The latest statehouse coverage from across Colorado.
DENVER
The citizen initiative on the Nov. 3 ballot raises fentanyl penalties across the board, mandates treatment for the lowest possession tier, trims sentencing reductions, and, state analysts estimate, adds $68.2 million a year in state spending by its fifth year.
Emil Krogh · 2026-10-16
DENVER
About 800,000 ballots in four counties list a rail tax those voters cannot decide; the state will count only eligible votes, and opponents want the measure tossed.
Emil Krogh · 2026-10-12
DENVER
CNN took 9NEWS' Oct. 2 report national: the texts confused voters, drew warnings in two states, and came as the PAC reported $228,000-plus in race spending.
Emil Krogh · 2026-10-11
DENVER
The Friday order lets fuel truckers carry bigger loads on state highways, pauses enforcement of the dyed-diesel ban through Dec. 31, and asks the EPA to waive summer reformulated-gas requirements as pump prices top $4 a gallon.
Erik Dahl · 2026-10-10
DENVER
The Democrat raised nearly $1.7 million in the third quarter to the Republican's $1.1 million, disclosures show, while a hearing officer recommended a record $57,647 fine against the Marx campaign over excess contributions.
Erik Dahl · 2026-10-09
DENVER
The Colorado Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting luncheon at the National Western Center brings Democratic nominee Phil Weiser and Republican nominee Victor Marx to the same stage, with a keynote from Donna Brazile.
Emil Krogh · 2026-10-08
DENVER
Majority Democrats will hold its 'What's Next' summit in Denver from Nov. 12-14, days after the midterms, drawing Pete Buttigieg, Rahm Emanuel, four senators and two governors. Organizers picked Denver partly because it is a finalist to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention.
Emil Krogh · 2026-10-06
DENVER
County clerks began mailing ballots to every active registered voter on Oct. 2, with all initial mail ballots required out by Oct. 9. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 3; ballots must be in clerks' hands by 7 p.m. Postmarks do not count.
Emil Krogh · 2026-10-05
BOULDER
The justices hear the first arguments of the fall term Oct. 5 in Suncor Energy (USA) Inc. v. Commissioners of Boulder County, a bid by the oil companies to end Boulder's 2018 climate lawsuit before trial. The Trump administration has backed the companies.
Daphne Kessler · 2026-10-04
DENVER
The citizen-initiated constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot would order peace officers, corrections officers and district attorney personnel to report people charged with violent crimes or with prior felonies whose legal status cannot be confirmed. It needs 55 percent to pass.
Nina Rojas · 2026-10-01
DENVER
The measure would redirect about $175 million a year in existing sporting-goods sales tax revenue to wildfire prevention, water, and land conservation without raising taxes. Backers announced its ballot qualification on September 28; opponents warn of logging and smaller TABOR refunds.
Yuki Tanabe · 2026-09-29
DENVER
After bruising primaries, Democrat Phil Weiser and Republican Victor Marx face off Nov. 3 to succeed term-limited Gov. Jared Polis.
Emil Krogh · 2026-09-27
DENVER
Lawmakers closed a $1.5 billion budget hole, sent nearly 450 bills to a lame-duck governor, and let more than 100 proposals die on the calendar.
Erik Dahl · 2026-09-25
