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.

A Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist sets up DNA samples for testing at the bureau's lab in Arvada on Friday, July 15, 2016. (Photo by Noelle Phillips/The Denver Post)

Colorado slashes rape kit testing backlog, but lag time still tops 6 months — 3 times as long as standard

February 25, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

The reduced backlog represents a significant improvement from last June's testing lag of 450 days. Both auditors and CBI officials said the CBI should be able to hit 90 days...

The U.S. Capitol is shown in Washington, D.C.

Colorado lawmakers’ State of the Union guests include former ICE detainee, Evergreen High student

February 24, 2026 at 6:10 p.m.

鈥淚 hope no one else has to go through what I did, and I hope my story and presence can help inspire change for a better future," said Caroline Dias...

The Senate chamber inside the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/Rachel Woolf)

Lawmakers take on Big Data, housing bills, ICE liability in the Colorado legislature this week

February 23, 2026 at 12:25 p.m.

Welcome to another Monday in the state Capitol, folks. Lawmakers are settling in for a week of housing debates and efforts to limit the sharing of Big Data -- and...

The Colorado State Capitol in Denver on January 13, 2026. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Flawed analysis caused Colorado Medicaid program’s costs to surge and made it ‘attractive’ to fraud

February 22, 2026 at 8:20 a.m.

"We literally alerted them, and they did nothing until about two years later," said Kelly Milan, the founder of the Colorado Transportation Alliance, about HCPF's high rates used to pay...

Jamie Frederick wears pins during hearings on House Bill 25-1312 in the Old Supreme Court hearing room at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on April 30, 2025. The Senate Judiciary Committee listened to testimony from opponents and proponents of the proposal to extend legal protections to transgender people. Legislators took testimony for eight hours. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Faced with veto threat, Colorado lawmakers remove family court section from trans youth bill

February 19, 2026 at 8:40 p.m.

In a statement Wednesday evening, Gov. Jared Polis' spokeswoman Ally Sullivan said he "opposed the contradictory and troublesome family law provisions in the legislation."

FILE – The Capitol Dome is seen as lawmakers prepare to depart for the holiday recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Colorado enters redistricting war, with group pitching new map that would give Democrats a 7-1 edge

February 18, 2026 at 5:23 p.m.

A plan that would give Democratic congressional candidates a strong edge in Colorado -- and put a temporary hold on its independent redistricting process -- could go to voters in...

Colorado sex workers have long pushed to decriminalize prostitution; now lawmakers are proposing it

February 18, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

"Whatever your morals are, I don't believe the government should be involved in the bedroom of consenting adults," said Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, a Pueblo Democrat and one of the bill's...

Alejandro Salazar, 36, from San Luis Potosi in Mexico, harvests peaches in Palisade on July 21, 2023. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

When should Colorado farmworkers be entitled to overtime? Even Democrats don’t agree

February 14, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

鈥淥ur ag producers are in a tenuous situation,鈥� Amanda Laban, the markets division director for the Colorado Department of Agriculture, told state lawmakers.

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, front, and anti-ICE protesters, community members and faith leaders rally against federal immigration enforcement practices in front of the Aurora detention center in Aurora, Colorado, on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow says ‘there will be costs’ to Trump officials after failed indictment attempt

February 11, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

"We are taking names, we are making lists," U.S. Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado said in an interview Wednesday, a day after federal prosecutors failed to win an indictment against...

Douglas County woman billed Medicaid for patient who already died, federal officials allege

February 11, 2026 at 1:36 p.m.

Federal officials unveiled a slew of charges Tuesday against two Coloradans accused of ripping off a program that provides free rides to Medicaid patients.

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Colorado slashes rape kit testing backlog, but lag time still tops 6 months — 3 times as long as standard

Colorado lawmakers’ State of the Union guests include former ICE detainee, Evergreen High student

Lawmakers take on Big Data, housing bills, ICE liability in the Colorado legislature this week

Flawed analysis caused Colorado Medicaid program’s costs to surge and made it ‘attractive’ to fraud

Faced with veto threat, Colorado lawmakers remove family court section from trans youth bill

Colorado enters redistricting war, with group pitching new map that would give Democrats a 7-1 edge

Colorado sex workers have long pushed to decriminalize prostitution; now lawmakers are proposing it

When should Colorado farmworkers be entitled to overtime? Even Democrats don’t agree

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow says ‘there will be costs’ to Trump officials after failed indictment attempt

Douglas County woman billed Medicaid for patient who already died, federal officials allege