Senate President Steve Fenberg’s daughter Marlow, 1, tries to find her preferred seat behind the gavel. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Senate President Steve Fenberg’s daughter Marlow, 1, tries to find her preferred seat behind the gavel. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Timothy Hurst, the Gazette House Speaker Julie McCluskie, left, greets Rep. Manny Rutinel before the 2024 legislative session convenes on Wednesday. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)The last of a group of pro-Palestinian protesters are led out of the basement of the state Capitol during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session this month. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)House Speaker Rep. Julie McCluskie looks at the large screen showing votes for a joint House resolution during the first day of the 2024 legislative session at the State Capitol on Wednesday. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Sen. Kevin Van Winkle’s children Jack, 4, and Hailey, 7, look on from their father’s desk in the Senate before convening of the first day of the legislative session. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Color guards, from left, Shawn Nelson, Zion Brown, Madison Meyer and Merck Howell wait to present the colors outside the House chamber. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)The Brothers of Brass band play “The Star Spangled Banner” in the Senate chamber during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)A group of pro-Palestinian protesters chant from the third floor between the House and Senate chambers before being lead out of the Colorado State Capitol building after protesting from the gallery of the Colorado House of Representatives chambers during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Sen. Julie Gonzales, left, laughs with Sen. James Coleman during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session. (The Gazette)Beka Venturella, left, and Rep. Karen McCormick, right, gather around to meet Rep. Lindsey Daugherty’s 7-month-old son Theodore Ebinger. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Senate President Steve Fenberg speaks during the presentation of the flags during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Timothy Hurst, The Gazette Senate President Steve Fenberg, right, laughs while Sen. Kevin Van Winkle, left, beckons his son Jack, 4, back from behind the podium after he and other children lead the Pledge of Allegiance. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)A group of pro-Palestinian protesters are lead out of the basement of the Colorado State Capitol building after protesting from the gallery of the Colorado House of Representatives chambers during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Rep. Matt Soper visits with other lawmakers before the legislature convenes Wednesday. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Timothy Hurst, The Gazette Chad Clifford, who was picked to succeed former state Rep. Ruby Dickson, looks at his phone between votes during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol on Wednesday. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
