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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Democratic debate: Michael Bennet strikes a chord on school inequality

July 31, 2019 at 10:19 p.m.

The ideological divisions gripping the Democratic Party intensified Wednesday as presidential candidates waged an acrimonious battle over health care, immigration and race in Detroit. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who's...

FILE – This Oct. 23, 2018 file photo shows HealthCare.gov website on a computer screen in New York. A federal judge’s ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who’ve seen the politics of health care flip as Americans increasingly value the overhaul’s core parts, including protections for pre-existing medical conditions and Medicaid for more low-income people. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Colorado gets federal OK for program expected to lower marketplace health care premiums 18%

July 31, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

The federal government has given Colorado the green light to start a reinsurance program in January 2020 that's expected to lower health care premiums on the individual marketplace by an...

The Colorado Treasurer's Office seal at the Colorado Capitol.

Great Colorado Payback plagued with problems, state auditor says

July 29, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

The Great Colorado Payback, which seeks to reunite Coloradans with their forgotten property, isn't working the way it should, according a report released Monday by the state Auditor's Office.

Denver closes Sonny Lawson Park in Five Points, pushing out homeless

July 29, 2019 at 2:31 p.m.

The city of Denver erected a fence around Sonny Lawson Park on Monday morning as part of a project to restore the park's grass, but homeless activists see the reseeding...

Anti-abortion advocates gather outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis in this June 4, 2019 file photo. Missouri's only abortion clinic has been denied a license renewal.

Activists submit 6 new ballot initiatives to ban abortions past 22 weeks

July 29, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

These proposed initiatives for the 2020 ballot would ban abortions in Colorado past 22 weeks unless the physical life of the mother was at risk.

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Lawmakers want to move Colorado Parks and Wildlife department to Grand Junction

July 25, 2019 at 5:11 p.m.

Three lawmakers are proposing that Colorado follow in the federal government's footsteps and relocate about 300 land management employees to Grand Junction.

Republican evangelical Kendal Unruh, right, along with Pam and Steve Houser, left, talk election issues with Beverly Hills resident Rusty Fuerst.

Campaign for Coloradans to give up their TABOR refunds doesn’t exist – so far

October 4, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

State lawmakers are asking voters if they can keep their TABOR tax refunds, but so far no one has stepped up to run the Yes on Proposition CC campaign. Those...

The Colorado State Capitol and its gold plate dome, which is in need of repair.

10th Circuit reverses TABOR ruling, says lawsuit can challenge Colorado law’s constitutionality

July 22, 2019 at 5:43 p.m.

An 8-year-old legal challenge to the constitutionality of Colorado鈥檚 Taxpayer Bill of Rights is back on again, following a decision by a federal appeals court Monday that found some plaintiffs...

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Ivanka Trump visits Lockheed Martin in Littleton as part of workforce development tour

July 22, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

Senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump visited Lockheed Martin in Littleton on Monday as part of a nationwide tour promoting workforce development.

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A repeal of Colorado’s new national popular vote law appears headed to the November 2020 ballot

July 24, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

Voters likely will decide how Colorado picks a president in addition to which candidate they want for the job when they fill out their ballots in November 2020.

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