Nick Coltrain covers state politics for the Denver Post. He joined the news organization in 2022 after covering the Iowa caucus and COVID-19 for the Des Moines Register and all things for the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
Gov. Jared Polis will cut $103 million in state spending and sweep $146 million from cash accounts to help plug a large budget deficit caused by the federal tax bill,...
"What we did here in this special session is soften the blow,” said Sen. Jeff Bridges, a Greenwood Village Democrat who chairs the legislature's budget committee.
Colorado’s special legislative session convened Tuesday as lawmakers continue working to address a nearly $800 million budget shortfall and button up a final bill on AI regulations.
Colorado’s first-in-the-nation regulations on artificial intelligence may have to wait longer. But the legislature's moves to narrow a budget gap are nearing the finish.
Colorado's special legislative session on the budget resumed Monday as lawmakers work to solve a more protracted, muddy debate about the state's artificial intelligence regulations.
The first round of bills from the Colorado legislature’s latest special session is heading to Polis’ desk after receiving final approval from lawmakers Sunday.
The Colorado legislature resumed the special session on the budget shortfall Friday as lawmakers debate the elimination of tax breaks and spending cuts, along with artificial intelligence regulations.
The Colorado legislature gaveled in Thursday for its latest special session to fix a budget gap caused by federal tax changes. Here are the latest updates.
The bills Colorado lawmakers pass could determine the fate of certain state tax breaks and how much the state dips into its reserves -- as well as the need for...