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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Tina Peters, orders release from prison
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Tina Peters, orders release from prison

Colorado Springs Gazette·Ernest Luning [email protected]·17 days ago
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday granted clemency to Tina Peters and ordered the former Republican county clerk’s release from state prison, capping months of speculation that the Democratic governor would shorten a nine-year sentence related to her…

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Colorado legislators abandon proposal targeting natural gas initiative
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Colorado legislators abandon proposal targeting natural gas initiative

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marissa Ventrelli [email protected]·19 days ago
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Colorado lawmakers pulled back plans to counter a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of consumers to use natural gas. The bill’s backers said the legislation would not have significantly affected the initiative’s impact, even as…

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Colorado legislators ask voters to forfeit thousands in TABOR refunds, redirect money to school spending
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Colorado legislators ask voters to forfeit thousands in TABOR refunds, redirect money to school spending

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marissa Ventrelli [email protected]·19 days ago
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A Democratic‑backed proposal to direct money to K‑12 schools using Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights dollars is headed to the ballot, setting up a major debate over taxpayer refunds and long‑term education funding.…

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AI’s rapid growth spurs regulatory reaction in Colorado
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AI’s rapid growth spurs regulatory reaction in Colorado

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marissa Ventrelli [email protected]·19 days ago
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The 2026 legislative session was marked by a major push to regulate artificial intelligence, a technology advancing at breakneck speed. Colorado is at the forefront of AI policy, becoming the first state to pursue regulation on “algorithmic…

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Colorado legislature pushes AI rules targeting health care, therapy and chatbots
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Colorado legislature pushes AI rules targeting health care, therapy and chatbots

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marissa Ventrelli [email protected]·21 days ago
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With just days left in the 2026 legislative session, Colorado lawmakers are rushing a trio of artificial intelligence bills to Gov. Jared Polis, aiming to set rules on artificial intelligence in the areas of health care, therapy and consumer-facing…

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Trends and challenges in higher education | Tom Cronin
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Trends and challenges in higher education | Tom Cronin

Colorado Springs Gazette·Tom Cronin·22 days ago
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Americans are both proud and critical of our higher educational system. More American universities are highly ranked than those in other countries. More international students come here than to any other country. And basic research at U.S.…

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It’s almost Sine Die and it can’t come soon enough | Capitol M | Week of May 9, 2026
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It’s almost Sine Die and it can’t come soon enough | Capitol M | Week of May 9, 2026

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marianne Goodland [email protected]·23 days ago
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The lighter side of the state Capitol, usually. At first, May the Fourth might have been a bit of a disappointment. Usually, there’s a lot of Star Wars foolishness on this particular day, but early on, it was low-key. The Senate had nothing.…

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Colorado governor signs $47 billion budget in which ‘nobody won’
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Colorado governor signs $47 billion budget in which ‘nobody won’

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marianne Goodland [email protected]·24 days ago
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Gov. Jared Polis on Friday officially signed a $46.87 billion spending plan for the Colorado state government in the next fiscal year. His signature is the culmination of months of work by legislators, who resorted to cuts, transfers and other mechanisms…

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Colorado bill redirecting $300M in TABOR refunds raises legal concerns, sparks budget committee dispute
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Colorado bill redirecting $300M in TABOR refunds raises legal concerns, sparks budget committee dispute

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marianne Goodland [email protected]·25 days ago
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A discussion about a proposal to eliminate $300 million in taxpayer refunds over the next two fiscal years quickly shifted into a strategy session — and a tense exchange among members of a budget committee — over what would happen if a lawsuit were filed…

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Colorado lawmakers to get automatic pay increase as $1.5B shortfall forces cuts to Medicaid, other services
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Colorado lawmakers to get automatic pay increase as $1.5B shortfall forces cuts to Medicaid, other services

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marianne Goodland [email protected]·26 days ago
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Colorado’s $1.5 billion budget deficit is driving widespread cuts across state services, including reduced reimbursement rates for Medicaid providers and steep income losses for families caring for relatives with intellectual and developmental…

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Fight over road funding intensifies as Democrats seek to negate citizen initiative
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Fight over road funding intensifies as Democrats seek to negate citizen initiative

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marissa Ventrelli [email protected]·26 days ago
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The battle over road funding intensified at the state Capitol this week, where legislators are seeking to negate an initiative that supporters say is sorely needed but which critics insist would divert money from other state priorities.…

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Colorado legislature enters final 10 days with hundreds of bills still unresolved
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Colorado legislature enters final 10 days with hundreds of bills still unresolved

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marianne Goodland [email protected]·28 days ago
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With just 10 days left in the 2026 session, Colorado lawmakers are staring down the final stretch of a crowded agenda, with 228 bills still unresolved and several major measures that have yet to even be introduced.…

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Colorado lawmakers advance rewrite of 2024 law to regulate artificial intelligence as session nears end
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Colorado lawmakers advance rewrite of 2024 law to regulate artificial intelligence as session nears end

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marianne Goodland [email protected]·28 days ago
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With just nine days left in the 2026 legislative session, a revised proposal to amend the 2024 artificial‑intelligence law is finally advancing — even though it’s not the bill Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez had hoped for.…

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Colorado ethics committee flags irregularities in Democratic caucus spending
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Colorado ethics committee flags irregularities in Democratic caucus spending

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marianne Goodland [email protected]·28 days ago
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The House ethics committee said Monday that reviewing the financial records connected to an ethics complaint against Aurora Democrat Rep. Mandy Lindsay is proving more complex than usual. The committee is examining a complaint from Rep.…

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We the people are no longer the government of Colorado | Jon Caldara
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We the people are no longer the government of Colorado | Jon Caldara

Colorado Springs Gazette·Jon Caldara·29 days ago
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We the people of Colorado no longer control our own state constitution. I found this out the hard way. In Colorado, a government for, by, and of the people is a fib. We lowly citizens no longer have much of a say in altering our own state constitution.…

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Why is secretary of state dragging her feet on probe of charitable gaming?
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Why is secretary of state dragging her feet on probe of charitable gaming?

Colorado Springs Gazette·Vince Bzdek·about 1 month ago
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The Gazette’s David Migoya was recently recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists for his investigative reporting on Colorado’s $110 million charitable gaming industry.…

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Swipe fee bill survives second vote in the Senate
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Swipe fee bill survives second vote in the Senate

Colorado Springs Gazette·Marianne Goodland [email protected]·about 1 month ago
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One of the strangest and most expensive fights of the 2026 session got a little closer to being over on Friday when the Senate took a second final vote on Senate Bill 134. It’s not a David-and-Goliath story. It’s more like a Goliath versus Goliath tale.…

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