DENVER – Native Americans from 48 tribes would be eligible for in-state college tuition anywhere in Colorado under a bill that advanced Wednesday at the Legislature. Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton,...

DENVER – Democrats are back with another attempt to tax Internet sales, and this year they are confident the courts will be on their side. The so-called “Amazon tax” has roiled the Legislature for...

DENVER – Fishing is fun, but the fun is no longer funded. A $500,000 cut to the Fishing is Fun program is just one way that Colorado Parks and Wildlife is trimming expenses by $10 million. Leaders...

Another 338 square miles of high-altitude forests in Southwest Colorado fell to the spruce beetle outbreak in 2013, according to an aerial survey. The bugs are now entrenched in San Juan National...

DENVER – Democrats on Wednesday turned back an attempt to delay a renewable-energy mandate they passed last year. Republicans have charged that the mandate is part of a “war on rural Colorado,” and...

DENVER - County officials who want a raise got a mostly warm reception Tuesday at the Legislature, which has the power to boost their salaries. Four lawmakers are drafting a bill to raise salaries,...

DENVER - Against expectations, Sen. Ellen Roberts advanced her plan Monday to let rural counties elect their commissioners by district instead of at-large. The vote was a surprise success for a...

DENVER – County officials who want a raise got a mostly warm reception Tuesday at the Legislature, which has the power to boost their salaries. Four lawmakers are drafting a bill to raise salaries,...

DENVER – Opponents of Colorado’s “Amazon tax” were back in court Friday to try to get a judge to block it again. When the Legislature passed the law in 2010, it was a novel way to get around a...

DENVER – Democrats turned back a Republican attempt to withhold gas and oil taxes from cities that ban hydraulic fracturing Wednesday. Voters in five Front Range cities have placed moratoriums on...

DENVER – Gay and lesbian married couples would be able to file joint state taxes under a bill the Colorado Senate approved Wednesday over the opposition of social conservatives. The bill follows a...