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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Colorado hiker’s unconventional guidebook profiles outdoors women and their favorite trails
Colorado-native Heather Balogh Rochfort coming book won't be your traditional list of regional trails, maps and tourist attractions.

Almost half of Colorado’s marijuana money can go wherever lawmakers wish
The Marijuana Tax Cash Fund is the largest pool of pot money in the state, and there are more than 60 different ways state lawmakers spend those dollars across Colorado.

Sen. Cory Gardner fails to get marijuana reform into criminal justice bill
The federal government won't be easing its laws on marijuana as part of a criminal justice reform bill that's expected to pass this week.

Sen. Cory Gardner tries to attach marijuana measure to criminal justice bill
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, made a move Monday toward changing federal marijuana law, including letting banks accept money from legal businesses.

Not business as usual: Colorado Democrats plan to rewrite rules for workers now that they control the statehouse
From paid family leave to equal pay for women, Democrats in the state legislature are busy preparing bills on an array of topics that would fundamentally change workers' benefits in...

Cory Gardner will try to pass marijuana banking, other reforms in the Senate next week
The amendment would let cannabis businesses open bank accounts in states where they're legal, and it would exempt legal retailers from federal prosecution.

Michelle Obama talks marriage, kids and politics of being first lady at Pepsi Center
In a day spent criss-crossing the Denver metro, the former first lady signed books at Tattered Cover, visited Children's Hospital Colorado and spoke candidly with Reese Witherspoon at the Pepsi...

Cory Gardner votes against ending U.S. backing for Saudi war, but for condemning crown prince
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, voted Thursday afternoon against ending U.S. support for Saudi Arabia in its war on Yemen -- one of a pair of votes taken...

Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter brokers deal for Nancy Pelosi to be speaker that ensures “generational change”
It's all but certain now that Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, will become speaker of the House in January, and Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Arvada, helped broker the deal to make that...

“He is unstoppable”: Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse looks like the next generation of Democratic leadership
Joe Neguse is the first African-American to represent Colorado in Congress and an early leader in his freshman class in D.C. And friends say he's nowhere close to done.