a side door into the Capitol that bypasses the normal election process and …
- Fight over Rent control surfaces at state Capitol The latest to make the list of bills Gov. Jared Polis might not like is a measure from two first-year Democratic House members, backed by their leadership, that would strike down the state’s ban on rent control. While Polis has signed two bills in the last …
- This Colorado legislation would remove a state-level ban on rent control Nearly half of Colorado’s House Democrats have signed on to a bill that would allow local governments to enact rent control, repealing a decades-old prohibition and setting up a potential showdown with Gov. Jared Polis. HB23-1115 does not institute any …
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