John Hickenlooper News

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law Saturday establishing the Petroleum Cleanup and Redevelopment Fund within the Division of Oil and Public Safety, a part of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

They've spent nearly eight months visiting marijuana grow houses, studying the science of getting high and earning nicknames like "the queen of weed." Now, officials in Washington state are taking their first stab at setting rules for the state's new legal weed industry.

Gov. John Hickenlooper will visit the Ouray School next Thursday, May 23, to sign the newly enacted School Resource Bill.

In his annual State of the State address last January, Gov. John Hickenlooper gave the General Assembly a wish list that included civil unions, universal background checks, tuition for undocumented students, Medicaid expansion, a comprehensive overhaul of the state's mental health system and school finance and a bill to support advanced industries.

The challenged laws, signed by Governor John Hickenlooper [JURIST report] in March, ban high capacity magazines, limiting them to a maximum capacity of 15, and establish a required universal background check for all sales and transfers of guns in the state.

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program into law on Friday at the dedication of Staunton State Park.

JOSHUA POLSON/jpolson@greeleytribune.com Gov. John Hickenlooper signs the Advanced Industries Accelerator Act into law Wednesday at the University of Northern Colorado's Panorama Room in Greeley.

In the future Ohio Gov. John Kasich will call family members of murder victims when he decides to spare the lives of death row inmates, the governor's office said Friday.

Magpul Industries joined 54 Colorado county sheriffs Friday in filing a federal lawsuit against the state's recently signed gun-control bills.

Late this afternoon, the office of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers released a long-awaited technical guidance prepared with the Department of Public Safety on the implementation of House Bill 1224 , the magazine limit bill.

The shocking murders of Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, and Nathan Leon, an IBM employee and part-time pizza delivery driver from Golden apparently at the hands of former state prisoner Evan Ebel have led to a long overdue audit into prison sentences and the way they are carried out.

State Policy Analyst Kyla Hoskins speaks about the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange at Progressive 15's Affordable Care Act Summit May 2, 2013, at the Country Steak-Out in Fort Morgan.

Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.

The fate of one Colorado mass murderer has become entwined with that of another as Colorado Gov.

On May 13, SB226 was signed into law by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper . Now known as the Dog Protection Act, dog advocates around the world are in hopes this new law will set an example for other states to follow.

At a ceremony held at New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Governor Hickenlooper signed into law a bill that establishes a new type of corporation in Colorado : a Public Benefit Corporation.

Scott Gessler, the current Colorado secretary of state, on Thursday confirmed is weighing a potential run for governor in 2014.

Days after a gunman entered a suburban Denver movie theater, killing 12 moviegoers and injuring 70 others, Gov.

Following the passage of several new and strict gun control laws , four Colorado legislators are facing recall elections.

Colorado state Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, left, and House Majority Leader Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Gunbarrel, right, watch Gov.