DENVER — State senators backed a move by the House on Friday to raise the daily reimbursement for rural legislators by up to $3,960 a year.House Bill 1301 sets aside money to pay for the...

DENVER — Colorado’s 3 million-acre pine beetle infestation is slowing down, but a second, less visible outbreak in southern Colorado’s high altitude forests is beginning to worry foresters.That’s...

DENVER — Legislators are moving to repeal an obscure crime that can send people to jail for words they write.It’s called criminal libel, and some of the few people who know it exists come from the...

DENVER — State lawyers this week faced tough questions from a federal judge over why a lawsuit against Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights should be thrown out of court.Last year, 34 plaintiffs...

DENVER — Oil and gas drillers and their critics are fighting their way to a stalemate in the Legislature as suburbanites on the Front Range react to the sudden presence of the industry in their...

DENVER — Indian tribal elders would be able to work in public schools as teachers of their native languages, under a bill that advanced Wednesday at the state Capitol.Senate Bill 57 authorizes...

DENVER — Environmentalists, led by a Durango group, are calling for the immediate resignation of the state’s top oil and gas regulator.David Neslin, director of the Colorado Oil and Gas...

DENVER — On Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were just leaving Florida, after Romney bludgeoned Gingrich in the Sunshine State’s primary the previous night.Unnoticed by most...

DENVER — Farmers who inherit land would get a break on their Colorado estate taxes under a bill that advanced Wednesday.But the U.S. Congress might make the bill a moot point before it has a chance...

The Republican caucuses Tuesday night dominated the political news last week.But the race for La Plata’s 59th District seat in the state House of Representatives got more interesting. Durango...