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Your daily Colorado politics update for Saturday, February 14
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Saturday, February 14, 2026

When should Colorado farmworkers be entitled to overtime? Even Democrats don’t agree

“Our ag producers are in a tenuous situation,” Amanda Laban, the markets division director for the Colorado Department of Agriculture, told state lawmakers.

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Anti-ICE strategies, a high-profile resignation and more from the Colorado legislature this week

A weekly wrap-up of The Denver Post’s coverage of the Colorado legislature.

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Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

The nomination of Scott Socha follows widespread firings within the Park Service.

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Judge blocks Trump administration from moving former death row inmates to Colorado’s ‘Supermax’ prison

U.S. District judge ruled the government cannot send the former death row inmates to the “Supermax” federal prison in Florence, Colorado, because it likely would violate their Fifth Amendment rights to due process.

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Homeland Security shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stall

Lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break.

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RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. One year later, it’s eroding

Survey results show Americans’ confidence keeps sliding, not rising.

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Speaker Johnson says he disapproves of Justice Department logging lawmaker searches of Epstein files

Rep. Jamie Raskin asked the DOJ’s inspector general to investigate.