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Colorado legislature wraps up tough budget year
Thelma Grimes | thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Colorado lawmakers are wrapping up their work on Wednesday, closing out a year defined by the lack of fiscal flexibility, woes over Medicaid spending and a…

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Colorado legislators ask voters to forfeit thousands in TABOR refunds, redirect money to school spending
Marissa Ventrelli | marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com

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Trump’s meeting with Xi comes with much fanfare in China, but major breakthroughs may be elusive
Aamer Madhani | aamer.madhani@associatedpress.com

Colorado Legislature
Colorado legislature wraps up tough budget year
Thelma Grimes | thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com

2026 Elections
Colorado Democrat Jason Crow calls on House leadership to ban trading on prediction markets
Ernest Luning | ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com

Courts
10th Circuit again dismisses ex-prison employee’s challenge to workplace DEI training
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
As Colorado’s federal judges churn through immigration petitions, Domenico’s cases sit undecided
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Federal judges hear arguments over Colorado school district’s gender identity rooming policy
Nicholas Fogleman | nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com

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Colorado Politics Calendar May 11-17
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Which Colorado candidate for governor will commit to the ‘public’ in public education? | Paula Noonan
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