Mark Udall News

With some very big money pouring into the race for Colorado's Senate seat, this battle has been on the watch list for most political observers.

A worker oils a pump March 25 at a fracking site near Mead, Colo. On Thursday, a Boulder County judge struck down a town's ban on fracking, a method of extracting oil and gas that's been heavily opposed by environmental groups.

A bill to pave the way for a workforce housing project in Summit County ended its yearlong congressional journey shortly after 1 p.m. Friday, July 25, when President Barack Obama signed into law the Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act.

The CIA obtained a legally protected, confidential email between whistleblower officials and Congress this spring, raising questions over whether the agency illegally has access to other communications regarding whistleblowers, McClatchy reported.

Incumbent Republican Mike Coffman, left, faces Democrat challenger, Andrew Romanoff, in the race to represent the 6th Congressional District.

Like the warm blanket of a humid day, a malaise has settled on the statehouse as lawmakers, lobbyists, staffers and reporters alike await word on a budget deal – the ticket to the end of the prolonged legislative session.

Maybe we can't reform the whole immigration system, but the startup world just wants this one thing.

The League of Conservation Voters is buying ads in Denver to support an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would require power plants to cut carbon emissions.

If you're running for governor in a state where people voters helped pass an initiative to legalize marijuana, might be a little risky to be seen with this guy: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Colorado's governor's race winnable for Republicans and pledged Wednesday to visit the state often to support GOP gubernatorial contender Bob Beauprez.

Lyons officials broke ground Thursday on a project at the town's wastewater treatment facility that has been under way since 2009.

Fact check: Carbon tax distortions FactCheck.org takes on claims regarding two Democratic senators and their carbon tax support.

Republicans are more enthusiastic than Democrats about the upcoming midterms, but the gap is narrower than in past years that brought wave elections, according to a Pew Research poll released Thursday.

Denver - Some women are getting sick of the Democrats' "war on women." Take Laura Carno, who became so fed up with the nonstop "war on women" political advertising campaign in Colorado that she put together a radio ad of her own.

Recent polls have showed Tea Party Congressman Cory Gardner is turning out to be a competitive candidate against Senator Mark Udall .

That's a cynical, and simplistic, view of the impact - or lack thereof - of the conflict in Ukraine on the debate over exporting liquefied natural gas.

CLIMATE WAR EPISODE I: On Tuesday, leading industry groups laid out their grievances in a united front against the Environmental Protection Agency's signature climate rule.

Former U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave has plenty to say about abortion and pro-choice candidates, but little to say about the personhood stance of Rep. Cory Gardner, the Republican who now holds her seat in Congress.

Millions of news cycles ago, Senate seats from Colorado and Iowa were not thought to be in play.

As we head into the next stage of the Great Colorado Fracking Wars, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: Jared Polis has backed himself into a corner - and there may be no way out.

It's already very clear that Colorado's 2014 election is going to be epic. What's unknown at this point though is just how epic it will be.