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Your daily Colorado politics update for Saturday, February 22
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Saturday, February 22, 2025

As private equity invests in child care, Colorado lawmakers seek guardrails

A Chalkbeat analysis identified about 175 Colorado centers currently owned or backed by private equity or venture capital firms.

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Condemning Trump’s pardons, a turf ban, crime lab reforms and more from the Colorado legislature this week

The Colorado legislature condemned the pardons issued by President Donald Trump to people convicted for their actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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National parks to reinstate seasonal hiring after outcry, but firings still hit Colorado sites

The National Park Service will resume hiring seasonal workers after a freeze on hiring for the positions prompted nationwide outcry.

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CSU complies with Trump’s anti-DEI directives — and sees protests — as other Colorado schools weigh responses

Other Colorado universities and K-12 school districts say they are reviewing the new directives from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.

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Colorado lawmakers condemn Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons — with all Republicans rejecting resolution

“We need to stand up and protect the rule of law and our democratic norms. That is critical,” said Rep. Javier Mabrey, a Denver Democrat.

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AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech

The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech

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Lawmakers push reforms for Colorado forensic science in wake of CBI lab scandal

The bill would require employees in crime laboratories to report misconduct up their internal chain of command within 14 days of learning about it

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Colorado lawmakers again target nonnative grasses to save water — this time, at apartment complexes

Colorado lawmakers are once again pursuing a new law that would save water by limiting the installation of nonnative ornamental turf as drought and climate change sap water supplies.

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Federal judge allows Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper could not grant a motion from unions representing federal workers to stop layoffs.

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Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night vote