DENVER – Hailed as the most significant piece of legislation this year, Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday signed a measure that reduces student testing in the state. The issue has been surrounded...

DENVER - Some federal lawmakers representing Colorado fear an over-reach by the federal government on protection of the greater sage-grouse. U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, expressed concerns...

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday signed a bill that aims at offering more of a voice to local jurisdictions when dealing with federal-land issues. The governor, who signed a pair of...

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper ended the legislative session with only a handful of controversial bills, thanks to a split Legislature in which radical legislation simply did not advance. “They...

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers frantically worked Wednesday to advance several key measures in the final hours of the legislative session. Last-day compromises were forced by voters who choose a split...

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday sent student-testing reform to the governor after months of wrangling that crossed all sides of the political spectrum. The Legislature narrowed the debate...

DENVER – Republicans on a Colorado Senate committee Wednesday killed an effort to set aside money for a birth-control program that provides intrauterine devices, or IUDs, to low-income, young...

DENVER - It's been a bumpy ride for legislation that would take steps to allow off-highway vehicles on county roads, and on Friday, that effort crashed. A joint committee of both the House and...

DENVER - Facing pressure in the final days of the legislative session, Colorado lawmakers made the most significant progress yet on reducing student testing, advancing two measures at the end of...