On today's edition we're sharing another episode of Purplish, the politics and policy produced by Colorado Public Radio and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. On it, Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul breaks down Colorado's 2025 legislative session with Bente Birkeland of Colorado Public Radio and Lucas Brady Woods of KUNC.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/09/colorado-legislature-2025-themes/

On today's edition we're sharing another episode of Purplish, the politics and policy produced by Colorado Public Radio and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. On it, Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul breaks down Colorado's 2025 legislative session with Bente Birkeland of Colorado Public Radio and Lucas Brady Woods of KUNC.
Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/09/colorado-legislature-2025-themes/">https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/09/colorado-legislature-2025-themes/</a>

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Welcome to The Colorado Sun's daily podcast, The Daily Sun-Up. Every day we&rsquo;re sharing an in-depth look at one of our top stories, followed by a quick summary of important things happening in our state. For more visit us at <a href="https://coloradosun.com/">https://coloradosun.com/</a>.
Our intro music is by Matt Skellenger Group: <a href="https://mattskellenger.bandcamp.com/album/subspace-transmission">https://mattskellenger.bandcamp.com/album/subspace-transmission</a>&nbsp;

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Welcome to The Colorado Sun's daily podcast, The Daily Sun-Up. Every day we’re sharing an in-depth look at one of our top stories, followed by a quick summary of important things happening in our state. For more visit us at https://coloradosun.com/.

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Big takeaways from Colorado's 2025 legislative session

Gov. Jared Polis is entering his last year leading Colorado. That means it's his last legislative session as head of the state. Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul joined Bente Birkeland of Colorado Public Radio and Lucas Brady Woods of KUNC on the latest episode of the Purplish podcast to talk about what it all means.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/15/2026-colorado-state-of-the-state-annotated/ 

Gov. Jared Polis is entering his last year leading Colorado. That means it's his last legislative session as head of the state. Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul joined Bente Birkeland of Colorado Public Radio and Lucas Brady Woods of KUNC on the latest episode of the Purplish podcast to talk about what it all means.
Read more: <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/15/2026-colorado-state-of-the-state-annotated/">https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/15/2026-colorado-state-of-the-state-annotated/</a>&nbsp;

Gov. Jared Polis enters last year leading Colorado

More than 6 million people now call Colorado home, and today Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang looks at how we got here despite more people leaving Colorado than coming in the past year and the state’s lower-than-usual growth rate.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/29/colorado-now-has-6-million-people/ 

AP Photo/David Zalubowski

More than 6 million people now call Colorado home, and today Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang looks at how we got here despite more people leaving Colorado than coming in the past year and the state&rsquo;s lower-than-usual growth rate.
Read more: <a href="https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/29/colorado-now-has-6-million-people/">https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/29/colorado-now-has-6-million-people/</a>&nbsp;
AP Photo/David Zalubowski

Colorado population creeps past 6M mark

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about some of the more than 30 Colorado athletes headed to Italy for the Winter Olympics and what to watch for from the Colorado contingent.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about some of the more than 30 Colorado athletes headed to Italy for the Winter Olympics and what to watch for from the Colorado contingent.

Big takeaways from Colorado's 2025 legislative session

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