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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Gardner believes Saudi prince had Khashoggi killed but he’s against ending military aid
The U.S. Senate could a take a historic step toward overriding the Trump administration by withdrawing some military support from Saudi Arabia as early as Monday, but Sen. Cory Gardner,...

Daniel Kagan, state senator from Arapahoe County embroiled in restroom controversy, plans to resign
State Sen. Daniel Kagan, who earlier this year was found to have “more likely than not” used a private, women-only restroom, is resigning, the spokesman for Senate Democrats said Wednesday.

“The world has changed”: Colorado Republicans’ strategy for governing from the minority
With Colorado Democrats controlling both chambers of the statehouse and the governor's office, Republicans are weighing how they might work both with and against the other party.

Sen. Cory Gardner gets his first official Democratic challenger for 2020
The leader of a Colorado group that helps Latino students is the first Democrat to announce a 2020 run for the U.S. Senate.

Colorado lawmakers split between pride, shock over use of tear gas at Mexican border
Colorado's federal lawmakers are divided about whether it was appropriate for U.S Customs and Border Protection agents to use tear gas Sunday on a group of Central American migrants who were headed toward a...

Why Colorado’s unaffiliated voters don’t elect unaffiliated candidates
Paul Jones tried to accomplish something Nov. 6 that no Coloradan has done for 100 years: He wanted to be elected to the state legislature as an unaffiliated candidate.

Truck in fatal Fort Collins crash also used to steal guns, police say
Fort Collins Police believe a stolen truck was used to steal guns from a local pawn shop a few hours before it was involved in a crash that killed two...

Winter weather snarls traffic, closes highways in mountains and near Wyoming border
The snowy weather has led to one car crash and multiple cars to spin out in the mountains on Interstate 70 -- closing the road in both directions near the...

One dead following officer-involved shooting in Gunnison County
An officer with the Colorado State Patrol shot and killed a person following a single-vehicle crash in Gunnison County on Thanksgiving afternoon.

Hickenlooper asks Colorado’s top court to make decision on taxes that could help fire districts
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has asked the state Supreme Court to determine how the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights and the Gallagher amendment are supposed to interact with each other. It...