Colorado and nine other states joined the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against pesticide makers Syngenta and Corteva on Thursday, accusing them of engaging in anti-competitive practices.
The colony was founded in 1910 by Oliver Toussaint Jackson, who believed that land ownership was the best path to prosperity for African Americans.
"As Secretaries of State and Chief Election Officials, we are aware of the ongoing and unprecedented threats directed at election workers across the country, and have seen their terrible impact on our colleagues," the secretaries of state said in their letter to Congressional leaders.
Colorado's U.S. senators said the proposal seeks to provide states with the resources to recruit and train election workers, while also instituting federal safeguards to shield them from intimidation and threats.
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn introduced legislation aimed at allowing schools more flexibility to combat the fentanyl crisis by allocating federal COVID-19 relief funds for the purchase of drug overdose-reversing medicines, the congressman's office announced Monday.
Editor's note: This is the first of a series that looks into Colorado's biggest general election contests.
The money is part of a $1.5 billion package awarded to states and territories to support programs that expand access to treatment and recovery support services, as well as remove barriers to interventions, notably access to naloxone.
The Colorado Department of Human Services was awarded $517,961 on Thursday to improve efficiency in the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
A federal department invested over $5.1 million in Colorado to help the state fight and prevent devastating wildfires.
Dozens of state politicians and local leaders wrote to President Joe Biden, urging him to use his executive powers to protect Colorado’s public lands by designating Camp Hale and a surrounding mountain range as a national historic monument.
LONDON (AP) — After the pomp and pageantry of a grand state funeral, Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest in an intimate ceremony away from prying cameras in Windsor, where she will be reunited with her late husband and her parents.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks swayed between small gains and losses on Wall Street Monday as investors brace for another big interest rate increase this week from the Federal Reserve.
LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.
The EPA declaration means Colorado will need to submit a plan that demonstrates how the Denver metro will achieve the air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. Crucially, the federal law requires the region to sell "reformulated gasoline" within a year of the "severe reclassification."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed over 6% this week for the first time since the housing crash of 2008, threatening to sideline even more homebuyers from a rapidly cooling housing market.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. government has accepted nearly $190 million in bids from an offshore oil and gas lease sale that was held nearly a year ago but rejected by a federal judge, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said Wednesday.
Colorado Democrats cheer climate, health care bill at White House as GOP brandishes inflation report
Among the throngs of supporters who cheered the legislation was U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, the Colorado Democrat who played a crucial role in pushing the bill across the finish line. Fellow Colorado Democrats U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter were also on hand.
LONDON — Members of the public who waited outside for many hours are filing through Westminster Hall to pay their respects at the queen’s coffin, which is lying in state there.
Commuters, food producers, refineries and others could all be affected if there is a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The former security chief at Twitter told Congress that the social media platform is plagued by weak cyber defenses that make it vulnerable to exploitation by “teenagers, thieves and spies” and put the privacy of its users at risk. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a respected cybersec…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for a second straight month in August, but most other prices across the economy kept rising — evidence that inflation remains a heavy burden for American households.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Cheering crowds greeted King Charles III on Tuesday in Northern Ireland, where the visit drew a rare moment of unity from politicians in a region with a contested British and Irish identity that is deeply divided over the monarchy.
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut jury is slated to begin hearing evidence Tuesday in a trial to decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for spreading a lie that the massacre was a hoax.
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have backed a proposal for a law that would ban the sale in the 27-nation bloc of agriculture products linked to the destruction of forests.
A Colorado nonprofit launched an advertising campaign Monday to highlight warnings the state released regarding the use of marijuana concentrate.
A federal grant program awarded Colorado $100 million to fund infrastructure improvements to the Interstate 70 Mountain Corridor.
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — As Queen Elizabeth II's four children walked silently behind, a hearse carried her flag-draped coffin along a crowd-lined street in the Scottish capital Monday to a cathedral, where a service of thanksgiving hailed the late monarch as a “constant in all of our live…
BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to channel John F. Kennedy on the 60th anniversary of JFK's moonshot speech, highlighting Biden administration efforts aimed at "ending cancer as we know it.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — A criminal investigation into the presence of top-secret information at former President Donald Trump's Florida home has “spiraled out of control," his lawyers said Monday in urging a judge to leave in place a directive that temporarily halted core aspects of the Justice De…
"You don’t want public opinion to be the guide of what the appropriate decision is," Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. said. "Lately the criticism is phrased in terms of 'Because of these opinions, it calls into question the legitimacy of the court.' I think it’s a mistake to view those criticisms in that way."
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem asked a state ethics board to dismiss a complaint against her without a public hearing and to seal off certain records, documents released Friday by the state’s Government Accountability Board show.
LONDON (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II has triggered a series of carefully structured ceremonial and constitutional steps, as Britain undergoes a period of national mourning and heralds the reign of King Charles III.
“I am thrilled to welcome the newest cohort of Governor’s Fellows through the continued partnership between CiviCO and the Colorado Governor’s Office," Gov. Jared Polis said in a news release. "These fellows will gain valuable experience from this program and go on to help ensure Colorado is the best place to live, work and run or start a business.”
From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and former top FBI officials, rejecting the former president's claims that they and others acted in concert to concoct the Russia investigation that shadowed much o…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In four decades of writing about the Las Vegas underworld and government corruption, investigative reporter Jeff German took on plenty of powerful and dangerous people. The hard-bitten newsman was once punched by an organized crime associate and received veiled threats from …
Colorado's health agency has adopted stricter requirements in order for companies to obtain a general permit for "minor sources" of air pollution.
DENVER (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts is set to make his first public appearance since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, speaking Friday night at a judicial conference in Colorado.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday that it was appealing a judge's decision granting the appointment of an independent arbiter to review records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Florida home.
Colorado's leaders are mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch who died Thursday at age 96, calling her a "rock" for Great Britain and a "beacon of stability" through the decades.
Under the settlement, Dallas-based Essilor, which manufactures optical lenses, agreed to pay 35 states $22 million, plus interest.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered Thursday to face fresh charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday as the Biden administration announced major new military aid worth more than $2.8 billion for Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia.
Oak Park, Ill. (AP) — Keyon Robinson was just a month away from graduating from high school when he took a loaded gun, placed it in his backpack and headed to campus.
When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States, traditional brick-and-mortar schools were forced to pivot to online learning. Days turned into months, and, in some cases, years – with millions of students and their parents left to fend for themselves. When schools reopened, fearful pare…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a legal victory for former President Donald Trump, a federal judge on Monday granted his request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and temporarily halted the Justice Department’s use of the records for investigative purposes.
President Joe Biden on Friday named Gordon Gallagher a federal judicial nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Born in the mid-1980s when the auction was in danger of being canceled because no one was bidding on the champion animals raised by 4-H and Future Farmers of America youth, Rustlers soon inspired competing civic-minded groups from throughout the state, which have together raised more than $12 million to help young Coloradans pursue careers in agriculture.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Colorado on Wednesday to tour the National Center for Atmospheric Research and attend a roundtable discussion touting the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse's office announced Tuesday.
“A lot of parents went to work during the day thinking their teenagers were logged on to remote learning, only to find something else,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. “I’ll be frank and say in Chicago, there was a correlation that we believe in remote learning and the rise in carjacking.”