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Gov. Polis signs prison reform bill targeting Colorado’s overcrowding crisis
Marissa Ventrelli | marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a sweeping corrections bill that seeks to ease chronic overcrowding in state prisons by expanding earned‑time…

Featured
Congressional committee investigates Denver, Boulder over ICE cooperation limits
Marissa Ventrelli | marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com

National
WHO worries about outbreak’s scale and speed of Ebola spread as Congo announces 134 deaths
Jean-yves Kamale | jean-yves.kamale@associatedpress.com

Colorado Legislature
Gov. Polis signs prison reform bill targeting Colorado’s overcrowding crisis
Marissa Ventrelli | marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com

2026 Elections
Democrat John Hickenlooper launches 1st ad in Colorado’s US Senate primary
Ernest Luning | ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com

Courts
Colorado legislature overrules 2 state Supreme Court decisions about child neglect, visitation
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Colorado federal judge speaks about judicial innovation, leadership
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Appeals court revives disability discrimination claim against Colorado attorney regulators
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com

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SPONSORED: What you’re missing about housing — an open letter to all of Colorado’s candidates for governor
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