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.

An MMR and VAR vaccine ready for a pediatric vaccination at Kaiser Permanente East Medical offices in Denver.

Vaccine opponents accuse Colorado of “running a big phishing scam” with exemption forms

August 25, 2019 at 8:57 p.m.

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

August 22, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

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...

Senator Brittany Pettersen, her husband Ian ...

Bills and a baby: Colorado Sen. Brittany Pettersen is breaking new ground

August 21, 2019 at 11:27 a.m.

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...

State Sen. Leroy Garcia, D-Pueblo, speaks to the press after he was chosen as the next Senate president Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.

Effort to recall Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia gets go-ahead

August 19, 2019 at 4:57 p.m.

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.

House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, R-Castle ...

Colorado lawmaker says he helped reverse Trump on red-flag laws once and it can be done again

August 16, 2019 at 3:14 p.m.

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

October 4, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

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...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton and his wife, Jenna, drop their ballots into a 24-hour drop box by Greenwood Village City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.

Former Colorado governor candidate Walker Stapleton wins $235K in civil lawsuit

August 9, 2019 at 1:31 p.m.

Republican Walker Stapleton, who ran for governor in 2018, won a lawsuit Friday against the company he paid to get him on the ballot.

Colorado republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton ...

Walker Stapleton signature-gathering lawsuit goes to trial

August 5, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

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.

Rose Pugliese, Mesa County, Colo., commissioner, ...

Campaign to overturn Colorado’s national popular vote law submits record number of signatures

August 1, 2019 at 8:41 p.m.

Coloradans Vote, a group hoping to repeal the state's national popular vote law, submitted signatures Thursday afternoon seeking to qualify for the ballot.

Artist Sarah Boardman helps to unveil ...

President Donald Trump’s portrait now hanging at Colorado Capitol

August 1, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

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.

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