Multiple financial regulatory agencies have given clearance to the banking industry to work with hemp producers. Continue Reading
Since October of last year, 219 people have been hospitalized and two have died in an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Colorado. Continue Reading
Funeral services for Colorado state Rep. Kimmi Lewis of Kim will be held at 10 a.m. this Friday, Dec. 13, at Our Lady of Guadalupe/St. Patrick Parish in La Junta, with a graveside service to follow at 3 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Branson. Continue Reading
On Thursday, the state’s Public Utilities Commission began collecting comment on performance-based regulation for utilities in accordance with legislation passed earlier this year. Continue Reading
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act on Friday by a vote of 228-187, with only one Republican joining all Democrats in voting yes. Continue Reading
A high-drama telecom deal is heading to court. Continue Reading
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Joey Bunch: "A closed off, safe-playing Hickenlooper is not the LoDo barkeep we know. He's a Washington politician we don't." Continue Reading
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President Trump said his relationship with the so-called "Little Rocket Man" was in peril Sunday over new missile testing, but Colorado's Hawkish U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner spoke up louder about North Korea's nuclear powers. Continue Reading
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SEATTLE — As the country looks for ways to deal with mass shootings at schools, some have responded by saying more people should carry guns, including teachers. Continue Reading
CoPo's weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. Continue Reading
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The pistol-packing owner of Rifle's Shooters Grill is mounting a Republican primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, charging that the five-term incumbent isn't doing enough to champion conservative values. Continue Reading
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Meighen Lovelace began seeing troubling signs when her younger daughter was only 1 year old: The girl was more aggressive than her older sister; she would bite and hit, and seemed not to handle social situations well. Continue Reading
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It's part of the longshot candidate's strategy to jump from the back of the pack in a nomination contest he argues is still very much up for grabs. Continue Reading
Republican State Rep. Kimmi Clark Lewis of Kim has died after a long battle with breast cancer. Continue Reading
Colorado’s approximately 1,800 metropolitan districts will stick homeowners with years of increasing tax burdens with little oversight to pay for new development, a Denver Post investigation found. Continue Reading
The Regional Transportation District board of directors announced Friday how interested candidates can apply to be the agency’s interim general manager and CEO. Continue Reading
Klobuchar and Griswold plan to talk with Coloradans about voter registration, campaign finance reform and election security at the public event. Continue Reading
At a Friday morning meeting in Centennial, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., praised Colorado’s junior Sen. Cory Gardner while hearing about the impact of the defense industry on the state. Continue Reading
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Billionaire Democrat Michael Bloomberg is quietly implementing a multi-pronged strategy to convince voters that his record and dedication to progressive priorities is worthy of the Democratic presidential nomination Continue Reading
A database published Friday by ProPublica on grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health identified 19 professors at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus with conflicts of interest. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on Thursday introduced the Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act, which aims to prevent the contamination of waterways by giving agencies inspection, decontamination and quarantine authority over watercraft. Continue Reading
In back-to-back days this week, Polis made public appearances in Denver to extol new multi-modal initiatives that shift the state from fossil fuels. Continue Reading
"Our team has put tremendous effort into educating our fellow millennials about issues that matter to our generation — whether they may realize an issue is important or not," said Jimmy Sengenberger, the think tank's president. Continue Reading
Everyone who wants to go to the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday, raise your paws. Continue Reading
Two Democrats hoping to take on incumbent Republican Doug Lamborn in El Paso County's 5th Congressional District will share the stage Tuesday night at a union hall in Colorado Springs. Continue Reading
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Ernest Luning: "When Gardner's strategists and supporters talk about Colorado's propensity to split the ticket — in this case, re-electing a senator while voting for a presidential nominee from the opposite party — they're looking to the 1980 election as perhaps the clearest example." Continue Reading
“Our religious freedoms grant us the right to practice our faith publicly and to be free of harassment or intimidation while doing so,” CAIR, a Muslim advocacy organization, said in a statement. Continue Reading
A scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered that the company that processes Colorado’s methane data was reporting erroneous measurements. Continue Reading
Citing a "sense of urgency," the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission on Thursday set a preliminary date of March 17 for hearing the ethics complaints filed against former governor and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper. Continue Reading
By 2029, nearly a quarter of Denver city fleet vehicles could be electric, according to Mayor Michael Hancock. Continue Reading
Colorado Springs ranks among the top 10 cities for the number of Department of Veterans Affairs home loans in 2019, according to the Missouri-based Veterans United Home Loans. Continue Reading
In the shadow of the site of the theater shooting where 12 people died in 2012, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg brought his nascent presidential campaign to Aurora to meet with dozens of gun-violence survivors and unveil a raft of gun-control policies on Thursday. Continue Reading
Bennet has polled consistently at around 1% or less, and he's no longer qualifying for Democratic debates. James Carville, nonetheless, remains on the Bennet bandwagon. Continue Reading
“Government can be a powerful force for good, but government dependency has never been the American dream,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said. Continue Reading
A Douglas County judge on Wednesday decided to try the 16-year-old suspect in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting from May 7 as an adult. Continue Reading
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It's the latest move by the Massachusetts senator in a Western state that's part of the Super Tuesday contests in March. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow announced on Wednesday the introduction of the Military Family Parole in Place Act, which would enshrine into law a program that currently provides undocumented family members of military service members one-year reprieves from deportation. Continue Reading
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — an advocacy group for freedom of speech, religious liberty and “sanctity of conscience” — has given poor ratings to Adams State University and Fort Lewis College for their sexual harassment policies. Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Continue Reading
The three-person panel sets the ballot title for proposed initiatives that meet the legal requirement to pertain to a single subject. Continue Reading
The new service is the “sister” of Bustang, CDOT’s interregional express bus system. Continue Reading
Following an election that “flipped” the Denver school board, giving control to members backed by the teachers union, the board on Wednesday elected a new president: Carrie Olson, who left a decades-long teaching career two years ago to serve on the board. Continue Reading
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More than 50,000 visits to Colorado emergency rooms during the past three years were primarily caused by mental health needs, adding up to more than $76 million in costs. Continue Reading
A draft of an actuarial study estimates the lowest cost option would be at least $200 million more. Continue Reading
In her first bid last month, for the Edgewater City Council, Rosenoer very well could have set a record for the most votes for a council member in the tiny Jefferson County on the border of Denver and Sloans Lake. Continue Reading
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Only in America would we politicize a chicken sandwich. Continue Reading
Colorado lawmakers are among those taking a stand against robocalls, as the latest legislative attempt passed the U.S. House Wednesday. Continue Reading
Two Coloradans sitting on opposite sides of a wide partisan divide questioned legal scholars Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee conducted its first day of hearings to determine whether to impeach President Donald Trump. Continue Reading
The Brighton City Council on Tuesday selected Ward 2 Council Member Greg Mills as the city’s mayor, following a recall of Ken Kreutzer last month. Continue Reading