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Governor Jared Polis reacts moments after signing SB25-003 into law at the Governor’s office surrounded by bill sponsors their family members at the State Capitol in Denver on Thursday, April 10, 2025. SB25-003 is a gun-control bill that institutes a permitting and background check system before someone can purchase certain semi-automatic weapons. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Gun-control measure signed into law, a Trump defense fund and more from the Colorado legislature this week

April 12, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Gov. Jared Polis signed a sweeping gun-control measure into law, the culmination of years of effort by advocates and progressive Democrats to limit the sale of high-powered semiautomatic weapons in...

Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone is hoisted by star player Nikola Jokic’s brothers, Strahinja and Nemanja, after the fourth quarter of the Nuggets’ 94-89 NBA Finals clinching win at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, June 12, 2023. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

PHOTOS: Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone through the years

April 8, 2025 at 5:08 p.m.

Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was the fourth-longest tenured head coach in the league and the winningest coach in Nuggets franchise history when he was fired on April 8,...

Tom Dodson, Safeway liquor department manager, ...

A limit on liquor sales, TABOR in the crosshairs, paying college athletes and more from the Colorado legislature this week

April 5, 2025 at 9:09 a.m.

Colorado lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed a bill that would stop any more grocery stores from selling hard liquor in the state. But the fight over the measure may not be...

Bison gather in a field in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Denver on Dec. 12, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Protecting wandering bison, limiting HOAs’ foreclosure powers, a budget proposed and more from the Colorado legislature this week

March 29, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Every so often, wild bison from one of Utah’s herds cross the invisible state border and wander into northwest Colorado -- unknowingly putting their lives in danger.

Colorado teachers, family members and supporters rally for fully funded public schools outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on March 20, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Banning credit card “swipe fees,” school funding fight, filling the massive hole in the state budget and more from the Colorado legislature this week

March 22, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Bipartisan bill to eliminate some credit card fees for businesses passed by Colorado House

The Colorado State Capitol as lawmakers returned for a special legislative session to address property taxes, in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Anti-price-gouging bill watered down, changes in public records law and more from the Colorado legislature this week

March 15, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The Colorado House passed a bill Monday that would curtail sudden price increases -- but only after limiting the measure to when the governor has issued a disaster declaration.

Students at Jefferson Junior/Senior High School finish up their lunches in the school’s cafeteria in Edgewater, Colorado, on Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Free school lunches in trouble, hidden housing fees bill clears a hurdle, what’s in the sweeping gun control bill and more from the legislature this week

March 8, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado’s universal school meals program has again blown past its projected costs by tens of millions of dollars.

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