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Colorado recall effort OK’d for state senator who quit GOP

DENVER – Backers of a campaign targeting a Colorado lawmaker who left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party, citing the Republican Party’s embrace of discredited 2020 election conspiracies...

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

After Boulder shooting, Colorado lawmakers outline gun bills

DENVER – Responding to the Colorado supermarket shooting that killed 10 people, state Democratic lawmakers on Thursday outlined legislation that would create a state office dedicated to prev...

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado will gain 8th U.S. House seat based on census

State’s population expands nearly 15% in decade

DATE: Apr 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Post-Chauvin verdict, Colorado advances new police reforms

DENVER – A day after a former Minneapolis police officer was convicted in the killing of George Floyd, Colorado lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to tighten standards set by a sweepin...

DATE: Apr 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers unveil public-run health insurance bill

DENVER – Setting up one of the most contentious issues of Colorado’s 2021 legislative session, Democratic state lawmakers announced they are introducing a public health care option bill on T...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Senate panel advances farmworker wages, rights bill

DENVER – A Colorado state Senate panel advanced a bill Wednesday that would grant minimum wage and overtime rights to thousands of farmworkers and allow those workers to organize and join la...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildlife panel says to take it slow on Colorado wolf reintroduction

DENVER – Some wildlife advocates are urging Colorado officials to streamline planning for reintroducing the gray wolf, arguing the launch of an overly bureaucratic process will frustrate the...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Deaths highlight once-in-a-decade Rockies avalanche danger

DENVER – The deaths of two Colorado men caught in avalanches and a third in Montana over the frigid Presidents Day weekend show how backcountry skiers and others in the Rocky Mountain wilder...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor: Space Command, US lands agency must stay

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis is urging the Biden administration to keep the headquarters of two key U.S. government agencies in Colorado, arguing the U.S. Space Command and the Bureau of Land M...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2nd Colorado member of House joins push against Biden win

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Monday became the second member of Congress from Colorado to join an effort against certifying the Electoral College victory of President-elect Joe Biden. ...

DATE: Jan 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Remains of 3 found in Colorado, triggering manhunt for felon

DENVER – Authorities in southern Colorado said Wednesday that they are searching for a suspect in connection with the discovery of the remains of three people near a rural hamlet. ...

DATE: Nov 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor unveils state budget plan amid pandemic

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proposed a $35 billion state budget Monday for the fiscal year starting next July 1 that he said would restore drastic cuts caused by the pandemic, promote...

DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News