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Shit is hitting fan... Colorado’s state budget shortfall grows to more than $1.5 billion, forcing legislature to make much deeper cuts coloradosun.com/2026/03/19/col… #copolitics #coleg

BIG NEWS THIS AM: Governor’s office tells Colorado lawmakers the state needs to immediately open a new prison — possibly two coloradosun.com/2026/03/19/col… #copolitics #coleg w/ @taydolven

Colorado lawmakers reject bill that would have required police to intervene when ICE agents use excessive force, barred federal immigration authorities from hiding their identities with masks coloradosun.com/2026/03/18/col… #copolitics #coleg

How Medicaid cuts to balance Colorado’s budget will affect family caregivers that rely on state assistance coloradosun.com/2026/03/18/col… #copolitics #coleg

Colorado voters will decide whether to ban trans kids from gendered sports, outlaw gender-affirming surgery for children coloradosun.com/2026/03/17/tra… #copolitics #coleg

Providing Medicaid to immigrants who are children or pregnant is costing Colorado 611% more than expected coloradosun.com/2026/03/16/col… #copolitics #coleg

What the heck

Report details Eagle County avalanche that killed a solo skier, marking the first fatality of the 2025-26 season buff.ly/DaWAaLy

Colorado GOP chairwoman to resign, leaving party without leader — and potentially with big debt — just before election coloradosun.com/2026/03/13/bri… #copolitics #coleg

The head of Denver's transportation department called a staffer whose family member had left the agency to ask questions about this story before publication: denverpost.com/2026/03/11/den… via @wenzler

NEW THIS AM: All 66 Democrats in Colorado’s legislature sign letter urging Jared Polis not to shorten Tina Peters’ prison sentence coloradosun.com/2026/03/11/col… #copolitics #coleg

Tina Peters' attorney now says she "has remorse" (satisfying Gov Polis' requirement for clemency) while also claiming Peters is a "martyr" and "scapegoat" who is in prison to cover up the crimes of Colorado's top Democrats. 9news.com/article/news/p…

BREAKING Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Bailey will resign from office instead of going through a recall election, a source familiar with the matter tells News5. Bailey has scheduled time to speak with reporters on Tuesday afternoon. News5 will update this article as we learn more. koaa.com/news/politics/…

When you scratch your cornea but still want to cover the legislature

NEW: Energy Secretary Chris Wright, during Colorado stop, warns that high gas prices could last weeks coloradosun.com/2026/03/09/chr… #copolitics

NEW: Effort to eliminate criminal penalties for prostitution in Colorado will be abandoned coloradosun.com/2026/03/09/col… #copolitics #coleg

Colorado is about to refund $300M to taxpayers that it may not have to coloradosun.com/2026/03/09/col… #copolitics #coleg

Colorado wants help picking a name for Front Range passenger train ahead of November vote to fund route coloradosun.com/2026/03/09/col… #copolitics #coleg

Michael Bennet is leveling criticism at Colorado Gov. Jared Polis as he vies to replace him coloradosun.com/2026/03/05/mic… #copolitics #coleg