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.

Senate President Steve Fenberg, right, chats with Sen. Jeff Bridges, left, in the Senate chamber at the Colorado State Capitol during a special session on Nov. 19, 2023, in Denver. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Colorado legislators pitch open-meetings changes as pragmatic, but will too much happen outside public view?

February 21, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

Government transparency advocates say a bill aimed at loosening open-meetings restrictions for the Colorado legislature -- a move intended to make them more workable -- would risk making the Capitol's...

State Rep. Chris deGruy Kennedy, speaker pro tempore, left, and Speaker Julie McCluskie

Colorado Democrats want to use TABOR refund money to fight child poverty, help care workers with new credits

February 17, 2024 at 6:03 a.m.

Colorado Democrats are eying a large portion of the state's $1.8 billion-plus surplus this year to provide child tax credits targeted to help lower-income families, but that and other proposals...

Brendan Bialy, who was a friend of school shooting victim Kenrick Castillo, gives testimony via Zoom to the House Judiciary Committee on HB23-1230 in the Old State Library at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on April 19, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Ban on “assault” weapons is back as Colorado lawmakers target high-powered guns

February 15, 2024 at 10:21 a.m.

Colorado would ban the sale, transfer and importation of so-called assault weapons under a bill introduced Tuesday in the state House that revives a previously failed effort.

People gather outside the Senate doors before The Colorado General Assembly starts its 2024 session

Bills proposing income tax cut, concealed-carry gun requirements have hearings this week in Colorado legislature

February 12, 2024 at 5:25 p.m.

A cluster of criminal justice bills will begin working through committees in the Colorado legislature this week, and the House on Monday morning passed a bill to ban the use...

Supporters holds signs during a news conference calling for housing and eviction reforms

Colorado lawmakers revive renter and eviction protections while adapting to political realities

February 12, 2024 at 6:52 a.m.

After setbacks for renter protection legislation last year, Democrats in the Colorado legislature have introduced a revamped "for-cause" eviction bill and a half-dozen other proposals that seek to preserve affordable...

King, a dog at the Denver Animal Shelter

Colorado lawmaker voluntarily kills pet registration and fees bill in wake of outcry

February 8, 2024 at 3:59 p.m.

A Democratic state lawmaker voluntarily killed her pet registration and fees bill Thursday over a wave of criticism --and some threats -- sparked by the proposal.

A Regional Transportation District bus stops

Colorado lawmakers have RTD in sights for major overhaul — including big changes for elected board

February 7, 2024 at 1:50 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers are drafting legislation that would deliver a sweeping overhaul of the Regional Transportation District. It would include significantly reshape the governing board.

The Colorado Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Bills on gun reform, legislative pay and opioids on tap this week in the Capitol

February 5, 2024 at 1:06 p.m.

It's a mostly slow morning in the Capitol as surpass the one-month mark. But the schedule is lively: The cobwebs of the first weeks have fully been washed away, and...

Here 4 the Kids, a group of mostly moms, staged a sit-in asking for an executive order to ban guns

Gun control was once 鈥渆lectoral kryptonite.鈥� Now Colorado Democrats are emboldened 鈥� and prepared to act.

February 4, 2024 at 6:03 a.m.

Colorado Democrats' electoral dominance in recent years and growing gun-reform activism have emboldened the majority party to pursue a broad array of gun control measures in this year's legislative session.

Denver resident of five years Caltara Zoellner, 53, drops off a ballot at the Elections Building in Denver on Election Day, June 6, 2023. Voters dropped off ballots for runoff election candidates for the mayor and city council races. (Photo by Grace Smith/The Denver Post)

Federal judge keeps Colorado’s primaries open to unaffiliated voters, rejecting state GOP’s challenge

February 2, 2024 at 4:58 p.m.

Colorado's unaffiliated voters can continue to participate in Republican primary elections, a federal judge ruled Friday, in the latest blow to the state GOP's attempts to close its races to...

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Colorado legislators pitch open-meetings changes as pragmatic, but will too much happen outside public view?

Colorado Democrats want to use TABOR refund money to fight child poverty, help care workers with new credits

Ban on “assault” weapons is back as Colorado lawmakers target high-powered guns

Bills proposing income tax cut, concealed-carry gun requirements have hearings this week in Colorado legislature

Colorado lawmakers revive renter and eviction protections while adapting to political realities

Colorado lawmakers have RTD in sights for major overhaul — including big changes for elected board

Bills on gun reform, legislative pay and opioids on tap this week in the Capitol

Gun control was once 鈥渆lectoral kryptonite.鈥� Now Colorado Democrats are emboldened 鈥� and prepared to act.

Federal judge keeps Colorado’s primaries open to unaffiliated voters, rejecting state GOP’s challenge