Restore Our Roads, the campaign behind Initiative 175, announced Tuesday it would not withdraw the ballot measure by a June 15 deadline imposed by the state legislature

Nearly half of PERA’s investment staff doubled their salaries through incentives, a Colorado Sun analysis found

With three vetoes Wednesday, Jared Polis has now rejected 12 bills passed by the legislature this year — eclipsing the personal record the term-limited governor set in 2025

House Bill 1005 would have abolished a requirement in the Colorado Labor Peace Act that 75% of workers at a company sign off before unions can negotiate with businesses over union dues

Lawmakers have regularly balanced the state budget “on the backs of students,” public schools advocates have argued. This year, legislators took a different approach.

The vetoes were the Colorado governor’s first of the 2026 legislative session, which ended earlier this month

Budget pressures, policy compromises and intraparty tensions shaped this year’s session under Colorado’s Gold Dome

Two of the people receiving clemency were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole

The legislature embraced state protections for kids with disabilities but shot down measures that would expand rental housing for educators, explore ways to cut testing hours and create state rules for new federal program

The Colorado Sun and Colorado Capitol News Alliance parsed through nearly 650 pieces of legislation debated in the legislature this year to find the ones that will most directly impact people’s lives — or would have had they passed

House Bills 1221 and 1222 were killed in the Senate Finance Committee on Monday at their sponsors’ request in response to a veto threat from Gov. Jared Polis

Another provision in House Bill 1113, a major elections bill headed to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk, would let the governor declare a disaster emergency if there is a major election disruption

Democrats in the legislature referred a measure to the November ballot that would ask voters to increase the state’s cap on government growth and spending by billions of dollars

The initiative would give Coloradans a “right to natural gas” in the state constitution

Sponsors added a tax incentive but it was not enough to get the bill passed

Legislative leaders are prepping a last-minute bill to blunt the impact of the proposed constitutional amendment

The legislation was designed to help counties lift long-standing enrollment freezes to a government subsidy program that makes childcare more affordable for low-income families

A compromise bill backed by environment groups is still being negotiated

Bill to exempt sales taxes from swipe fees heads to Gov. Jared Polis as industry warns of legal fights and consumer impacts

Initiative 175 would expand funding for roads through a constitutional amendment. Top lawmakers are racing to pass a bill to neutralize it.

At Colorado SunFest 2026, the nonpartisan Colorado Polling Institute shared key insights from their latest survey of likely voters

A Democrat who attended the Opportunity Caucus’ Vail retreat last year sided with Republicans to kill the measure

The Senate’s Local Government and Housing Committee voted in April to kill the proposals amid fierce resistance from local officials and some neighborhood groups

Companies that create and use artificial intelligence wouldn’t have to disclose how their systems help make decisions on things like hiring, loans and housing under a bill introduced Friday in the Colorado Senate. But the long-awaited measure tweaking Colorado’s first-in-the-nation law regulating AI would still require companies and other organizations using AI to notify consumers […]

It’s unclear if the measures will be enough to offset the need for reopening one or two prisons

Lawmakers are trying to find a way to lift enrollment freezes to a government subsidy program that helps low-income families cover the cost of childcare

House Bill 1322 would allow patients to sue for damages if they suffer harm from conversion therapy, a controversial practice aimed at changing someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity

Supporters of Senate Bill 146 argue that legislative liaisons for state agencies effectively act like lobbyists and should follow the same transparency rules

U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer said excluding unaffiliated voters days before the state’s ballot certification deadline, and just weeks before ballots start being mailed out, would create too much confusion

A set of pay increases resulting from a law passed in 2024 will automatically go into effect Jan. 1 unless changed by the legislature this year