The cities contend that new laws and an executive order meant to encourage housing development take away local control.
States that are adding more housing and approving more permits are seeing their birth rates go up.
Gov. Jared Polis and legislative leaders are working on a package to require 100 percent clean energy in the state by 2040, 10 years earlier than current plans.
Colorado’s Bustang service provides links between big cities and small rural communities. Approaching its 10th birthday, it has expanded service frequencies and grown its ridership.
The 30-year-old airport will be under renovation for years as officials plan continuous upgrades to handle increased traffic, including construction of a seventh runway by 2035.
Seven individuals received approval to open psilocybin-related businesses as Colorado moves toward a legal psychedelic-assisted therapy industry.
Sweeping police reforms in 2020 stripped Colorado law enforcement of qualified immunity, a legal defense that previously blocked officers and sheriffs from being sued in their individual capacities in most cases.
“Valet trash,” boiler management, pest control and service fees are some of the many “junk fees” that landlords are adding to rents in Denver, which can significantly inflate costs. Rental advocates want more transparency.
Voters in Colorado, Kentucky and Nebraska have school choice questions on the November ballot.
In the summer of 2022 the state reduced the filing fee for new LLCs to just $1, triggering a surge in fraud and registration delinquencies. Now the state must deal with the fallout, including the possibility that current business and job numbers are not reliable because of it.
This fall, residents will vote on two major criminal justice ballot measures, one of which would increase the time some criminals serve in prison and the other would create a $350 million fund for police agencies.
The state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing underestimated how sick its members would be. Medicaid covers about 1.26 million people in Colorado.
After months of searching for a policy, the Durango, Colo., Fire Department was able to find a company that would write an affordable policy to cover the construction of its new firehouse.
The state’s ballot measures are just two of nearly a dozen from across the nation that aim to reduce taxes for some or all property owners. One Colorado initiative would cap annual state property tax revenue growth at 4 percent.
Monica Márquez is the first Latina and openly gay chief justice in the state. She inherits a system rocked by various scandals, high turnover among judges and continuing growing pains from the switch to virtual court.
In 1976, Coloradans dismantled Denver’s Olympic torch before it could be lit. With the 2024 Summer Olympic Games now underway in Paris, it seems like a top-of-mind moment to revisit a hard lesson in the complex politics of growth.
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