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One day left: Tug-of-war over Energy Office escalates as Colorado legislative session nears end

May 11, 2017 at 9:55 a.m.

The General Assembly entered its penultimate day with more than 190 bills still outstanding and cranked through the list like a sausage factory, approving most and defeating others. Here's what...

Colorado gave hospitals $6.4 billion. So why did private insurance rates still increase?

May 22, 2017 at 1:42 p.m.

Colorado hospitals received $6.4 billion from the hospital provider fee program -- all money intended to reduce the cost-shift to people with private insurance. But private payers never saw the...

Colorado lawmakers make final push for hospitals bill, others ahead of adjournment

May 9, 2017 at 12:16 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers are poised to deliver one of the most expansive spending bills of the legislative term just before the Wednesday deadline for adjournment.

Colorado has quadrupled the amount of energy it gets from the wind and sun in recent years.

President Trump’s energy policy clouds future of Colorado Energy Office

May 8, 2017 at 4:27 p.m.

A top Republican lawmaker is using a pressing deadline to renew the Colorado Energy Office to demand significant changes and realign the office with the energy priorities outlined by President...

Colorado’s legislation session is ending. Here’s what you missed and what to watch in final days.

May 8, 2017 at 10:12 a.m.

Colorado's 2017 legislative session -- marked by fits and starts, gridlock and bipartisanship -- comes to an end this week with a number of the most consequential measures still outstanding....

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Hickenlooper blasts House approval of American Health Care Act

May 5, 2017 at 6:36 a.m.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and others criticized the U.S. House of Representative's passage of the controversial American Health Care Act, while a conservative health policy analyst...

Rene Lima-Marin hugs his 6-year-old son at the Kit Carson Correctional Center on June 7, 2016. Lima-Marin was mistakenly freed from prison in 2008, then returned in 2014 after the mistake was discovered. A bipartisan group of legislators is working on a joint resolution asking Gov. John Hickenlooper to grant Lima-Marin clemency.

Colorado governor faces more pressure to grant clemency to Rene Lima-Marin

May 23, 2017 at 11:24 p.m.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is facing increasing pressure to grant clemency to Rene Lima-Marin, a convicted criminal who rebuilt his life after being mistakenly released early from 98-year prison sentence.

Colorado lawmakers reach sweeping deal to stave off $528 million cut to hospitals

May 4, 2017 at 5:26 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers on Thursday announced a major agreement that will avert potentially catastrophic cuts to the state hospitals.

Colorado lawmakers send budget bill to governor with reservations

May 23, 2017 at 11:24 p.m.

The $26.8 billion state budget bill is headed to Gov. John Hickenlooper on a wing and a prayer that another measure will follow to erase the the deep spending cuts...

Colorado lawmakers remain divided on whether you can smoke marijuana on your front porch

May 3, 2017 at 5:48 p.m.

The question about where you can consume marijuana in Colorado continues to stress lawmakers, even as the state approaches five years of legalization.

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