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.

Demonstrators call for a $15 an hour minimum wage on Sept. 12, 2016, in front of the Colorado Capitol. Columnist Catherine Rampell writes that "high inequality in the United States says more about our taxing and spending choices than our paychecks" and suggests that well-intended, feel-good policies like raising the minimum wage can sometimes backfire.

Colorado cities can raise minimum wages starting in January 2020

May 28, 2019 at 10:27 p.m.

State law blocked local governments from enacting their own minimum-wage laws for decades, but that changed Tuesday when Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 1210.

Colorado has no state abortion protections – and advocates are OK with that for now

May 28, 2019 at 3:57 p.m.

Colorado is in a unique position of having no laws that restrict abortion access as well as no laws that protect it. "It抖阴ap sort of the absence of law allows...

Man dies from fall after parking car along Highway 7

May 25, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

A 70-year-old man died Thursday after he fell off a cliff on the shoulder of Colorado Highway 7 near Allenspark, according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.

Denver Weather: Expect a warm, sunny weekend with a chance of rain on Memorial Day

May 25, 2019 at 10:05 a.m.

Travelers and those staying put this Memorial Day weekend should expect warm, breezy weather and mostly sunny skies.

Denver police arrest suspect in connection with shooting deaths of mother, father, 5th-grade daughter

May 24, 2019 at 6:34 p.m.

A man, a woman and a girl were shot and killed Thursday night in Denver, according to a police news release.

In this April 2016 file photo, an nurse collects a blood sample from a patient using a glucometer at a free diabetic health check-up camp on World Health Day.

Colorado becomes first state in nation to cap price of insulin

May 23, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

Diabetics in Colorado who use insulin to control their blood sugar levels won't pay more than $100 per month for the drug starting in January thanks to a bill signed...

DENVER, CO - MARCH 12: The Senate Finance, Transportation and Energy committees voted for Senate Bill 19-181 and it has moved to the Senate floor as Republican Senator's (from left) Owen Hill, Chris Holbert, Vicki Marble, John Cooke, Bob Rankin and Ray Scott look over thee Bill as it is debated at the Colorado State Capitol March 12, 2019, in Denver, Colorado.

How Colorado’s Republican lawmakers managed to score some wins

May 11, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

Republicans in Colorado's General Assembly used delay tactics and amendments to slow and in some cases tweak the majority Democrats' agenda this session.

Ivanka Trump to visit Lockheed Martin near Denver on Wednesday

May 7, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

Ivanka Trump is coming to Littleton on Wednesday as part of a nationwide push to increase the number of classes, apprenticeships and degrees geared toward closing the skills gap between...

Legal sports betting and TABOR refund question are coming to Colorado ballots this fall

October 4, 2019 at 12:04 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers have finished their work for the year, but they've also created some work for state residents: In the final week, the General Assembly voted to put measures on...

Colorado lawmakers passed a bill asking to keep extra TABOR money. Here’s how it would work.

October 4, 2019 at 1:03 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers have voted to ask state residents a big question in November: Can the state keep all the tax dollars it collects instead of having to refund some of...

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