Colorado lawmakers defeat bill to add penalties for drug dealers linked to fatal overdoses
On the surface, Ember Gren. The friend who sold him the heroin was later sentenced to five years in prison.
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Colorado House plans revival of Polis’ gutted zoning reform bill
A week after the Colorado Senate gutted Gov. Jared Polis' marquee zoning reform bill, House Democrats are preparing to reverse some of those changes and return several key zoning provisions...
Polis signs bill that expands immunity protections for people who report overdoses
When lawmakers passed a lengthy bill last year to tighten criminal penalties for fentanyl users and dealers, they simultaneously undermined the state's immunity protections for drug users who try to...
Colorado’s ambitious plan to reform eating disorder treatment facilities rolled back
Amid a surge in eating disorder diagnoses in Colorado, budget-minded lawmakers stripped language from a bill Monday that would've more tightly regulated facilities that treat the disease, a change welcomed...
Colorado elected officials across political spectrum want to be allowed to block people on social media
In a deeply divided Colorado legislature, lawmakers from either wing of the political spectrum found common ground Thursday: limiting the abuse they weather on social media.
“More people will die”: Colorado lawmakers won’t allow drug-use sites in Denver, elsewhere
Hours after Denver officials announced that more than 450 residents fatally overdosed here last year, Colorado lawmakers voted Wednesday to shelve a bill that would've allowed a safe-drug use site...
Local control arguments didn’t stop ax from falling on Colorado rent control bill
Colorado lawmakers killed a bill Tuesday night that would've let local governments enact rent control policies, dealing a blow to progressive housing advocates' ongoing efforts to insulate renters from rising...
Democrats prepare to gut key provisions of Gov. Jared Polis’ sweeping land-use reform plan
Colorado lawmakers are preparing to gut Gov. Jared Polis鈥檚 sweeping land-use reform bill to remove provisions that would reshape single-family zoning in the state, proposals that have split Senate Democrats...
Colorado affordable housing advocates raise alarm over “opt in” roadblock to millions in voter-approved aid
Local governments in Colorado may be a roadblock to tens of millions of Proposition 123 money flowing to nonprofits and the at-risk residents they serve, and advocates are working to...
After Colorado voters cracked down on payday loans, lenders found loopholes. A new bill would try to close them.
While there are fewer payday loans now than before 2018, tens of thousands of residents are purchasing alternative charge loans -- which are cousins to payday loans -- often at...