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.

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Critics of Colorado’s national popular vote bill must wait to act

February 28, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado's effort to switch to a national popular vote for electing presidents has passed both chambers of the state legislature but is now in a bureaucratic purgatory that limits the...

Colorado Rep. Brianna Titone, D-Jefferson County, ...

Colorado sex education bill: Separating fact from fiction

February 27, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

Before the second round of public testimony begins, The Denver Post sorted through several claims made in the debate over sexual education in Colorado.

Demonstrators call for a $15 an hour minimum wage on Sept. 12, 2016, in front of the Colorado Capitol. Columnist Catherine Rampell writes that "high inequality in the United States says more about our taxing and spending choices than our paychecks" and suggests that well-intended, feel-good policies like raising the minimum wage can sometimes backfire.

Colorado Democrats seek to let Denver, other cities raise their minimum wage

February 25, 2019 at 6:17 p.m.

Democrats want to overturn a state law that prevents cities and counties across Colorado from setting their own minimum wage.

What Colorado can learn from “red flag” gun laws in other states as lawmakers debate passing their own version

February 25, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

As Colorado lawmakers debate passing an extreme risk protection order bill, The Denver Post reviewed data and interviewed law enforcement in several states to understand how these laws work in...

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Colorado “red flag” gun bill advances as law enforcement argues both for and against during initial hearing

February 22, 2019 at 12:12 a.m.

Colorado law enforcement officials, gun owners and those directly touched by gun violence renewed the debate Thursday over a bill that would allow the removal of firearms from owners believed...

National popular vote bill passes key test in Colorado House

February 21, 2019 at 11:54 a.m.

A bill that would pledge Colorado's nine Electoral College votes to whomever wins the national popular vote for president passed its second reading in the state House on Wednesday night....

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Colorado lawmakers won’t vote on safe injection sites in 2019. House Democratic leader blames Denver.

February 19, 2019 at 3:12 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers are dropping their effort to allow safe-injection sites for opioid users this year -- and a House Democratic leader says it's partly because Denver got ahead of the...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser tells ...

Colorado AG joins lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s emergency border wall declaration

February 19, 2019 at 8:49 a.m.

Attorney General Phil Weiser will add Colorado to the federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, middle, ...

Colorado Democrats bring back “red flag” gun bill

February 14, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

A bill that would let law enforcement agencies across Colorado remove firearms from people whom a judge decides is a high risk for harming themselves or others was reintroduced at...

Colorado bill banning conversion therapy for minors passes first test in House

February 13, 2019 at 10:11 p.m.

Colorado got one step closer Wednesday to banning聽therapies that claim to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors.

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