Colorado will study the lingering effects of slavery and systemic racism on Black Coloradans under a law signed by Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday — but only if fundraising goals are met. The new law, Senate Bill 53, establishes the Black Coloradan Racial Equity Commission to conduct the study with History Colorado. The study and … Read more
Boasting that child poverty in Colorado would soon be cut nearly in half, Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed a large new tax credit for low-income families into law. The ceremony put an underline on a legislative session that featured state policymakers looking again and again to the state surplus to flatten inequalities. Lawmakers passed … Read more
Colorado students whose families make less than $90,000 per year will be able to get up to two years of in-state tuition paid for under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Jared Polis. Passed as House Bill 1340, the measure directs the state to reimburse qualifying students through a refundable income tax credit, meaning … Read more
Colorado campaign ads with audio, video and other content generated using artificial intelligence will need to feature prominent disclosures under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis over the weekend. The law, passed as House Bill 1147, likens “deepfakes,” or the use of AI to create false depictions of people doing or saying things, … Read more
Jenna Ellis, a Colorado native and former lawyer for then-President Donald Trump in 2020, will not be allowed to practice law in Colorado for at least three years under an agreement approved Tuesday by the Colorado Supreme Court. Ellis, who is from Longmont, had faced the possibility of total disbarment after pleading guilty in October … Read more
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed several tax-related bills into law Tuesday, including two that deliver what officials are touting as historic cuts to taxes of different kinds. One reduces income and sales taxes. Senate Bill 228 cuts the state’s income rate by up to 0.15% in years when state revenue handily exceeds the cap set … Read more
Unlike last year, the end of the Colorado legislative session Wednesday came with no fireworks — no protest walkouts, no intracaucus tensions boiling over into public, no last-minute implosions of keystone policy bills. The final day of lawmakers’ nearly four-month session instead was dominated by noticeably brighter spirits as the General Assembly put the finishing … Read more
The Colorado House and Senate convened for the penultimate day of the 2024 session Tuesday as they rushed to wrap up legislation on property taxes, gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation and other priorities. That includes a property tax relief bill that was unveiled Monday. This story will be updated throughout the day. Updated at … Read more
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days. This story will be updated throughout … Read more
The Colorado legislature began its mad rush into weekend work on Friday as the end of the 2024 session comes into sight, with plenty of major legislation still unfinished. Lawmakers have until the end of the day Wednesday to finish up bills on gun regulations, housing, land use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other … Read more
