Colorado lawmakers reversed course on Wednesday and decided to keep in place a 20-year-old program that gets teens involved at the Capitol — with a big caveat. The Colorado Youth Advisory Council will ...

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared in The Unaffiliated, The Colorado Sun’s politics and policy newsletter. The Colorado legislature, as part of ...

School staff would be required to address Colorado students by their preferred name under a new bill a state youth council advanced. Refusal to do so would constitute discrimination. "Giving students ...

The Colorado Legislature, as part of its efforts to close a budget hole of more than $1 billion, is planning to ax a nearly two-decade program that enlists teenagers from across the state to help ...

Colorado legislators created a program seventeen years ago to work directly with teenagers on issues that impact young people. Around 350 middle and high schoolers have participated since then, ...

Young Coloradans are often affected by policies passed by the state legislature while not being old enough to have a say in such legislation. But what if the kids were in charge? The Colorado Youth ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It appeared to be business as usual at the state Capitol. Legislators, lobbyists and educators gathered one day in March to hear testimony on House Bill 1270 ...

Amalia Sparhawk, a junior at Roaring Fork High School, is stepping into new territory as the first-ever youth representative from the Roaring Fork School District to serve on the Colorado Youth ...