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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Vaccine opponents accuse Colorado of “running a big phishing scam” with exemption forms
A group of Colorado parents is fighting a vaccine exemption rule change not because they're opposed to vaccinations -- though they are -- but rather because of concerns about the...

Polis calls for independent investigation into shooting of De’Von Bailey by Colorado Springs police
Gov. Jared Polis wants an independent investigation into the death of a teenager who was fatally shot by Colorado Springs police officers earlier this month as he ran away from...

Bills and a baby: Colorado Sen. Brittany Pettersen is breaking new ground
State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, is due in January with her first child, making her the first Colorado state senator to give birth in office and the first state lawmaker...

Effort to recall Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia gets go-ahead
The Colorado Secretary of State's Office cleared the way Monday for signature-gathering to begin in the effort to recall Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia.

Colorado lawmaker says he helped reverse Trump on red-flag laws once and it can be done again
A Colorado Republican lawmaker believes President Donald Trump can be talked out of his fledgling support red flag laws, a gun control measure he called for following deadly mass shootings...

Poll finds support for rolling back part of TABOR
Magellan Strategies surveyed likely Colorado voters in early August and found 54% support a ballot measure to remove TABOR's spending cap at the state level, but 62% support the provision...

Former Colorado governor candidate Walker Stapleton wins $235K in civil lawsuit
Republican Walker Stapleton, who ran for governor in 2018, won a lawsuit Friday against the company he paid to get him on the ballot.

Walker Stapleton signature-gathering lawsuit goes to trial
A trial that began Monday in Denver District Court could have a lasting impact on the way candidates get onto the primary ballot in Colorado.

Campaign to overturn Colorado’s national popular vote law submits record number of signatures
Coloradans Vote, a group hoping to repeal the state's national popular vote law, submitted signatures Thursday afternoon seeking to qualify for the ballot.

President Donald Trump’s portrait now hanging at Colorado Capitol
President Donald Trump's portrait is now hanging with his predecessors in the third floor rotunda of the Colorado Capitol, in the Gallery of Presidents.