Author: Associated Press

Colorado has a new law on the books that legislators say expands protections for mobile home residents and leads to better enforcement of those regulations. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill into law Thursday, setting up a resolution process for disputes between mobile home residents and park owners. The law allows the state Division…

People with diabetes in Colorado won’t have pay more than $100 a month for insulin under a new law. Gov. Jared Polis signed  legislation Wednesday that caps insurance co-payments on insulin no matter the type of insulin. KCNC-TV reported that the Democrat declared that the days of insulin price gauging are over in Colorado at…

Colorado plans to spend $6 million to prevent a potential undercount in the state during next year’s census. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Thursday allowing local governments, school districts, charities, and tribes  to receive grants for census outreach. The bill directs the grants, which must be awarded before Nov. 1, to be used…

WESTERN STATES Tribes seek ban on public hunting of grizzly bears BILLINGS, Montana- Native American leaders are pressing lawmakers in Congress to adopt permanent protections for grizzly bears, a species widely revered by tribes but that has been proposed for hunting in Wyoming and Idaho. Proposed legislation would block grizzly hunting in the Lower 48…

The Fort Collins City Council will not seek a U.S. Supreme Court review of a ban on women going topless in public. The Coloradoan reports that the 4-3 vote by the council Tuesday leaves the city an option to seek a Supreme Court ruling if settlement agreements with advocacy group Free The Nipple-Fort Collins fail. Activists…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump abruptly quit a meeting with congressional Democrats Wednesday with a flat declaration he would no longer work with them unless they drop their investigations in the aftermath of the Trump-Russia report. After the truncated meeting with the Democratic leaders, scheduled for a discussion of U.S. infrastructure problems, Trump lashed out…

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that police require probable cause before deploying dogs trained to detect marijuana. The Denver Post reports the court ruled 4-3 Monday that under the state constitution, a dog trained to alert officers to marijuana cannot be used before police obtain evidence that a crime was committed. Previously officers operated…

BOULDER – Experts say the three-year contract for the new president of the University of Colorado offers more protections to the university than it does the president. The Daily Camera reported Tuesday that university regents named Mark Kennedy as the next president, agreeing to pay him a base of $650,000 for the first year and…

Colorado’s governor has signed a bill establishing college funds for the state’s newborn children for the next two decades. The Denver Post reports that Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill Monday that sets aside $100 for each child born or adopted in Colorado between 2020 and 2040. The money will initially reside in an investment fund…