It’s unclear if the measures will be enough to offset the need for reopening one or two prisons.

The bill would ease Colorado’s unique unionization rules. Polis vetoed the same measure last year.

From banning masks for law enforcement to empowering civil liberties lawsuits, the legislature has considered a range of proposals this session.

Senate Bill 70 was met with overwhelming opposition from law enforcement officers who said the bill would impede investigations.

U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer said excluding unaffiliated voters days before the state’s ballot certification deadline, and just weeks before ballots start being mailed out, would create too much confusion.

Gov. Polis is strongly pushing back against a proposal that would treat legislative staff in his administration like any other lobbyist.

The Joint Budget Committee — the six-member, bipartisan panel that drafts the budget — tweaked the spending package after debate in the full legislature earlier in the month.

Colorado will remain a national leader in Right to Repair consumer protections after lawmakers failed to advance a bill that would have weakened those laws.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy. Democrats in the Colorado legislature are trying to outlaw the practice through different legal means.

The new proposal would require companies to take more action around problem drivers.