Chas Sisk
Editor / Producer, Colorado Capitol News AllianceChas Sisk is an editor/producer with KUNC and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. He's been a journalist for more than 25 years, primarily focused on covering politics, business and communities. When he's not at the Colorado State Capitol, Chas is a dedicated distance runner who's completed more than two dozen marathons. He joined KUNC in 2025.
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Connecticut’s forensics lab has not had a backlog of cases for the better part of a decade. How it came to run so well may hold answers for Colorado as its lab moves forward from a scandal and addresses the long wait for test results. -
Democrats at the Capitol defied Gov. Jared Polis and took steps to push back against the Trump administration. A big slate of gun bills passed. Lawmakers tried to clear hurdles halting sex assault investigations. -
Legislators failed to make revisions or to come up with a plan to keep a first-in-the-nation AI law that's been derided by tech companies from taking effect early next year. -
The Colorado Capitol News Alliance pored through the more than 600 measures debated at the Capitol this year to highlight the most notable ones that passed and failed. -
Backers say the Colorado Voting Rights Act will protect the state against efforts to scale back civil rights, but election officials fear it could open up new challenges to longstanding voting practices. -
Supporters say the law creates a space on forms to recognize lived experience and aligns death certificates with other state records. -
House Bill 25-1011 would have required daycare chains to be more transparent about pricing and to notify parents prior to layoffs. But opponents said it'll discourage operators from opening up centers. -
The proposal calls on districts to adopt formal policies on hearing challenges and sets limits on who can file them. -
The measure still needs to clear a few procedural votes, but it appears on its way to Gov. Jared Polis' desk. -
Hundreds of educators and supporters gathered on what was a school day for many to push back on a proposal from Gov. Jared Polis.
