Colorado Senate

State budget heads to Gov. Jared Polis after lawmakers wrestle with cuts to disability services

鈥淭his has clearly been a lengthy and painful set of discussions about how we address our Medicaid budget,鈥� Rep. Emily Sirota said after the final vote Tuesday.

Sen. Lisa Frizell speaks in the Senate chamber during a special session at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Aug. 26, 2025. This spring, she won an amendment to the state budget that was then modified by the budget committee.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Police tape and a Boulder Police cruiser is seen near a death investigation with suspicious devices in an apartment on the 4500 Block of 13th Street in Boulder on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Colorado Senate candidate arrested after daughter nearly drowns in Florida pool, police say

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Senators convene in the state Senate chamber at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

State budget passes Colorado Senate and nears final decision point, with committee weighing changes

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FILE – President Donald Trump speaks before he signs a presidential memorandum imposing tariffs and investment restrictions on China in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, March 22, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Officials take stock of how tariffs have impacted Colorado economy

By Jessica Alvarado Gamez

April 7, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Last week, with the year anniversary on Thursday of what President Trump dubbed "Liberation Day,"...

Alyssa Peterson, left, and her sister, Emily Peterson. (Photo courtesy of the Peterson Family)

Colorado lawmakers can pass ‘Alyssa’s Act’ to help coaches and parents monitor mental health (抖阴ap)

By Emily Peterson

March 22, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

In 2019, we lost Alyssa after she struggled with her mental health following a series...

Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, right, looks back at the prosecution alongside her attorney, Michael Edminister, during sentencing for her election interference case at the Mesa County District Court Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Larry Robinson//The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP)

Tina Peters clemency? Her sentence was drastically harsher than those of two Democratic lawmakers (抖阴ap)

By Doug Friednash

March 6, 2026 at 9:59 a.m.

Gov. Jared Polis has questioned whether justice was evenly applied when comparing the length of...

Former state Rep. Adrienne Benavidez. She was picked to fill a vacant state Senate seat Thursday night. (Denver Post file)

Former state representative tapped to fill vacant Colorado Senate seat

By Nick Coltrain

February 27, 2026 at 12:57 p.m.

A Democratic vacancy committee picked former state Rep. Adrienne Benavidez to fill a vacant Colorado...

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

By Seth Klamann

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

"Whatever your morals are, I don't believe the government should be involved in the bedroom...

Colorado state Sen. Kyle Mullica speaks during a committee hearing on March 16, 2022. (File photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

After sponsor lambastes RFK Jr., Colorado bill aiming to increase vaccine access passes Senate

By Nick Coltrain

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

The Colorado Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would expand the list of who...

Seized firearms hang on the wall during a press conference at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives offices in Denver, on Aug. 18, 2025. A joint task force announced charges against 30 individuals, including leaders and associates of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua. The investigation involves federal drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and murder-for-hire charges.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Red flag law expansion heads to Colorado House after Senate approves bill

By Nick Coltrain

February 3, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.

The Senate approved the measure on a near-party-line vote, 20-13. Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, of Pueblo,...

Denver - APRIL: Colorado Senator Tom Sullivan speaks before Governor Jared Polis signed SB25-003 into law at the Governor鈥檚 office at the State Capitol in Denver on Thursday, April 10, 2025. He is sponsoring a bill this year to include health care workers in who can file extreme risks protection orders. Sullivan鈥檚 son Alex Sullivan, was killed in the Aurora theater shooting in 2012. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

New Colorado red flag law expansion — allowing more people to seek a gun-removal order — clears first hurdle

By Nick Coltrain

January 28, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

A bill in the Colorado legislature would expand the list of who can seek extreme...

House Speaker Julie McCluskie prepares to speak at the front of the House chamber to start the 2026 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Jan. 14, 2026. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Lawmakers get SMART at hearings as oversight hearings continue in the Colorado legislature this week

By Nick Coltrain

January 20, 2026 at 12:09 p.m.

Now that opening-day speeches and start-of-session ceremonies are out of the way, the Colorado legislature's...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis delivers his final State of the State address in the House chamber at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Polis used his final annual speech to highlight achievements made on housing, education and transportation, among other issues. Behind Polis is House Speaker Julie McCluskie. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Gov. Jared Polis gets more pointed on Trump, reaches for familiar solutions to Colorado’s challenges in final year

By Nick Coltrain

January 15, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

Rifts between Polis and legislative leaders on a major labor bill and pending AI regulations...

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