Gov. Jared Polis followed through Wednesday with the executive order assigning unpaid leave to state employees who make more than $50,000 a year. Continue Reading
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On Tuesday, the Brighton city council voted 6-1 to censure Councilmember Kris Jordinelli following his bizarre, alcohol-induced comments at a virtual meeting last week. Continue Reading
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“While our country grapples with the coronavirus, another epidemic has continued to rage. Across Colorado and the country, opioid use and other substance use disorders continue to devastate families and communities." Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow was among the House members to travel to the Fort Hood Army base in Texas to investigate the approximately 30 service member deaths at the facility this year and the conditions there. Continue Reading
An internal campaign poll for the Democratic commissioner candidate in Douglas County’s District III shows Darien Wilson is closing the gap with the Republican incumbent, Lora Thomas. Continue Reading
While population health — which included measures of access to medical care, health outcomes and reports of suboptimal health health — was a category in which Douglas County received high marks, there were also excellent scores given for infrastructure. Those features included a high percentage of households connected to the Internet and slightly better walkability than the nation as a whole. Continue Reading
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, is scheduled to take a virtual tour of a Denver bagel shop, headline a rally for National Voter Registration Day and attend a cafecito, or small coffee, with members of former Vice President Joe Biden's Colorado Latino Council. Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis is supportive of a provision in a stopgap federal funding measure to extend a deadline for states’ compliance with national hemp standards from Oct. 31 to next year. Continue Reading
The announcement was part of a $268 million award to projects in 28 states through the USDA’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. Continue Reading
Forty municipalities and local authorities have received grants worth up to $50,000 from a Colorado Department of Transportation initiative to help modify roadways and community spaces to promote distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
A federal judge dismissed a challenge to Colorado’s sex offender registry on Fourth Amendment grounds, one month after an appeals court also found the law did not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has unveiled two legislative proposals to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells and to clarify the level of notification the federal government must provide in leasing public land. Continue Reading
Feasibility testing at the university has already begun for SolaVAX, which employs ultraviolet light and riboflavin to inactivate the virus and stimulate an immune system response. The process is based on longstanding methods to improve blood transfusion safety. Continue Reading
Since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, a number of news organizations have noted Eid, a former state Supreme Court justice, to be one of the individuals Trump is considering for the appointment. Continue Reading
Nearly all of Colorado's Republicans in Congress all scored 100% on the American Energy Alliance's newest scorecard — with a notable exception. Continue Reading
Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya observed that the curtailment of jury trials in Colorado Springs and the limited use of pilot trials in Denver’s Arraj and Rogers Courthouses meant that “the back up for trial settings is becoming extreme, to say the least” in Denver. Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Transportation will award Colorado approximately $2.5 million in railroad-related grants to two southern Colorado recipients. Continue Reading
The University of Colorado’s Boulder campus will permanently retain a sculpture installed last year honoring six Chicano activists murdered in two car bombings following demonstrations in 1974.
Even though a former hospital employee raised concerns about fraudulent or unethical billing practices, a federal judge ruled last week that her employer had other, non-retaliatory reasons to fire her. Continue Reading
Polly Baca, Kent Thiry and Rosemary Rodriguez lead the latest list of the Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals, the highest state honor issued by the sitting Colorado governor each year as vetted and selected by CiviCO. Continue Reading
Morning Consult has a new poll for the Environmental Defense Fund that indicates more than 3 out of 4 Coloradans are concerned climate change is driving more and bigger wildfires. Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded nearly $2.9 million to the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice to help fund services for the victims of the 2019 shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch that resulted in the murder of one student. Continue Reading
Beginning on Thursday, the city of Denver and Swedish Medical Center will host virtual car seat inspections and information sessions as part of National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 20-26. Continue Reading
State health researchers and engineers from the Colorado School of Mines have begun testing fish for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS and nicknamed “forever chemicals” because of their long-lasting but dangerous properties. Continue Reading
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the mid-1990s, said Friday that he mourned the death of the legal and civil rights icon, who died of pancreatic cancer at age 87. Continue Reading
A man serving a life sentence for an Aurora robbery and murder had his convictions reversed and will have a new trial because evidence admitted at trial suggested that it was in his character to commit such crimes. Continue Reading
A federal judge “reluctantly” dismissed the lawsuit of a Kenyan healthcare worker who alleged racially-based employment discrimination because a technicality prevented the court from allowing her to sue. Continue Reading
Investigations into the state’s marijuana establishments were slightly lower in several categories during the first six month of 2020 compared to the same window last year, and approximately 78% of plants being cultivated in June were in the four counties of Denver, Pueblo, Boulder and El Pa… Continue Reading
“These drastic changes have already caused real harm to Coloradans and their ability to do business or get their medication through the mail.” Continue Reading
The state provided public and private schools across Colorado with more than 1 million medical-grade face masks, officials said Thursday. Continue Reading
An El Paso County judge improperly told a deadlocked jury to continue deliberating without analyzing whether the instruction might coerce them into a verdict, the Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. Continue Reading
More than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on to a bill reforming how the military handles sexual assault and harassment, named in honor of 20-year-old murdered Army soldier Vanessa Guillén. Continue Reading
Two titans of Colorado conservative politics threw their support behind Proposition 116 to lower the state income tax rates Thursday afternoon. Continue Reading
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Protect Colorado rolled out a statewide six-figure ad buy, online and on TV, to get eyeballs on a 30-second spot directed at Gov. Jared Polis — but more precisely, at a committee of regulators his administration helped seat. Continue Reading
A judge improperly ordered a defendant to donate $1 million to a charity of the district attorney’s choice as part of his criminal sentence without first establishing what purpose it would serve, the Colorado Court of Appeals determined on Thursday. Continue Reading
President Donald Trump on Thursday extended his congratulations to Pueblo American Indians who were able to rebury the remains of their ancestors, which were taken by a Swedish researcher over a century ago, in Mesa Verde National Park. Continue Reading
Since Labor Day, Joe Biden's Colorado campaign has been holding at least one online event a day, featuring national figures and local politicians. Continue Reading
A luxury mountain resort's tax assessment should be higher, after a state board improperly omitted rental income and amenity fees from its calculation, the Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. Continue Reading
RTD previewed its new N Line train Thursday, connecting Thornton’s Eastlake-124th Station to Denver’s Union Station. Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis extended a statewide fire ban and the use of Colorado National Guard to help firefighting operations in Colorado, according to a state news release Thursday. Continue Reading
The project, named for the year when the first captive Africans arrived in the American colonies, aims to tell U.S. history through the lens of slavery and racism. Continue Reading
Larimer County’s DUI Recovery Court is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of providing alternatives to incarceration for 120 individuals to date. Continue Reading
A new poll commissioned by the House Democrats' campaign arm shows Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush with a slight lead over Republican Lauren Boebert in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. Continue Reading
The Borderlands Restoration Network, based in Patagonia, Ariz., received a $100,000 award on Wednesday during a symposium from Colorado State University’s Salazar Center for North American Conservation. Continue Reading
A majority of the Regional Transportation District’s board of directors on Tuesday appeared to endorse salary cuts for management as one way to address a $215 million deficit in its budget. Continue Reading
“If true, the severe medical neglect that allegedly took place at this ICE facility is unconscionable and constitutes a blatant disregard for human life, as well as a serious violation of detainees’ human rights.” Continue Reading
A Colorado Springs man will serve 56 months in federal prison for pleading guilty to possession of improvised destructive devices and ammunition. Continue Reading
Suggesting there's no middle ground on abortion, a new national scorecard around the issue gives all of Colorado's Republicans in Congress perfect A's and all the Democrats got flat F's. Continue Reading
Larimer County is purchasing a 1,091-acre ranch as part of conservation efforts in the Laramie Foothills area, the county’s Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday. Continue Reading