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Colorado lawmakers upend the legislative session with decision to adjourn. Here’s what comes next.
Questions persist on whether the legislative session will resume, and how much lawmaking will take place in private in the interim
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Should the Colorado legislature shut down because of coronavirus? The conversation is well underway.
By Jesse Paul Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Opinion: Parenting is tough enough. Here’s a way to help Colorado families get ahead.
By Heather Tritten Opinion
Opinion: Coloradans deserve better than a clunky, confusing system that keeps too many in the dark
By Anneliese Steel Opinion
Republican anti-LGBTQ bills at the Colorado Capitol test: Where does the party stand?
By Jesse Paul Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Chris Hansen chosen to fill seat of Colorado Sen. Lois Court, who resigned because of illness
Hansen is the 21st lawmaker in the current 100-member Colorado General Assembly to have entered a post at the Capitol at some point through the vacancy committee process. His successor will now also be picked by a vacancy committee.
Colorado’s 2020 legislative session begins this week. Here’s a rundown of 10 issues to watch.
The state legislature’s break-neck pace from 2019 may not return, but expect fierce debates over health care, criminal justice, guns and transportation
Do you have a good idea for a new state law? Here’s how to get it drafted by Colorado lawmakers
All 100 state lawmakers are allowed to introduce five bills each year, and the deadline for the first three ideas is Dec. 2.
Interest in reforming Colorado’s system to recall elected officials is building — on both sides of the aisle
Republican state Sen. Jack Tate and Democratic state Rep. Tom Sullivan, both of Centennial and former political rivals, are leading the push for change
Nicolais: Will political purity tests catch up to Colorado Democrats?
Democrats have already begun to show the same type of intra-party strife that cost Republicans their political power in the state
Opinion
Democrat Donald Valdez, a state lawmaker, to announce bid to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton
Valdez’ entry into the race guarantees a Democratic primary in what’s likely to be Colorado’s most competitive 2020 U.S. House race
GOP blasted Democrats for the 2019 legislative session. But they supported nearly every bill, analysis shows.
A dozen Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Kevin Priola, sided with the Democratic legislative agenda the vast majority of the time
The 2019 legislative session in Colorado explained in 5 graphics
An analysis of votes in the House and Senate shows Republicans split and Democrats in alliance on the 460 bills passed this year
