Jared Polis

State leaders discussed strategies to increase their state’s housing supply during meetings in Las Vegas last week. One idea includes using public land for affordable housing.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he supports measures to make the industry more transparent about how it assesses homeowners’ risk amid increasingly extreme weather events.

In the final story in our series, “The Colorado Dream: Ending the Hate State,” we ask Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a police chief and a long-time legislative aide: Where does Colorado stand today with the "Hate State" label?

Gov. Jared Polis reflects on “The Hate State” label, while he himself is a symbol of the state’s progress around equality and the acceptance and LGBTQ+ rights.

A new website, Colorado Hospital Price Finder, lets users cross-reference the cost of medical procedures at hospitals across the state. The service, created by nonprofit PatientRightsAdvocate.org, is part of the Polis Administration’s strategy to bring down healthcare costs.

Lawmakers convene on Monday for the second special legislative session on property taxes in less than a year, with an already-established deal in place. Now, some Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce a constitutional amendment to give local communities control over property taxes. Republicans are calling it a “dealbreaker.”

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Starting on Monday, new state laws will ban firearms in so-called “sensitive spaces” and remove local limits on how many people can live together. The measures are among more than a dozen new state laws going into effect next week.

Friday was the last day Gov. Polis could sign bills passed by the legislature this year. Polis completed the most annual bill-signings in more than a decade, but also faced significant backlash for his vetoes.

Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a state mandate that requires middle and high schools to provide free period products in girls' bathrooms by 2028. The Colorado Sun Reporter Tatiana Flowers joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story.