Seth Klamann

Immigration reporter

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.

Gov. Jared Polis leaves the House chamber of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. He delivered his 2025 State of the State address. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Gov. Jared Polis offers open-minded approach on Trump, except when agenda “hurts our people”

January 9, 2025 at 5:49 p.m.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis offered an evenhanded approach to the coming Trump administration, he said during his annual State of the State address Thursday.

Matt Ball, who will fill the Colorado Senate vacancy created by Democratic Sen. Chris Hansen鈥檚 resignation, looks on during the first day of the 2025 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Jan. 8, 2025. He was selected to fill the Denver seat by a vacancy committee late the night before. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Denver city official wins seat in state Senate, the third legislator selected by vacancy committee in recent days

January 8, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

Matthew Ball, Denver's policy director, won election to represent central and eastern Denver in the state Senate on Tuesday night.

Colorado Chief Justice Monica M谩rquez, center, swears in new members of the Colorado Senate on the first day of the 2025 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado Democratic lawmakers introduce priority bills on high-powered gun limits, voting rights, union elections

January 8, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.

Gun control, a state budget shortfall and a brewing labor fight top Democratic priorities in the legislative session that begins Wednesday -- as the majority party also braces for a...

Raymond Gonzales, executive vice president of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, shows the audience a short video presentation at the start of the annual Business Legislative Preview breakfast held at Denver Art Museum鈥檚 Sturm Grand Pavilion in Denver on Jan. 7, 2025. An advertisement for the Denver Art Museum鈥檚 Wild Things is seen in the background. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Business-oriented event for Colorado legislature puts focus on regulations, labor relations

January 8, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Legislative leaders gave a peek Tuesday at the fights coming to the Capitol, including a proposal to reform laws around unionizing, regulatory reform and efforts to patch a massive budget...

Hector Salas carries bags of Monopoly money in front of a cardboard yacht as he and others rally during a protest against Greystar at the Denver Tech Center on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Colorado, Justice Department add Greystar, Cortland and other large landlords to apartment price-fixing suit

January 7, 2025 at 5:12 p.m.

The Colorado attorney general and federal officials added six large landlords to a lawsuit against RealPage.

Maria Espinoza, an enrollment specialist, talks with patient Monica Borjas at Clinica Family Health on Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Adams County. Falling Medicaid rolls have resulted in less reimbursement money for health providers and calls for state help. It's one of the challenges faced by state lawmakers in the 2025 session as they try to balance the budget. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Health care for poorest Coloradans is at risk as Medicaid costs dominate budget debate in legislature

January 5, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

As Medicaid providers ask for help, lawmakers are bracing to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the state budget in the coming months. T

The Colorado State Capitol building, shown on Aug. 27, 2024, will host the 2025 legislative session starting Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Here’s what Democratic leaders expect on housing, Trump and a labor fight when the Colorado legislature convenes

January 4, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado's Democratic leaders promised Friday to keep plugging away at the state's affordability crisis, but the cost of living is just one issue they'll contend with in the coming months.

State Sen. Tom Sullivan, sponsor of Senate Bill 23-170, a red flag bill, hears testimony of opponents of the bill in the Old Supreme Court chamber of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado lawmakers prepare new legislation — and approach — to limit high-powered gun sales

January 3, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers will again seek to ban the sale of certain types of semiautomatic firearms in the coming legislative session, embracing a new approach after more sweeping assault weapons bans...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser celebrates the grand reopening of the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab in Denver on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Attorney General Phil Weiser announces run for Colorado governor: “There鈥檚 critical work ahead”

January 2, 2025 at 4:44 p.m.

Colorado's attorney general has long been expected to pursue the governor's mansion after Jared Polis.

Eliza Lucero, with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, speaks to a gathering during a protest to demand that Colorado lift the ban on rent control on the west steps of the State Capitol on March 5, 2023, in Denver. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Metro Denver renters pay $136 extra each month when landlords use rent-setting software, report says

December 31, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

Many metro Denver tenants paid more than $1,600 in additional rent in 2023 because of a profit-maximizing algorithm used by large landlords, according to a new report.

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Gov. Jared Polis offers open-minded approach on Trump, except when agenda “hurts our people”

Denver city official wins seat in state Senate, the third legislator selected by vacancy committee in recent days

Colorado Democratic lawmakers introduce priority bills on high-powered gun limits, voting rights, union elections

Business-oriented event for Colorado legislature puts focus on regulations, labor relations

Colorado, Justice Department add Greystar, Cortland and other large landlords to apartment price-fixing suit

Health care for poorest Coloradans is at risk as Medicaid costs dominate budget debate in legislature

Here’s what Democratic leaders expect on housing, Trump and a labor fight when the Colorado legislature convenes

Colorado lawmakers prepare new legislation — and approach — to limit high-powered gun sales

Attorney General Phil Weiser announces run for Colorado governor: “There鈥檚 critical work ahead”

Metro Denver renters pay $136 extra each month when landlords use rent-setting software, report says