DENVER — Rep. J. Paul Brown’s bill to change the way small counties elect their commissioners passed the House by a wide margin Wednesday.House Bill 1159 allows voters or commissioners in counties...

DENVER — Democratic challenger Sal Pace outraised incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, in the last quarter of the year.Pace raised $206,000 to Tipton’s $176,000.Still, Tipton finished the...

DENVER — The Legislature passed its first bill of the year Monday morning, a fix to campaign finance law sponsored in part by Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango.Senate Bill 14 saves political...

DENVER — If President Barack Obama spends much more time in Denver, he’ll have to get Colorado license plates for the White House limo.Obama visited the Denver area Thursday, for the third time in...

AURORA — In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama adopted a position on natural gas that could have come straight out of the mouth of John Hickenlooper, the petroleum...

AURORA — Calling America “the Saudi Arabia of natural gas,” President Barack Obama made a brief stop in Colorado on Thursday to promote his new emphasis on domestic energy.His two-hour visit to...

DENVER — Senators moved quickly Tuesday to correct a legal problem with campaign finance laws that are threatening to overwhelm them with paperwork.A bill by Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango, is on...

DENVER — A bipartisan groups of legislators wants to bring new meaning to the term “joint checking account.”Senate Bill 75, introduced late last week, would allow medical marijuana businesses and...

DENVER — New rules for judging good and bad teachers received overwhelming support from legislators Monday.The unanimous vote for House Bill 1001 in the Legal Services Committee was a stark...

DENVER — Western Colorado’s race for Congress is again in the national spotlight with the news that national Democrats have annointed challenger Sal Pace as one of their top candidates.Pace, a...