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Gov. Jared Polis forms task force to combat pine beetle outbreak threatening Colorado forests

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Gov. Jared Polis has issued an executive order establishing a task force to help protect Colorado forests and communities from the impact of pine beetle...

Polis names JB Holston as next head of Colorado Department of Higher Education

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Gov. Jared Polis on Monday named JB Holston, former dean of the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Denver, as...

Colorado hunger relief groups fear SNAP funding could be withheld amid federal dispute

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Colorado’s hunger relief organizations, still reeling from the freeze in SNAP funding last month, now face the possibility that federal funding for the nation’s largest...

Colorado officials react as Trump weighs reclassifying marijuana

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Colorado policymakers and advocacy groups are responding to reports that the federal government could begin loosening restrictions on marijuana, according to insiders in Washington. According...

Irrelevant Hickenlooper draws a challenger | WADHAMS

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Conservation, ranching and the land always win | GABEL

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An early candidate for 2026’s word of the year: ‘affordability’ | HUDSON

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Suddenly, Colorado has a private school choice program │ Vince Bzdek

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Julie Gonzales’s long but not impossible odds | SONDERMANN

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Dougco shoplifting ordinance victimizes victims | CALDARA

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Trump targets Colorado AI law with executive order, setting stage for legal fight

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Colorado’s government spending has outpaced inflation, analysis finds

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Trump pardons Tina Peters, but Colorado officials say he can’t reverse state convictions | TRAIL MIX

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Rethinking Medicare after COVID-era Obamacare subsidies | SLOAN

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Colleagues and friends remember former Colorado state lawmaker Lew Entz

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Lew Entz, 94, a former Republican state senator from Hooper, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, following a long illness. A visitation for Entz is scheduled at...

Colorado’s cost of living soars, ranks third-most expensive in the U.S.

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Colorado is now the third most expensive state to live in, according to a new report by a business group. Released on Thursday, the Colorado...

DOJ sues Colorado Secretary of State for refusing to release voter information

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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold after she refused to provide the agency with certain...

Colorado Rep. Brittany Pettersen cheers President Trump signing into law 2 bipartisan bills she led

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President Donald Trump has signed into law two bills led by U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen that address a pair of the Colorado Democrat’s signature issues...

Regulatory layers turn cost of doing business in Colorado into ‘death by a thousand cuts’ | FISCAL ROCKIES

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Underlying design failures built into Colorado’s standardized tests | NOONAN

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Colorado Reps. Hurd and Neguse join forces to modernize federal snow-forecasting program

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Colorado aims to close talent gap with new workforce development agency, initiatives

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Colorado legislators review wolf program as funding challenges persist

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What the Minnesota fraud case teaches Colorado about grant oversight | PODIUM

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What are we doing in the Caribbean exactly? | SLOAN

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Colorado’s universal preschool enrollment begins for upcoming school year

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Colorado vacancy panels face challenge: Replacing senator and representative from the same area

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Real leadership requires long-term thinking | BIDLACK

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Psychedelics are a safe, novel approach to Colorado’s mental health crisis | OPINION

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By Sarah Markey and Dafna Michaelson-Jenet We all have moments in which we experience feelings of anxiety and depression. This is part of what it...

State Sen. Dylan Roberts runs for reelection

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State Sen. Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, is seeking a second term in the Senate and his fourth term in the state legislature. Roberts is committed to...

Audit finds major gaps in Colorado’s oil and gas reporting, enforcement

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The agencies responsible for regulating Colorado’s oil and gas industry are underperforming when it comes to reporting and enforcement and they also failed to collect...

Colorado Democrat Julie Gonzales launches U.S. Senate primary challenge to incumbent John Hickenlooper

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Declaring that Colorado “needs a fighter, not a bystander,” state Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat, on Monday launched her long-anticipated primary challenge to U.S....