Colorado Senate

Equipped with artificial intelligence and heat sensors, the cameras are steadily replacing an older warning system used in wildfire-prone areas that relied on humans scanning the horizon from watch towers.

Democratic leaders at the Capitol claim the results of an annual secret survey known as 'quadratic voting' among lawmakers are not public documents.

KUNC investigative reporter Scott Franz joins Morning Edition host Dylan Simard to dig deeper into the use of quadratic voting at the Capitol.

Transparency advocates say even though the outcome of the secret ballot process is being made public for the first time, the bill-ranking system still runs afoul of the open meetings law and shuts the public out of a process that lawmakers use to help decide how to spend their tax dollars.

When Colorado residents go to the state Capitol this month to lobby for the bills they care most about, many will never know their bill might face a hidden obstacle.

In Colorado, women will hold the majority of seats in the state legislature for the first time. That makes Colorado and Nevada the only two states with majority female statehouses.

Colorado Republicans have launched a recall campaign against state senator Kevin Priola just days after the lawmaker announced he was leaving the GOP and joining the Democratic Party.

Sen. Kevin Priola blasted his Republican colleagues for what he called their indifference toward the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and refusing to take action on climate change.

Many officials proudly talk up the unique decision-making powers Colorado gives the smallest levels of government. Some bills this session would shift more county and municipal powers to the state, leading to concerns about Colorado’s emphasis on “local control” going away.

Colorado lawmakers voted to advance a bill Wednesday that would shift emergency medical service licensing power away from counties to the state, starting in July 2024.