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1 week ago | coloradosun.com | Jesse Paul |Lucas Brady Woods |Brian Eason |Bente Birkeland |Chas Sisk

Every legislative session in Colorado is dominated by a set of themes. The lawmaking term that ended Wednesday was no different. The Colorado Capitol News Alliance, a collaboration between The Colorado Sun, Colorado Public Radio and KUNC, gathered to summarize what happened at the Capitol this year. Here’s what we found. It’s no secret that Jared Polis takes a hands-on approach to the legislative process. His staffers make sure lawmakers know when the governor has issues with a bill.

1 week ago | nnn.no | Bente Birkeland

Kine kommer fra stillingen som nestleder i Fellesforbundet. Hun har bakgrunn som industriarbeider ved Nexans kabelfabrikk, hvor hun også var klubbleder. Hun var foreningsleder i Fellesforbundets avdeling 1 før hun ble hentet til forbundet. Med en bakgrunn som industriarbeider og tillitsvalgt ved kabelfabrikken Nexans, har Vistnes lang erfaring fra fagbevegelsen. Hun ble valgt inn i ledelsen i Fellesforbundet i 2013, og i 2022 ble hun historisk som forbundets første kvinnelige nestleder.

1 week ago | ksut.org | Bente Birkeland

A bill to increase the safety of rideshare passengers and drivers is up for a final vote on Wednesday after backers made significant changes in an attempt to address opponents’ concerns. However, Governor Polis’ office said it still has “significant legal and policy concerns with the legislation,” and Lyft said the changes actually made the bill worse, making its ultimate prospects uncertain.

1 week ago | ksut.org | Bente Birkeland |Tom Hesse

Updated 10:48 a.m., May 6, 2025President Donald Trump escalated the federal attempt to upend Colorado’s prosecution of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in a social media post Monday night. “Tina is an innocent Political Prisoner being horribly and unjustly punished in the form of Cruel and Unusual Punishment,” he wrote.

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Bente Birkeland

A controversial trans rights bill is expected to come before the full state Senate Monday, after sponsors agreed to changes to allay concerns from prominent LGBTQ groups. A coalition of national LGBTQ legal groups worried the original bill was vulnerable to legal challenges. Last Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee removed a controversial part of House Bill 1312 dealing with child custody issues.