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Then-Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters at her primary election watch party at the Wide Open Saloon in Sedalia on June 28, 2022. Carl Payne - Colorado Newsline
Tina Peters plans appeal to Colorado Supreme Court, lawyer says
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Colorado bill limits when restaurants can hand out plastic forks, ketchup packets in to-go orders
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​Prison overcrowding could be eased under bill approved by Colorado Senate
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Exceptional drought expands across Colorado as severe conditions deepen on eastern plains
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Colorado House ethics committee takes up complaint against Representative Mandy Lindsay
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DOJ sued over campaign to amass data on millions of voters
Colorado House advances bill restricting AI chatbots
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Limits to health insurance program for immigrants approved by Colorado lawmakers
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Supreme Court takes anti-LGBTQ+ Catholic preschools case against Colorado
Colorado Democratic House challengers rake in cash, but contested primaries loom
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Governor Polis set to sign law denying Colorado farmworker overtime protections
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Colorado Legislature passes bill to raise agricultural worker overtime threshold to 56 hours
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Student health centers at colleges must offer abortion pills under Colorado bill
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Colorado Legislature gives final approval to $46.8B state budget
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Exceptional drought engulfs mountain counties as Colorado hits 100 percent drought coverage
Colorado State Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer
State Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer qualifies for GOP primary in Colorado governor’s race
Illustration of a person on a road with diverging paths. Two signs are on the horizon. On the left is a sign with an arrow pointing left reading "gun rights." On the right is a sign with an arrow pointing right reading "gun control."
Colorado Senate approves bill adding rules for gun stores