Colorado News Roundup

Gov. Bill Ritter has ordered flags be lowered to half-staff Saturday to remember firefighters who have died this year and whose names will be added...


DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar says he isn't calling on Hillary Rodham Clinton to drop out of the presidential race, unlike...


Weld County government has renewed a contract with a Dallas-based information technology company for $60 million to provide IT services.


Weld County Clerk and Recorder Steve Moreno said Wednesday that he's worried that federally mandated statewide election registration machines may not...


Gov. Bill Ritter said Wednesday that concern over Democratic lawmakers' re-election chances was partly to blame for legislative failure to approve...


In preparation for what is likely to be a rousing election season, Hayden Republican state Rep. Al White is having his Saab sedan tuned up and...


Four years into Democratic rule at the state Legislature, lawmakers seem to be falling back into their old ways, as the number of bills introduced...


DENVER (AP) -- Lawmakers and Gov. Bill Ritter shifted their focus to the November elections after wrapping up the 2008 legislative session, promoting...


DENVER (AP) -- Here is a summary of the major legislation passed by the Colorado Legislature in the 2008 session:...


The state legislative session reached its furious conclusion late Tuesday with a heaping of last-minute work and one final dollop of partisan...


Having northern Colorado represented on the Colorado Federal District Court bench is of the utmost importance to U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo.,...


Colorado lawmakers wrapped up the 2008 legislative session Tuesday by passing a ballot measure that would ask voters to make it harder to amend the...


Barry Mink and Mindy Nagle are the winners of today’s Aspen Valley Hospital District Election.


DENVER (AP) -- Lawmakers adjourned their annual session a day early Tuesday after approving a referred measure asking voters to make it tougher to...


Some property owners will be forced to pay millions of dollars of additional property taxes unless Gov. Bill Ritter's mill-levy freeze is found to...


A bill aimed at making it easier for farmers to recruit workers from Mexico is on its way to Gov. Bill Ritter.


A bill that would have ended CSAP tests in high school as well as CSAP writing tests died Monday in a Senate committee.


A bill that would give tenants in rental properties more legal protection passed the Senate on an initial vote Monday.


Two bills aimed at strengthening state oversight of mining passed the Colorado General Assembly on Monday and are now headed for Gov. Bill Ritter's...


After being shot down in 2006 at the ballot box, Foothills Park and Recreation District officials are trying to win approval of a mill-levy increase.