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.

A restraint cell at San Carlos Correctional Facility, taken by DLC staff in May 2022. (Image provided by Disability Law Colorado)

Bill to limit use of metal restraints in Colorado prisons advances despite “inexplicable” price tag

February 1, 2023 at 8:06 a.m.

Colorado legislators advanced a bill Tuesday to limit the use of physical restraints on inmates in acute mental health crises, sidestepping a disputed price tag and avoiding what one lawmaker...

Pharmacist Mike Freking checking electronic medical records to verify prescriptions at the Kaiser Permanente office and pharmacy in Castle Rock.

Little-noticed change in spending bill is big leap for addiction treatment, Colorado experts say

January 28, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Tucked away in a 1,600-page spending bill passed by Congress in December are several paragraphs that, Colorado experts say, will open up a key opioid treatment to more patients and...

DENVER, COLORADO - NOVEMBER 3: Ollie May votes on election day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 at McNichols Civic Center Building polling station. As of Monday afternoon, Colorado voters had submitted 2.7 million ballots. Local election officials are not expecting to have full results for a few days. (Photo by Daniel Brenner/Special to the Denver Post)

No Labels Party becomes Colorado’s sixth minor political party

January 26, 2023 at 2:07 p.m.

The No Labels Party, a national political effort intended to appeal to "commonsense solutions" rather than partisanship, has officially qualified to become Colorado's sixth minor political party, the Secretary of...

Members of the Colorado House of Representatives gather during the final day of the 2021 legislative session at Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

This Colorado legislation would remove a state-level ban on rent control

January 24, 2023 at 8:17 p.m.

Nearly half of Colorado's House Democrats have signed on to a bill that would allow local governments to enact rent control, repealing a decades-old prohibition and setting up a potential...

Traffic moves along on Interstate 25 north of Denver during the morning rush hour on March 20, 2014. According to a study by Kars4Kids, a New Jersey-based nonprofit, Colorado drivers are the most polite in the United States. (RJ Sangosti, Denver Post file)

Colorado teens would need more training before getting driver’s license under proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths

January 24, 2023 at 4:19 p.m.

As new data show Colorado traffic deaths hit a 41-year high in 2022, lawmakers are considering a bill that would require teenagers to take a 30-hour driver's education course and...

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Has Colorado鈥檚 housing problem outgrown local control? A statewide plan takes shape.

January 23, 2023 at 6:03 a.m.

A first-in-decades effort to restructure Colorado's land-use landscape has brought together a broad coalition of housing, environmental, transportation and business groups.

State Rep. Jennifer Bacon, center, chats with State Rep. Jenny Willford and her 19-months-old daughter, Caroline, left, during the opening day of the 74th general assembly of the 2023 Colorado Legislative session on Jan. 9, 2023. Willford said that she is the only woman in the house with a child under the age of two. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Lawmakers seek less combative debate in renewed effort to curb police from lying to kids in interrogations

January 23, 2023 at 10:54 a.m.

New bill wouldn't stop police from lying to kids but would set high bar for use in court

Abby Vestecka, a former Safeway employee who quit last March over scheduling frustrations, stands outside a Safeway in Denver for a portrait on Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Tired of your work schedule being posted last-minute? This bill would fine big employers for late, unstable scheduling.

February 22, 2023 at 10:35 a.m.

Abby Vestecka worked at a Safeway in Denver for 18 months, stocking shelves, covering the cosmetics and dairy departments, and filling morning and night shifts that sometimes came in rapid...

DENVER, COLORADO - JANUARY 10: Colorado Governor Jared Polis looks out at supporters during his 2023 Inauguration ceremony for his second term outside the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol on January 10, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Read Gov. Jared Polis’s 2023 State of the State speech

January 17, 2023 at 11:16 a.m.

Below are the remarks as delivered by Gov. Jared Polis's office. Note that he may make real-time changes to some of the exact language.

Governor Jared Polis leaves the House chamber after delivering the 2023 state of the state address to a joint session of the legislature at the state Capitol on Jan. 17, 2023, in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Gov. Jared Polis emphasizes housing action as he lays out vision for Colorado

January 17, 2023 at 9:00 p.m.

Gov. Jared Polis will deliver the first State of the State address of his second term Tuesday morning as Colorado legislators begin to tackle a battery of issues.

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Bill to limit use of metal restraints in Colorado prisons advances despite “inexplicable” price tag

Little-noticed change in spending bill is big leap for addiction treatment, Colorado experts say

No Labels Party becomes Colorado’s sixth minor political party

This Colorado legislation would remove a state-level ban on rent control

Colorado teens would need more training before getting driver’s license under proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths

Has Colorado鈥檚 housing problem outgrown local control? A statewide plan takes shape.

Lawmakers seek less combative debate in renewed effort to curb police from lying to kids in interrogations

Tired of your work schedule being posted last-minute? This bill would fine big employers for late, unstable scheduling.

Read Gov. Jared Polis’s 2023 State of the State speech

Gov. Jared Polis emphasizes housing action as he lays out vision for Colorado