RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
The Colorado State Capitol Building on Dec. 30, 2019 in Denver. 
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Colorado lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday for the first day of the 2020 legislative session. Even before bills have been introduced, it’s clear they will be tackling significant issues that will affect Coloradans’ daily lives from health care costs to paid family leave to gun control legislation.
Follow and on Twitter and check denverpost.com for coverage Wednesday and throughout the session.
Here are recent stories from The Denver Post on what’s likely to happen this session — or not:
- 2020 Colorado legislative session: Expect new vaccine bill, more pushback for Polis
- “Full steam ahead”: Colorado Democrats vow to pass paid family leave in 2020
- Colorado fight over public health insurance option heats up as legislative session begins
- Colorado lawmakers consider bill to automatically clear past marijuana convictions
- “Itap coming. It is.”: Colorado Democrats explore gun legislation for 2020
- Lawmaker writing bill to expand RTD board, increase oversight
- Lawmakers promise 2020 bill to let college athletes make money
- Colorado would repay first 2 years of student loans for grads who stay in state under “Get On Your Feet” bill
- Driving while poor: DZǰ’s vicious cycle of unpaid fines and suspended licenses
- Courts add urgency to abortion fight in Colorado and nationally
- DZǰ’s license plates could return to green mountains and white sky
- Lawmakers consider raising vaping and smoking age to 21 statewide
- Colorado considers keeping some juvenile sex offenders off registry
- Could Colorado end the use of private prisons by 2025? Lawmakers want to find out.
- Lawmakers seek to require Holocaust, genocide education in public schools
- Lawmaker promises bill to help victims of workplace sexual harassment
- Suncor oil refinery’s “operational upset” spurs call for increased state protection
- Committee won’t recommend changes to DZǰ’s school finance formula
- Lawmaker wants to remove term “illegal alien” from state law
- Lawmakers to consider letting human bodies be composted