Colorado Legislature

Colorado’s workers helped build the state in mines, fields and factories, often through immense struggle and sacrifice. Their stories stretch from the Ludlow Massacre and northern Colorado’s sugar beet fields to labor debates still unfolding at the state Capitol.

These include two high-profile gun laws and protections for the LGBTQ community that push back against a recent Supreme Court decision.

The proposal comes in response to a Colorado Sun investigation that found PERA has paid its investment staff millions of dollars in performance bonuses in recent years.

A law signed by Gov. Jared Polis holds carmakers ultimately responsible for unwanted batteries.

Colorado is the first state to create “A Corps” or artist companies, a subset of limited liability corporations that keep creative control of companies in the hands of the artists.

With three vetoes Wednesday, Jared Polis has now rejected 12 bills passed by the legislature this year — eclipsing the personal record the term-limited governor set in 2025.

The legislation is watered down from the initial version, but still contains significant reforms for sports gambling.

The axed proposals addressed surveillance pricing, arbitration reform and plastic waste from restaurant takeout.

Lawmakers have regularly balanced the state budget “on the backs of students,” public schools advocates have argued. This year, legislators took a different approach.

Gov. Polis has vetoed his first round of bills, including a measure that would require social media companies to work more closely with law enforcement.