Jared Polis

Lawmakers rejected a request to add hundreds of new prison beds, saying the state must first address staffing shortages and parole backlogs.

Peters appears in a video to grab another inmate by the neck and shove her. No injuries were reported and an investigation is underway.

The Trump administration has been at odds with Colorado.

The funds will likely be mostly spent on the primary given that whoever wins the Democratic faceoff will likely become governor in November.

Colorado lawmakers are considering new bills to ensure their massive batteries end up reused or recycled.

The three-judge panel was dismissive of many of the arguments made by Peters’ attorneys. But they grilled the state’s lawyer over the trial judge reciting Peters’ false statements about elections in handing down her sentence.

He reveled in his accomplishments, criticized the Trump administration and looked for common ground with Republicans.

Colorado lawmakers open their lawmaking term trying to tackle big issues — like housing, the environment and public safety — under a strained budget.

The shortfall means two major things: The General Assembly will have to make funding cuts and it also has no money available to spend on new programs. Those two realities will shape the legislature’s entire 120-day lawmaking term.

Ethics complaints. Gov. Jared Polis’ final year. New leaders. A lawmaker who died in November. The legislature has a lot to navigate in 2026 beyond its policy agenda.