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Colorado GOP chairman Steve House won’t seek second term after tumultuous tenure
Steve House announced Monday that he would not seek another term as the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party -- nor make a bid for governor in 2018.
Bill makes it a crime to advertise marijuana sales without a license
The state Senate gave initial approval Monday to a measure designed to crackdown on advertisements online for illicit marijuana sales.
How the political mood at the Capitol shifted toward a tax hike for roads
Colorado needs $9 billion to improve roads and alleviate traffic congestion in the next 10 years -- a number so large that state lawmakers are entertaining a once-unthinkable solution: a...
Republican lawmakers reject money for suicide mitigation project at state mental health hospitals
Republican lawmakers rejected a $235,109 request from Gov. John Hickenlooper鈥檚 administration to mitigate a suicide risk at the state鈥檚 mental health hospital, questioning the cost of the project.
Hickenlooper pot tax hike plan vaults debate over education spending to forefront
Top Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday gave a package of tax hikes introduced a day earlier by Gov. John Hickenlooper an uneasy reception, with members of both parties suggesting they found...
Colorado GOP lawmakers criticize suicide-proofing bathrooms at mental health hospitals as “wasteful” spending
A request for $235,109 to make nine bathrooms at a state mental health hospital suicide-proof is prompting outrage from Republican lawmakers who are questioning whether it抖阴ap evidence of wasteful government...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper proposes pot sales tax hike to bridge school funding gap
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday asked Colorado lawmakers for a 50 percent increase in sales taxes on recreational marijuana starting July 1 to send an additional $42 million to public...
Mike Johnston announces 2018 bid for governor with the flair of Bernie Sanders
Mike Johnston became the first prominent candidate to join the 2018 governor鈥檚 race in Colorado, launching his Democratic campaign Tuesday with a promise to provide two years of debt-free college...
Energized Democrats in Colorado push back against Republican repeal of health care law
Now in power in Washington and the Colorado Senate, GOP lawmakers are realizing the challenge of repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Colorado governor calls for tax ballot measure to address transportation
Gov. John Hickenlooper asked lawmakers to send a tax hike measure to the November ballot to build and repair the state鈥檚 roads, calling on Colorado to 鈥渋nvest in our future.鈥�