Colorado Government News

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade said Monday that Toby Churchill Ltd plans to open the office July 1 to support sales of its Lightwriter products to U.S. customers.

Colorado officials say preliminary reports show drunken-driving arrests over Super Bowl weekend were down for the second year in a row.Preliminary reports also show there were no alcohol-related fatalities in the state from Feb.

Legislators are sometimes more interested in headlines than fixing Colorado's budget.

Republicans and Democrats representing Colorado in Congress are endorsing the state's request to be designated as a site for a spaceport.The designation would allow commercial space launches from the state.The five Democrats and four Republicans on Monday released a letter they sent to the Federal Aviation Administration, which would decide on the ... (more)

A state senator is looking to repeal one of the oldest, and least used, laws on Colorado's books - criminal libel.

Colorado will probably avoid the worst of the defense budget cutbacks in the post-Iraq, post-Afghanistan era because of the bustling military space operations in Colorado Springs and the Denver area.

Colorado Front Range cities work on oil, gas regulations The Colorado Department of Natural Resources and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission are urging Front Range communities to not pass regulations on oil and gas development within their boundaries.

The crime of criminal libel is one of the oldest in Colorado's books. One Colorado senator is looking to repeal the seldom-used law in an era when almost anyone can be a publisher online.Republican Sen.

State highway officials are now talking about allowing motorists to use the I-70 shoulders to ease Sunday ski traffic congestion.

Andy Anderson, Sean Valdez, Erika Delgado and Stephanie Wolfe are in eighth grade at Adams City Middle School.

Scheduled Interstate 70 lane closures that have been postponed twice due to winter weather are now set to begin Monday at 7 p.m. at the Twin Tunnels.

Rich Santorum surges toA a 38-23% nationalA lead over Mitt Romney in the latest PPP poll .A Indeed, "Santorum gets to 50% in the Newt free field to 28% for Romney and 15% for Paul." A Per usual, I amA inclined to throw cold water on momentary buzz, in this case theA excitement over discovering a potential consensus NotRomney.

Over the next few months, nine men will decide which projects get funding under a state law created in 2009 to bring new visitors to Colorado.

New Jersey is one of ten states that received a waiver from the U. S. Department of Education making the state exempt from No Child Left Behind Laws .

The Colorado legislature is considering a bill that would give districts more teeth to retain third graders who can't read.

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, the University of Colorado, and Colorado Mesa University are seeking applications from people interested in visiting the nation's capital to learn about the federal lawmaking system and to interact with members of Congress and of President Barack Obama's cabinet.

But it is a pig named Lady GaGa that brought home the bacon at this year's National Western Stock Show in Denver.

A LARAMIE, Wyo. Two groups of University of Wyoming track and field student-athletes put their names in UW's record book Friday, competing in two states.

More than 100 civic leaders gathered Friday for a test drive of TBD Colorado, Gov.

The governors of Wyoming and Colorado are teaming up with the head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to chair a task force dedicated to protecting sage grouse.