Legislature

With U.S. democracy plagued by extremism, polarization, and a growing disconnect between voters and lawmakers, a set of reforms that could dramatically upend how Americans vote is gaining momentum at surprising speed in Western states.

People who have been affected by the criminal legal system should have more opportunity to influence the formation of criminal justice policy in Colorado, stakeholders said during a meeting Monday.

A group of Colorado lawmakers wants the state to study the effects of slavery and systemic racism on Black Coloradans in order to better understand the types of policies and laws that could advance equity.

A group of Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday approved a baseline set of standards for how jails in the state should house, feed, restrain, treat and care for the people within their facilities, concluding a 17-month-long process to develop guidelines for the first time in the state’s history.

Law Week spoke with real estate attorneys at five local law firms about affordable housing ahead of the next legislative session.

Two bills from the Colorado Legislature’s special session on property taxes are headed to the desk of Gov. Jared Polis after weekend work, and lawmakers could wrap up work on the rest of the legislation as soon as Monday.

State and local election officials face threats and intimidation, driving experienced workers out of the profession, a panel of election officials told a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday.

A program to bridge the criminal justice system with behavioral health in Colorado has been expanded by the legislature.

With labor and employment law always on the move, it can be hard to keep up with the legislation that made it into law this year.

This session, state lawmakers introduced more than 670 bills and of those, more than 160 were signed into law.