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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Apartment fees crackdown, abortion coverage, cell phone repairs: These new Colorado laws take effect Jan. 1

The new year will mean the arrival of more than 20 new state laws limiting extra fees landlords can charge, expanding Medicaid coverage for abortion and establishing new gun show requirements.

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Denver council rejects city contract with Key Lime Air over role in ICE detainee flights

The company will still be able to fly in and out of Centennial Airport, however, where its charter operations won’t be affected by the vote.

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Colorado voters will decide on harsher penalties for fentanyl on the 2026 ballot

In 2024, 761 people died in Colorado from a fentanyl overdose. That represents a decrease from other recent years but is still far more fentanyl-related deaths than even five years prior.

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Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security

The filings assert that final plans for the ballroom have yet to be completed.

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Trump levels political attack on Rob Reiner in inflammatory post after his killing

Trump is blaming Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing.

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Kids left without representation in Colorado immigration court after federal funding cuts

This year, RMIAN lost $1 million in long-standing federal funding, said Mekela Goehring, the organization’s executive director.

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Is DOJ investigation of Colorado prisons an honest probe or political stunt? Colorado industry watchers wary, but hopeful