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.

The Aurora ICE Processing Center, as seen on Sept. 15, 2023, in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo by Daniel Brenner/Special to The Denver Post)

Reps. Jason Crow, Joe Neguse sue ICE over access to immigrant detention facilities

July 30, 2025 at 1:48 p.m.

"Blocking members of Congress from oversight visits to ICE facilities that house or otherwise detain immigrants clearly violates federal law -- and the Trump administration knows it," Neguse said.

Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie holds her head as she listens to Mark Ferrandino, executive director of the Office of State Planning and Budgeting, address legislative leadership about a shortfall of more than $950 million in this year’s state budget during a hearing at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on July 30, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado lawmakers must close new budget gap — reaching nearly $1 billion — caused by Trump tax bill

July 30, 2025 at 3:49 p.m.

"Even my colleagues don't realize how brutal it'll be to cut a billion dollars from a budget that we already cut by a billion dollars," the chair of Colorado's Joint...

Colorado state Rep. Ron Weinberg confers with a colleague as they listen to a hearing on a bill in the House chambers at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on May 8, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Colorado lawmaker faces ‘bullying’ claims from past Larimer County post, complaint from fellow legislator

July 29, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

People who interacted with Rep. Ron Weinberg when he chaired the Larimer County GOP detailed inappropriate comments or behavior to The Denver Post, and on Friday, another legislator filed a...

The State Capitol is framed by buildings along Sherman Street Friday, June 27, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Conservative group, state senator sue Gov. Jared Polis over state’s move to continue taxing overtime pay

July 25, 2025 at 10:29 a.m.

A conservative advocacy group and a state senator sued Thursday over recent legislation requiring the continued taxing of overtime pay, arguing it violates the TABOR Amendment.

A member of Homeland Security Investigations stands outside an armored vehicle in Denver on Feb. 5, 2025. The officer was part of a Homeland Security tactical team participating in immigration raids in Denver and Aurora. The team had been using the Best Buy parking lot at 4100 E Mexico Ave as a staging area for some of its operations.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

ICE announces arrests of 243 immigrants in metro Denver operation, alleging all had criminal histories

July 23, 2025 at 5:50 p.m.

Federal immigration authorities arrested at least 243 undocumented immigrants with varying criminal backgrounds in the Denver area in mid-July, ICE said Wednesday.

A design rendering released by Gov. Jared Polis' office on May 22, 2025, shows plans for the Colorado 150 Pedestrian Walkway connecting the state Capitol complex and Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park. Polis announced July 22 that he was withdrawing the idea in response to the results of an online survey of Coloradans. (Courtesy of Studio Gang)

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis drops plans for Capitol pedestrian bridge after more than 82,000 people reject it

July 22, 2025 at 6:14 p.m.

According to Gov. Polis' office, 94% of the survey's 87,686 respondents rejected the pedestrian bridge idea.

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)

Colorado officials have turned over records to ICE four times this year — including once by mistake

July 22, 2025 at 5:36 p.m.

"We are implementing procedures to ensure that erroneous sharing does not happen in the future," a spokeswoman for Gov. Jared Polis wrote to The Denver Post.

State Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis addresses other senators in the Senate chambers at the Colorado State Capitol

Former Colorado state senator faces felony charge for actions in Senate ethics probe

July 22, 2025 at 10:50 a.m.

A former state senator who allegedly faked at least two letters of support to defend herself in an ethics probe has been charged in a criminal case with attempting to...

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

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans has joined latest immigration reform attempt. Will it succeed as enforcement surges?

July 22, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

"This is a bill for people who want the accountability of earning a path to some sort of legal status," said U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, thus far the only Colorado...

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow stands in front of the Freedom Memorial in Aurora, Colorado, on May 25, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)

ICE denies U.S. Rep. Jason Crow entry to Aurora detention facility, congressman says

July 21, 2025 at 3:22 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow was denied entry to a federal immigration detention facility in Aurora over the weekend in apparent violation of federal law, the congressman's office said.

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