Legislative Session

WATCH: Colorado Democrats unveil portrait of Joe Biden, paid for by Joe taxpayer

Colorado Democrats unveiled the state’s portrait of President Joe Biden in a ceremony Friday at the state Capitol.  Biden’s portrait will be displayed, along with his 45 predecessors in the state Capitol’s third floor Presidential Portrait Gallery.

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Colorado lawmakers discuss funding AI software to detect guns in schools

By Marissa Ventrelli | Colorado Politics A proposal seeks to prevent shootings by providing schools with funding to acquire, install and operate AI-driven software that — the company behind the technology claims — can detect guns and alert law enforcement within seconds of the weapon’s detection. The Colorado House Education Committee discussed the measure without voting on

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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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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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Are laws cracking down on car theft responsible for downward trend in Colorado?

Colorado found itself atop most lists of states with the highest car thefts and associated crimes in the last several years — record-breaking numbers that had been accumulating since 2020 and which put pressure on the governor and legislators to respond.

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