Colorado Government News

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet raised about twice as much money as Democratic challenger Andrew Romanoff during the three weeks that the two candidates were competing for donations in September.

A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers.

Governor Bill Ritter's Dept. of Health Care Policy and Financing is refusing Rep.

Lawyers for Coloradans who say their political free-speech rights were violated argued two cases Wednesday before judges at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.

At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby state lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees.

Gov. Bill Ritter has appointed attorney Barbara J. Kelley of Denver to be the new executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, effective Dec.

How's this for a cliffhanger scenario on election night? The popular vote for president is close across the country, the Electoral College tally is neck-and-neck, and all eyes turn to Colorado--where nobody can say for sure how many of the state's nine electoral votes should go to Sen.

Betcha it pained him, then, to issue an opinion that further legitimized the medical-marijuana industry.

Colorado-based weather researchers say three hurricanes formed in the Atlantic this year, two fewer than they predicted before the season and one less than their August update called for.

America's next top model isthe dorky one. At least, that's how 18-year-old redhead and University of Colorado student Nicole Fox described herself after winning a $100,000 Cover Girl contract and six-page spread in Seventeen magazine as prize for conquering the 13th cycle of "America's Top Model." "I'm a dork and I'm America's Next Top Model!" the ...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has released its final report on a 2008 Salmonella outbreak in Alamosa that may have sickened 1,300 people and caused one death.

Health officials say animal waste was the likely reason for a salmonella outbreak that spread through a southern Colorado city's tap water supply last year.

For the second consecutive year, Colorado received a "D" on the Premature Birth Report Card issued by the March of Dimes.

Authorities in Colorado say a homeowner who was selling his house returned to the property to find a 24-year-old squatter wearing only underwear.

Colorado is gearing up to officially tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a move lawmakers say amounts to legal recognition of a growing industry.

After months of talks, Safeway has given a union representing Colorado grocery workers its last, best, final contract offer.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed the 104th Avenue bridge over the South Platte River due to safety concerns regarding the condition of the bridge.

State health officials say Coloradans are recycling and keeping more of their trash out of landfills, though the economic downturn has weakened demand for recycled material.

Colorado officials say they haven't been contacted by the federal government regarding housing detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the state.

Without health-care reform, Colorado businesses will face ever-higher costs over the next 10 years, a new study says.