Statehouse reporter

Seth Klamann

Seth Klamann joined the Denver Post's politics team in 2022, covering the statehouse, policy and elections. A proud Kansas City native and University of Missouri grad, he previously worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. Outside of work, he enjoys watching soccer, going on road trips and eating fried food.

Colorado state Sen. Julie Gonzales speaks during a rally and news conference on the steps of the City and County Building in Denver on June 9, 2025. Labor and civil rights leaders spoke out against the arrest of a California union president during demonstrations there against immigration enforcement authorities as well as the Colorado governor's intention of cooperating with an ICE subpoena for information, the subject of a recent whistleblower lawsuit. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

State labor union, lawmakers blast Gov. Jared Polis over ICE subpoena, decry immigration crackdowns

June 9, 2025 at 6:46 p.m.

The head of Colorado's state employee union Monday blasted Gov. Jared Polis' decision to fulfill a federal immigration subpoena. Labor leaders and elected officials also decried widening crackdowns.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks during an event outside the Boulder County Courthouse on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Matthew Jonas/Daily Camera)

Colorado official sues Gov. Jared Polis, alleging he ordered state to turn over information to satisfy ICE subpoena

June 6, 2025 at 4:11 p.m.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis directed state employees to turn over information on sponsors of undocumented children to federal immigration authorities, according to a new whistleblower lawsuit.

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Gov. Jared Polis signs much-amended restaurant tipped wages bill, adding: Your move, Denver.

June 5, 2025 at 9:44 a.m.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a heavily amended restaurant wage bill this week while issuing a warning to local municipal leaders, whose action it would take to make any changes...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs Senate Bill 45 into law during a ceremony at the Governor's Mansion on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. SB-45 requires the Colorado School of Public Health to create a report on model legislation for universal, publicly financed health care in Colorado. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)

Easier subscription cancellations, more access to weight-loss drugs among flurry of new Colorado laws

June 5, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

Among dozens of new laws signed this week by Gov. Jared Polis are consumer-friendly rules making it easier to cancel services online and a measure increasing access to weight-loss drugs.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks during a news conference outside the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in Denver on June 2, 2025, before the first day of a trial in a defamation case. Former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer is suing Lindell for defamation, tying back to claims the MyPillow founder made about fraud in the 2020 presidential election. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

As trial opens, Mike Lindell’s attorneys say he spread claims about Dominion official because he was ‘triggered’

June 4, 2025 at 8:49 a.m.

Attorneys for a former Dominion Voting Systems official said MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's false claims about him were fueled in part by Lindell blaming the official for his banishment from...

President Donald Trump signs an executive order related to drug prices, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill risks food assistance for tens of thousands of Coloradans, think tanks estimate

June 2, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

"This is slashing support for 1 in 10 Coloradans who rely on SNAP. And then it’s shifting billions in costs to the states."

Law enforcement officials are on scene to investigate an attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025. Multiple people were burned, some severely, during a vigil that called on Hamas to release Israeli hostages. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

8 people set on fire in ‘targeted act of violence’ on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall

June 2, 2025 at 1:14 p.m.

The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, used a "makeshift flamethrower" in his attack on supporters of Israeli hostages, the FBI says.

The Aspen Grove Apartments, owned by CBZ Property Management, remain vacated on Oct. 15, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

In wake of Aurora apartment saga, Colorado lawmakers expand cities’ power to investigate slumlords

May 30, 2025 at 12:10 p.m.

Colorado municipal leaders will soon be able to temporarily take control of chronically dilapidated apartment buildings under new legislation signed into law this week.

Gov. Jared Polis listens as Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera speaks during a news conference at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Polis signed both SB25-129 and SB25-183, both abortion-related bills, into law. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Gov. Jared Polis vetoes bill that would have banned algorithm that White House said drove up Denver rents

May 30, 2025 at 6:46 a.m.

Investigators say the software enables price fixing, which the Biden White House said costs Denver tenants $1,600 in additional rent each year.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans speaks during a press conference addressing President Trump’s budget bill outside the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Thursday, May 29, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Protesters heckle and chant as Reps. Gabe Evans, Lauren Boebert tout Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill

May 29, 2025 at 4:19 p.m.

There was little sympathy for the congressman’s words among the 100 or so protesters who turned out for the news conference held at the bottom of the building’s west steps.

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