DENVER - Legislators will have an impressive $1.8 billion more for next year's budget than they had for this year's $8 billion spending plan.They'll be pressed throughout the next three weeks to...

DENVER - Over the objection of Republicans, The Senate passed new standards for sex education in public schools that will open the door to teaching about homosexuality.The state Board of Education...

DENVER - Over the objection of Republicans, The Senate passed new standards for sex education in public schools that will open the door to teaching about homosexuality.The state Board of Education...

DENVER - Legislators started moving Thursday on a $1 billion expansion of health care for the poor, a key part of President Barack Obama's 2010 health care bill.While much of the state is focused...

DENVER - Three controversial gun bills passed their final votes in the Senate on Monday morning, with two more scheduled for afternoon votes.Monday's votes followed a daylong debate Friday that...

DENVER - Billions of dollars and the future of public education in Colorado now rest on the shoulders of six state Supreme Court justices.The court held oral arguments in a landmark school funding...

DENVER - Legislators got more questions than answers Tuesday when they grilled officials from the group that is building a fiber-optic line to Silverton and other rural towns in Colorado.Eagle-Net...

DENVER - Honking cars circled the Capitol, a biplane with an anti-gun control message cruised overhead, and "Don't Tread On Me" flags fluttered in the snow as the state Senate took up seven gun...

DENVER - Senate Democrats will introduce three more gun bills today, including their most controversial one of the year, a crackdown on assault weapons.Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado...