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DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper offered an upbeat assessment of his team on Thursday, his 100th day in office.“Person by person, this is the most talented cabinet in the United States right now,”...

DENVER — Cuts to public schools are now less than half of what Gov. John Hickenlooper proposed in February, thanks to a plan the House adopted Thursday.A alliance between Democrats and a key...

DENVER — The state Senate voted Thursday to crack down on nonfarmers who claim an agricultural tax break on their land.The Senate voted 22-12 for House Bill 1146, which allows county assessors to...

DENVER — Tuesday was last call for beer bills in the Legislature.The Senate killed a bill to allow convenience stores to sell full-strength beer, at the request of the bill’s sponsor.A week ago,...

DENVER — A House panel passed Rep. J. Paul Brown’s bill Monday to partially repeal the ban on spring bear hunting.Brown’s House Bill 1294 would allow the Colorado Wildlife Commission to decide when...

DENVER — Democrats presented a radical new way to draw Colorado’s congressional districts Friday and drew a heated response from Republicans.The maps that Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, revealed...

DENVER — The House voted Monday to suspend a tax that business groups despise, although Democrats warned it could cost local governments hundreds of millions of dollars.House Bill 1141 passed...

DENVER — Senators delayed a bill to merge the state parks and wildlife divisions until next week, at the request of Senate President Brandon Shaffer.It was the first snag for Senate Bill 208, which...

DENVER — Rep. J. Paul Brown has introduced legislation to overturn a voter-approved ban on spring bear hunting.Brown’s House Bill 1294, introduced Thursday, would partially repeal a 1992 ballot...

DENVER — A deal on the state budget between Democrats and Republicans held true Monday, as the Senate took a series of bipartisan votes to approve the $7 billion spending plan.Like the showdown in...

DENVER — The House defeated an attempt Monday to let grocery stores and convenience stores sell full-strength beer.It was the furthest any bill to allow food stores to sell beer has made it in the...