WASHINGTON — Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, with the 2020 presidential campaign in their sights. Continue Reading
Public defenders across the state have filed 64 requests to judges in recent weeks to get mentally ill people immediately moved out of jails. Continue Reading
LAS VEGAS — With drought entering a second decade and reservoirs continuing to shrink, seven Southwestern U.S. states that depend on the overtaxed Colorado River for crop irrigation and drinking water had been expected to ink a crucial share-the-pain contingency plan by the end of 2018. Continue Reading
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The Galleria mall in Hoover, Alabama, a Birmingham suburb, seemed as much a carnival as it was a shopping center. It opened on a Wednesday in February 1986, two weeks after the space shuttle exploded. The size of big-city airport, it was the biggest in the Southeast, in an era when malls wer… Continue Reading
More than 10,000 Denver convictions for low-level marijuana possession from before the drug was legalized in Colorado are likely to be erased, but Colorado Springs has no plans for a blanket amnesty. Continue Reading
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The Army came up nearly 11,000 short of its yearly recruiting goals for active-duty and Reserve troops in 2018, but that doesn’t mean the service will get hip to Colorado’s legalized weed. Continue Reading
Rocky Mountain National Park defended its search for a missing Air Force Academy cadet candidate after his father claimed that not enough was being done to find his son. Continue Reading
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette has added to the political and legal pressure Colorado is putting on the Trump administration over climate change policy. Continue Reading
Judge: Colorado sheriff has no authority to hold people solely at request of immigration authorities
A judge ruled Thursday that El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder has no authority to continue holding inmates in jail if they are eligible for release, even if federal immigration authorities suspect they are in the country illegally. Continue Reading
The problem is an unintended consequence of a bill rushed through the General Assembly in the final days of the 2018 legislative session. Continue Reading
SANTA FE, N.M. — Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has pardoned three people so far during two terms in office in a state with a robust history of forgiveness by governors. Continue Reading
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet sidestepped the issue of whether he’s running for president in an appearance Friday, but he did address a number of issues that a presidential candidate might. Continue Reading
Local businesses that ship purchased goods throughout Colorado will have a few more months to comply with a change in sales tax regulations that retailers fear will be a costly blow. Continue Reading
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More than half of Colorado utility customers are expected to have 100 percent carbon-free electricity in the next 30 years after another of the state’s utility providers announced new emission goals Thursday. Continue Reading
HELENA, Mont. — An investigation into whether political operatives in North Carolina illegally collected and possibly stole absentee ballots in a still-undecided congressional race has drawn attention to a widespread but little-known political tool called ballot harvesting. Continue Reading
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is among those lining up for early launches. Continue Reading
A year and a half ago, a measure to lower the age for lawmakers sounded like a slam dunk. But it lost big time. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado picked up a science award from the American Geophysical Union this week, and environmentalists are gobsmacked. Continue Reading
Health care dominated the 2018 midterms, and Democrats benefited from the message, Time national political correspondent Molly Ball told attendees of the Hot Issues in Health Conference near Denver on Thursday. Continue Reading
A $20 million federal grant will help widen Interstate 25 between Loveland and Berthoud, and Colorado will receive another $20 million in federal funds to modernize roads throughout the state with advanced technology, U.S. senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner announced Thursday. Continue Reading
Colorado Gov.-elect Jared Polis on Thursday announced who will advise him on legislation and various policy areas — and many of the names will be familiar to those who follow Democratic state politics. Continue Reading
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was not on the ballot in the Michigan governor's race, but her legacy loomed over the campaign in her home state, which has the country's highest concentration of for-profit charter schools. Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — Facing the nation for the first time as its president, George H.W. Bush vowed to lead with humility, moral principle and a spirit of unity. Continue Reading
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration moved forward Thursday with plans to ease restrictions on oil and natural gas drilling and other activities across millions of acres in the American West — including Colorado — that were put in place to protect an imperiled bird species. Continue Reading
The U.S. Senate this week approved legislation co-authored by Colorado's U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner that seeks to counter Chinese dominance in the Asia Pacific region. Continue Reading
Fish and other aquatic life did not suffer severe or long-lasting damage from a mine waste spill three years ago that polluted rivers in three states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. Continue Reading
A Colorado lawmaker is crafting state legislation governing when police officers can return to work after a fatal shooting following the highly publicized death of a homeowner killed by police during a break-in at his house. Continue Reading
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and his allies are taking new steps toward launching a presidential campaign, including interviews with dozens of potential staffers and hiring a pollster and national fundraiser, according to a person close to the Democrat. Continue Reading
Colorado oil and gas regulators are considering enlarging the mandatory buffer zone between new wells and school property. Continue Reading
The Denver school district spent $161,375 over the past four months on a superintendent search that has resulted in a single finalist: Deputy Superintendent Susana Cordova. Continue Reading
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Nearly 20 years ago, the former president wanted to sponsor a Filipino boy through Colorado Springs-based nonprofit Compassion International — but first, he needed a pseudonym. Continue Reading
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Kagan is the third Senate Democrat to announce plans to exit in coming weeks. Continue Reading
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The most common drug in arrests in most U.S. states in 2017 was not marijuana, but methamphetamines, according to a new study. Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — The nation's most exclusive fraternity — the presidents club — assembled Wednesday to mourn George H.W. Bush, putting on public display its uneasy relationship with the current occupant of the Oval Office. The uncomfortable reunion brought President Donald Trump together in the … Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — Memories of George H.W. Bush's underappreciated sense of humor drew laughter and brought smiles to the sorrowful mourning of the death of American's 41st president. Continue Reading
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George H.W. Bush was celebrated with high praise and loving humor Wednesday as the nation bade farewell to the man who was America's 41st president and the last to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Continue Reading
Former Republican Speaker of the House Frank McNulty has filed a second ethics complaint against Gov. John Hickenlooper, referring to the term-limited Democrat as "Jet-set John" in the Nov. 29 filing with the state Independent Ethics Commission. Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — Thousands of emails were stolen from aides to the National Republican Congressional Committee during the 2018 midterm campaign, a major breach exposing vulnerabilities that have kept cybersecurity experts on edge since the 2016 presidential race. Continue Reading
SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico state legislator launched a GoFundMe campaign to recover legal defense costs as a panel of lawmakers formally dismissed sexual harassment charges against him on Tuesday. Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter's presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and other rival sources of energy frustrate the Trump administration's pledges to revive the U.S. coal industry. Continue Reading
GRAND JUNCTION — Western State Colorado University has dropped "state" from its name as part of an unofficial rebranding. Continue Reading
Xcel Energy officials in Denver on Tuesday unveiled what the eight-state electric utility is calling “the most ambitious [carbon reduction plans] announced to date within the electric power industry.” Continue Reading
The Trump administration's prosecutors and drug agency compared Denver's idea to curb overdose deaths to a crack house Tuesday. Continue Reading
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn has reached a settlement agreement with Garrett VeneKlasen in a defamation lawsuit over 2017 political attack ads. Continue Reading
Colorado's U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Tuesday he plans to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at forcing the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay benefits to student veterans who have been shorted because of the VA's information processing and accounting difficulties. Continue Reading
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years. Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Monday that despite solid economic progress, the country still faces a number of challenges ranging from slow wage-growth for lower-income workers to sluggish productivity and an aging population. Continue Reading
A state audit has found a number of oversight problems in Colorado's care of intellectually and developmentally disabled people, leading to wasted taxpayer dollars. Continue Reading
DURANGO — A hospital in Colorado plans to use a state grant to help victims of sexual assault. Continue Reading