Colorado Government News

Permanency, safety and well-being. Three words that carry great meaning individually, but even more so when considered together in the context of children and families served by Colorado's child welfare system.

Gov. Bill Ritter will travel to Spain next week to meet with renewable energy companies and encourage investment in Colorado.

Gov. Bill Ritter said he's disappointed by the oil and gas industry's campaign assailing proposed new regulations as "job-killing" because the goal is to balance energy development with other important Colorado ...

Foster Farms Inc. announced Tuesday that the company would not pursue expansion in northeastern Colorado.

Crews work to complete construction at the Hanging Lake Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon.

Two Colorado congressmen say it's "unacceptable" that federal officials haven't yet produced a plan to ensure that safe air tankers are available for firefighting.

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing fired an employee Monday after learning she went public about multimillion-dollar mistakes within the department.

Colorado prosecutors are asking for $44.5 million in restitution from a former forestry worker who admitted starting the state's worst wildfire, a 60 percent increase over earlier estimates.

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed an anti-Christian censorship law SB 200, that leaders representing many organizations will announce plans to oppose at a press conference today, July 1 at 10:15 a.m. in ...

The Colorado Department of Revenue has named a new state lottery director. Jack A. Boehm, who joined the Colorado Lottery last year as chief operating officer, replaces retired lottery director Peggy Gordon.

A number of new laws go into effect in Colorado on July 1 including allowing Sunday liquor sales and making it a misdemeanor to trick online ticket sales into allowing more than the maximum number of tickets ...

" Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday morning to talk about the presidential race.

Entrepreneur Jared Polis, who has poured a record amount of his own fortune into the Democratic primary for Colorado's 2nd Congressional District, insists it isn't about the money.

This "campaign committee" will gather and read no-longer-secret ballots, according to the ad, which is tongue-in-cheek. You may have seen the provocative anti-union ad making claims about union bosses and ...

Colorado health officials have reported the first two human cases of West Nile virus in the state this summer -- in Boulder and Logan counties.

Even before Colorado's proposed drilling rules go into effect, the state has lost its ranking as the top destination in the United States for oil-and-gas investment, according to a study by the Fraser ...

A Colorado teacher has climbed Mount Katahdin in his quest to reach the highest points in all 50 states in 50 days.

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter says state government can save $205 million over the next five years by being more efficient.

For lack of $10, Margo Kindred was forced to move with her teenage son and three young grandchildren to a homeless shelter.

State transportation officials were forced to shut several lanes of southbound Interstate 25 at South Santa Fe Drive for several hours this afternoon as crews made emergency repairs to the overpass.