Colorado Capitol

Democrat Faith Winter was catapulted into the spotlight in 2017 when the then-State Representative publicly accused a colleague of sexual harassment.

The decision to replace the portraits with an exhibit celebrating Colorado’s 150th statehood anniversary comes after an uproar earlier this year when President Trump complained about how he looked in his Colorado Capitol painting.

The building itself, and the various objects inside it, open up bigger conversations about history and politics.

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Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Colorado House of Representatives are blaming each other for sowing discord in the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination in Utah last week.

High school students from across Denver held a rally on the Capitol steps Wednesday in the wake of the state’s latest high school shooting.

In a tense and, at times, dramatic special session, lawmakers pushed through bills to tackle a billion-dollar budget hole, SNAP cuts, and more.

Democrats at the Capitol also pushed back the start date of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI law, shored up subsidies on health insurance and tweaked a pair of measures on the November ballot.

The moves comes after the Berthoud Republican abruptly resigned from the state legislature last week in an apparent attempt to avoid a censure.

The move came after a deal between consumer advocates, the tech industry and others on how to move forward on the measure fell apart.