Colorado Government News

The Department of Agriculture said Thursday that the quarantine went into effect May 20.

It is more common for Hall of Fame athletes to receive honors and accolades than give them.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- Western Slope leaders are searching for answers to Colorado's growing road infrastructure problem.

There's now an easier way to eat healthy in Colorado. It involves a website, a smartphone application, a unique state-wide initiative, and hundreds of restaurants are on board.

As the state Legislature was nearing approval of significant changes to Iowa's public school system, the Iowa Department of Education director accepted a job Wednesday as superintendent of a Colorado school district.

Despite vehement denials by the Colorado Department of Parole, a CBS4 investigation has turned up numerous state records that show dangerous parolees were either removed from intensive supervised parole in the last five years or never placed on it in the first place due to budget squeezes in the parole division.

The man who was in charge of Colorado's parole division when the state's prisons chief was killed, allegedly by a parolee, was placed on paid administrative leave on Wednesday.

This undated photo provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows Nathan Dunlap.

Convicted murderer Nathan J. Dunlap got a temporary reprieve from the death penalty, as Colorado Gov.

An oversized snow plow on the front of a powerful loader eats into the snowpack on Highway 82 about 2 miles from the summit of Independence Pass last week.

Last November's passage of Amendment 64 was greeted with joy by many members of the cannabis community.

Colorado became the latest state Wednesday to post proposed health insurance plans for its new online marketplace, which is slated begin enrolling people in coverage Oct.

The Department of Human Services and El Paso County hope to make it easier for children and teens in need of state services to get help.

At least five candidates are officially challenging Gov. John Hickenlooper in 2014 and another three are mulling whether to jump in the race .

Democrat Dan Miller of Mt. Lebanon easily defeated two other candidates in a special election for a state House seat in the South Hills.

The Colorado Department of Revenue has posted an alert about a telephone scam in which callers claim to be from the department, telling potential victims that there is a warrant for their arrest for not paying taxes.

That's a complicated question -- and one that the Colorado Department of Agriculture is trying to clear up in a statement issued this week: "Amendment 64 did not authorize the immediate cultivation of hemp.

Firing up the grill is an American tradition. The farm families who produce the food so many people enjoy at backyard cookouts want to share some of their favorite grilling recipes, as well as an appreciation for how food gets from the farm to the table.

Earlier today, we shared the thoughts of Sensible Colorado head Brian Vicente about the federal government's continued silence on Amendment 64 , the marijuana measure he co-authored. But we also asked Vicente's views about the newly passed but not yet signed marijuana laws spurred by A64, as well as the fear among lawmakers that Colorado voters ... (more)

LiveWell Colorado is challenging Coloradoans this summer to get moving and to eat healthy.