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The new affinity caucus will be for lawmakers who are Muslim or are from the Middle East, North Africa or South Asia. Its members hope it will serve as a bulwark against possible discriminatory action by the incoming Trump administration.

State Sen. Chris Hansen announced this week he is resigning to take a job in the private sector, even though he won reelection just last week. For him, it’s about paying for his kids’ college education, but it also means the next state senator from Denver will be chosen by a committee rather than by the voters.

The Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association has less than a 50-50 chance of reaching its goal of full funding by 2048.

Rough drafts of Colorado’s new state General Assembly district maps were revealed during the Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission’s meeting on Tuesday. This map is not final. It’s a starting point for the commission to hit the road and receive feedback from residents in about 32 public comment meetings held across the state starting July 9.

Senate Bill 247, which has bipartisan support, was meant to head off potentially map-killing lawsuits later. In a 5-2 decision, justices say the bill would be legislative overreach. The constitution, they argue, leaves this kind of decision-making in the commissions’ hands and already allows them to use estimated data.