Anna Staver covers state politics for The Denver Post. She previously worked at 9 News, the Salem, Oregon, Statesman Journal and Idaho Press Tribune and is a graduate of Kent State University.
With less than a month left until the end of the legislative session, Colorado lawmakers still have some major bills they're trying to get across the finish line.
A poll of 300 small business owners across Colorado found a majority supported creating a paid family leave program, but they also were concerned about the state mandating participation.
Despite the threat of legal challenges and recall elections, Colorado Senate Democrats passed a gun control bill Thursday afternoon — the first such new legislation in six years.
The Colorado Senate reached a deal during its budget debate Wednesday to spend $106 million more on roads and other transportation projects -- a deal that brought an end to...
The governor unveiled a new state logo Tuesday that was designed in-house. It's multicolored and incorporates the "C" from the state flag, an evergreen tree and, of course, mountains.
Colorado's Democratic-controlled state Senate advanced a bill late Friday to let courts order the removal of guns from people deemed to be a risk to themselves or others.
Colorado's oil and gas industry and its employees pay almost $1 billion in taxes each year, according to a new study released Friday by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association.
Colorado voters have rejected every statewide ballot question about raising taxes -- even for education and transportation -- in recent years, so a group of state lawmakers decided it was...
The Colorado legislature's powerful six-member Joint Budget Committee approved $185 million of Gov. Jared Polis' request to pay for statewide full-day kindergarten Tuesday afternoon. Polis had asked for $227 million.