15+ hour, 50+ min ago  (518+ words) Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: Legislation sponsored by Rep. Bev Scherling, R-Aurora, sought to prohibit sexually explicit material from being distributed to minors. Scherling's House Bill 81-1310 stated that the "sale, loan, or display to persons under the age of 18 of…...

15+ hour, 50+ min ago  (443+ words) Co Po's weekly political calendar helps you find political and public policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (630+ words) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday granted clemency to Tina Peters and made the former Republican county clerk eligible for release from state prison as soon as next month, capping months of speculation that the Democratic governor would shorten a…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (343+ words) Denver Press Club on Saturday admits Denver Gazette and The Gazette in Colorado Springs Associate Editor Jim Trotter into its Hall of Fame....

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (888+ words) A Colorado bill that supporters say would strengthen victim protections and mandate law enforcement training on how trauma can affect survivors of sex crimes and domestic violence is on its way to Gov. Jared Polis" desk for signing. Senate Bill…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (901+ words) A Colorado bill that supporters say would strengthen victim protections and mandate law enforcement training on how trauma can affect survivors of sex crimes and domestic violence is on its way to Gov. Jared Polis" desk for signing. Senate Bill…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (495+ words) Three local labor unions endorsed U. S. Sen. John Hickenlooper's bid for reelection this week, calling the Colorado Democrat a proven champion of the state's workers and their rights. Hickenlooper's campaign announced endorsements on Tuesday from SMART Sheet Metal Workers Local 9, Pipefitters…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (490+ words) Colorado lawmakers wrapped up the 2026 legislative session on Wednesday with Democrats highlighting policy wins on affordability, health care, and public safety, while Republicans argued that the majority's budget decisions worsened the state's financial and business climate. Lawmakers passed about 120 bills…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (898+ words) Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday approved a last'minute amendment to a bill crafted to counter a ballot measure requiring that public funds collected for "road transportation" go to "road transportation," setting up a high'stakes clash over street funding and public services....

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1054+ words) The 2026 legislative session wrapped with lawmakers approving roughly 120 bills, though how many will ultimately be signed by Gov. Jared Polis remains uncertain. Beyond high'profile debates over artificial intelligence policy and the state budget, legislators advanced major measures on health care,…...