Colorado voters may get a chance to play ballot-box bingo in 2010 with a referred measure that would ask whether regulation of that favorite game of gamblin’ grannies and church fund-raisers moves from the secretary of state’s office to the state Department of Revenue.

In a letter so dizzy with political backstory that it could come with a couple Dramamine, all-but-announced gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis has asked running-for-re-election Gov. Bill Ritter to veto a bill dealing with one of the wedge issues of the session: the proposed expansion of the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeast...

The state Senate gave the final go-ahead to a dramatically pared-down bill regulating cellphone use while driving Tuesday, setting up a potential collision when lawmakers try to square the Senate’s version with the much stricter version passed in the House.

A bill that would make it easier for holders of concealed weapons permits to buy guns is heading to Gov. Bill Ritter’s desk, after the state House the last approval to the measure today.

A bill backed by legislative heavyweights that would root out ballot initiative hanky-panky won final approval in the state Senate today.

The bill, House bill 1326, comes in response to a number of citizen...

A bill that would make it easier for firefighters to unionize has cleared the legislature and is heading to Gov. Bill Ritter — who may not want it.

Senate bill 180 would give firefighters in larger...

Debate over a measure that state Senate president-in-waiting Brandon Shaffer said will be the first major policy discussion he leads as the chamber’s boss turned into a partisan boxing match today when Republicans complained the measure didn’t give them enough input.

A bill that would repeal the death penalty in Colorado won yet another vote today, but storm clouds appear to be gathering over the effort at the state Capitol.

The Senate Appropriations Committee passed...

A bill that would bar the Colorado government from selling or leasing state lands to the U.S. Army for the purpose of expanding the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site in southern Colorado is headed to Gov. Bill Ritter’s desk, after winning final approval in the state Senate today....

Maybe it’s the warming spring weather. Maybe it’s the frustration of spending 112 days already this session in the minority. But Republicans at the state Capitol sure have been pulling out all the tricks this week to kill bills they don’t like.