Seth Klamann

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Seth Klamann

Seth Klamann covers politics, immigration and the state house for The Denver Post. A proud Kansas City native and University of Missouri grad, he previously worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. Outside of work, he enjoys watching soccer, going on road trips and eating fried food.

Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Gun reforms pass Colorado House after Democrats limit Republican filibuster

March 26, 2023 at 9:29 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers passed two gun reform bills Sunday after three days of Republican filibustering that only ended after House Democrats dusted off a rarely used rule to accelerate votes and...

The view from the top floor of the new Flora redevelopment site at 3500 Chestnut on October 25, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. The site used to be the building that housed Mile High Mutts which closed in 2018. The development is a 92-unit 12-story mixed-use retail, office and apartment building in River North. The redevelopment team includes Brock Fleming, Edee Anesi and Brad Arguello. Fleming, Anesi and her father Greg Anesi previously developed the apartment building Lumina at 3234 Navajo St. in LoHi. Arguello helped create food halls Avanti Food & Beverage and Broadway Market. The apartments were slated to be condominiums until the team decided to switch to apartments. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

“Apparently, we鈥檙e too stupid”: Colorado mayors blast Gov. Jared Polis-backed plan to regulate local zoning codes

March 26, 2023 at 2:57 p.m.

Local governments have signaled their opposition to the zoning overhaul for months

East High School students and supporters gather outside the House Chambers on Thursday, March 23, 2023, in support of gun reform legislation that will be debated Friday at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The students rallied one day after two staff members at East High School were shot by a student. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

“When can we just be kids again?” Students confront Colorado lawmakers after another East High School shooting

March 23, 2023 at 5:06 p.m.

The rally was in response to the second shooting at East High School in as many weeks, but violence at any school affects every school, students said. They chanted slogans...

Gov. Jared Polis speaks to a crowd on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol to unveil a land use and housing package on March 22, 2023. The land use and housing package includes allowing landowners to build accessory dwelling units and promote development along transit corridors. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Single-family zoning rules would change across Colorado under Gov. Jared Polis’ plan to spark denser development

March 22, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic lawmakers unveiled their sweeping land-use legislation package Wednesday, a first-in-decades reform that would reshape Colorado's patchwork zoning system in an attempt to address the state's...

Medical staff perform an outpatient surgery at Denver Health in Denver on March 15, 2023. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Are Colorado hospitals acting like charities or Fortune 500 companies? Lawmakers want to know, too

March 22, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Four years ago, Colorado lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill requiring hospitals to provide insight into their finances. It was the product of three years of work, the bill's sponsor said,...

Emma Troughton at the Mental Health Colorado office in Denver on Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado — a national hub for eating disorder treatment — hopes to slow surging rate of stigmatized illness

March 20, 2023 at 1:26 p.m.

Two weeks after a routine trip to a health clinic turned into a psychiatric hospitalization, Emma Troughton was on a plane to Denver.

Gwendolyn Herzig speaks to a reporter at Park West Pharmacy in Little Rock, Arkansas on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Herzig, who is transgender, was asked about her genitalia by an Arkansas lawmaker when she testified about a bill restricting gender affirming care for minors. The question is an example of the rhetoric transgender people are facing at statehouses as they speak out against new bills targeting their rights. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

Colorado could be latest state to allow automated pharmacy machines as bill passes House

March 17, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Coloradans may soon be able to fill prescriptions via a video screen and a pre-loaded dispensing machine, thanks to a bipartisan bill that sailed through the House earlier this month.

State Rep. Ty Winter joins other republicans on the Colorado House Floor to fight HB23-1219, a bill that would establish a waiting period before a firearms seller may deliver a firearm to a purchaser, at the Capitol in Denver on March 9, 2023. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado Republicans’ all-night filibuster sought to stall gun reform, safe drug-use site bills

March 10, 2023 at 3:02 p.m.

More than 16 hours after they entered the House chamber, Colorado lawmakers advanced two controversial bills regulating guns and drug use in the early morning hours Friday tay, ending a...

Medical researcher Mackenzie Campbell, left, gets basic health information from patient Kaleb Garcia, right, at the Colorado Area Health Education Center booth at the National Western Stock Show on Jan. 22, 2023 in Denver. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Should Colorado launch its own universal health system? Legislators want to take a look

March 14, 2023 at 3:04 p.m.

Supporters of universal health care got a shot in the arm last month when Democrats introduced a bill that would direct public health officials to study how such a system...

Republican Representatives from left to right Scott Bottoms, Ryan Armagost, and Kenneth DeGraaf listen during testimony on HB23-1219 in front of members of the House State Civil Military and Veterans Affairs Committee at the Colorado Capitol on March 6, 2023, in Denver. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Warning of filibusters and lawsuits, Colorado Republicans dig in against Democrats鈥� gun bills

March 7, 2023 at 7:16 a.m.

A Republican lawmaker apologized to his colleagues Monday morning for a tweet that threatened civil war over gun reform efforts. But, in a nod to the looming legislative fights over...

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Gun reforms pass Colorado House after Democrats limit Republican filibuster

“Apparently, we鈥檙e too stupid”: Colorado mayors blast Gov. Jared Polis-backed plan to regulate local zoning codes

“When can we just be kids again?” Students confront Colorado lawmakers after another East High School shooting

Single-family zoning rules would change across Colorado under Gov. Jared Polis’ plan to spark denser development

Are Colorado hospitals acting like charities or Fortune 500 companies? Lawmakers want to know, too

Colorado — a national hub for eating disorder treatment — hopes to slow surging rate of stigmatized illness

Colorado could be latest state to allow automated pharmacy machines as bill passes House

Colorado Republicans’ all-night filibuster sought to stall gun reform, safe drug-use site bills

Should Colorado launch its own universal health system? Legislators want to take a look

Warning of filibusters and lawsuits, Colorado Republicans dig in against Democrats鈥� gun bills