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,...

DENVER - Colorado's economy grew faster this year than expected, and it's set to grow and add jobs at an even faster clip in 2013, state economists said Thursday.But there's just one problem -...

GOLDEN - A serious-looking group of Colorado politicians and bureaucrats on Monday set about the nitty-gritty work of something unimaginable just a few years ago: legalizing marijuana.The 24-person...

DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper said it's time for Colorado and the country to talk about new laws on gun violence Friday, just hours after the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.The...

Bad news this week for anyone in the American Southwest who enjoys drinking water now and then: Demands on the Colorado River will far outstrip supplies by 2060.The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation...

DENVER - Colorado's gas and oil regulators debated new rules for water quality and drilling near homes Monday morning, as a Democratic senator warned that she was ready with a strict bill in case...

DENVER - The day that drug legalization activists have been waiting for arrived Monday, when Gov. John Hickenlooper certified the vote on Amendment 64 and officially legalized marijuana use by...

DENVER - U.S. Sen. Mark Udall planned to launch his re-election campaign Friday night with a fundraiser hosted by his fellow Democratic senator, Michael Bennet.Bennet this week became head of the...

DENVER - Colorado's youngest citizens got a boost Thursday when the state won a $29.9 million grant to improve early childhood education.Four other states also won grants in this round of Race to...

DENVER — Less than six months after the state House’s Republican leaders shut down the chamber to thwart a bill for civil unions for gays and lesbians, the sponsor of that bill was elected Speaker...