Anna Staver

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.

Republican lawmakers win in court: Computer speed-reading of Colorado Senate bills prohibited

March 20, 2019 at 1:04 a.m.

Colorado Republican lawmakers convinced a district court judge that he's within his rights to decide whether Senate Democrats violated the state Constitution when they had multiple computers read a bill...

Colorado has more money this year, but cooling economy could jeopardize Polis’ kindergarten plan

March 15, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Economists laid out two different predictions about Colorado's economic future Friday, and which one gets picked by the state lawmakers in charge of writing the budget could determine whether Colorado...

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Top Colorado Senate Democrat silent on his position on red-flag bill

March 12, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Democrats have a slim majority in the Colorado Senate and can only lose one vote if they are to pass the extreme risk protection order bill without Republican support. Meanwhile,...

Colorado Senate staff member Andrew Carpenter reads a bill in the Senate chamber March 11, 2019. In an effort they say will slow down debate, Republicans have requested that a 2,000 page bill be read at length in the Colorado Senate.

Computers zip through 2,000-page bill after Senate Republican forces its reading

March 12, 2019 at 9:51 a.m.

Colorado Sen. John Cooke delayed progress in that chamber for most of the day Monday by requesting a reading of a 2,000-page bill. Republicans have been frustrated that Democrats are...

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Colorado lawmakers set to propose major changes to taxes

March 12, 2019 at 8:05 a.m.

Taken individually, a group of state tax bills in the works offer an overhaul of how Coloradans pay property taxes, backfill public schools and pay for a multibillion-dollar backlog of...

Sen. Faith Winter, right, celebrates the ...

Colorado workers would get 12 weeks’ paid family leave under new bill 鈥� but they have to pay, too

March 7, 2019 at 5:53 p.m.

Every working Coloradan and employer would pay into a fund that would give 12 weeks of paid leave to workers who are caring for newborns or taking care of elderly...

Ryan Resch writes down the serial number for a .22 caliber handgun to include on a background check for first time customer Dave Clute at BigHorn Firearms on Dec. 16, 2015 in Denver.

Weld joins Colorado counties declaring themselves a “Second Amendment sanctuary”

March 8, 2019 at 6:04 p.m.

A handful of conservative Colorado counties are pushing back against a potential state law that would let judges order the removal of firearms from people they determine to be a...

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Death penalty repeal bill is back, and if it passes Polis says he’ll sign it

March 4, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

A Senate bill introduced Monday asks the General Assembly to repeal Colorado's death penalty. This could be the year it becomes law.

Colorado lawmakers divided over whether sex education bill should go to voters

March 2, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado lawmakers spent another late night at the Capitol this week debating the details of a sex education bill, but behind the scenes the larger argument is whether state voters...

Lawmakers move to expand Colorado immigrant driver’s license program

February 28, 2019 at 10:51 p.m.

Colorado began issuing the licenses in 2014. Since then, more than 61,000 licenses and nearly 11,000 learners' permits have been issued to people unable to demonstrate they are in the...

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