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Denver Democrat didn’t attend a Colorado House floor debate in person until 45 days into legislative session

State Rep. Elisabeth Epps attended her first House floor session in person Feb. 23 — 45 days into Colorado’s 120-day legislative session — after asking Democratic leadership in the chamber in mid-January for permission to participate remotely “indefinitely, unfortunately” because she said she’s “experiencing an extended health condition.”

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MEET THE CANDIDATES: Flora lays out ‘Roadmap to Restoring America’ during visit to Fort Morgan

The winding path of the campaign trail in Colorado’s Congressional District 4 – from suburban areas to the far reaches of the Eastern Plains and all places in between – can offer the chance to identify many problems.

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Colorado bill proposes library committees to consider whether to ban books, other content

A panel of Colorado legislators tackled — but decided against voting for now — a measure that would create an official process for parents, students and the public to object to materials in a school or public library, diving squarely into an issue that has divided communities and at times pitted parents against each other across America.    

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Colorado conservatives want a property tax cap. The state’s bipartisan tax commission hates the idea.

In late January, Colorado’s bipartisan tax commission took an informal poll among its 19 members to gauge support for the dozen or so ideas they’d been discussing to deliver tax relief to homeowners.

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