DENVER - Southwest Colorado's state senator already has several bills lined up that will place her in the middle of high-profile debates about health care and education.Sen. Ellen Roberts,...

DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper's third State of the State address contained his most detailed policy agenda yet. Some of the highlights:Wildfires: "We need to re-examine the way homeowners are...

DENVER - Calling on Coloradans to "punch holes in the darkness," Gov. John Hickenlooper laid out his response to massive wildfires and gun violence Thursday in his third State of the State...

DENVER - Colorado's gas and oil regulators passed a new rule Monday to try and reassure citizens about their water quality.Neither environmentalists nor drillers are happy about it.Gov. John...

DENVER - Opening a brewery in Colorado might seem like a can't-lose proposition, given the state's bottomless appetite for craft beer, but there's more to it than getting the hops and yeast...

DENVER - One handshake brought to an end a bitter year in Colorado politics.Speaker of the House Frank McNulty banged his gavel one last time to call the House of Representatives to order for 2013...

DENVER - Colorado's high-tech economy and struggling working families will be the beneficiaries of the first two bills introduced in the state Legislature in 2013.House Bill 1001, to be introduced...

Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, voted with Colorado's three other Republicans to oppose the last-minute budget deal New Year's night in Congress.Meanwhile, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet was one of just...

Rep. Scott Tipton will return to Washington on Sunday evening with the rest of his House colleagues as a political standoff threatens to drive the country back into recession.Tipton signaled...

DENVER ­- For four years, Colorado legislators have slogged through their annual session with dreary debates on how to budget during the Great Recession.Now that the state is finally recovering,...