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Gov. Jared Polis declared a statewide drought emergency Thursday in response to Colorado’s warmest winter on record, which also brought record-low snowpack. The U.S. Drought Monitor says nearly 93% of the state is in moderate to…
The U.S. Senate approved a nearly $70 billion package early Friday, moving Republicans one step closer to funding immigration enforcement.
Though the political intrigue of Colorado’s 1876 constitutional convention and its looming admission to the union were ably covered by territorial newspapers, few stories received more attention in the press in the centennial year than the…
Two decades before federal immigration agents achieved infamy pursuing the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented residents, they spearheaded an early act of controversial enforcement as part of a coordinated raid at six…
Colorado’s two Democratic candidates for governor met again for a debate in Denver Thursday, less than a week before county clerks across the state will begin mailing ballots to registered voters for the June 30 primary election. U.S. Sen.…
Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a measure Wednesday that would have allowed Coloradans to sue federal immigration officials who violate their constitutional rights, one of the first bills Democrats introduced in the 2026 legislative session.…
President Donald Trump will nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to fill the top role at the DOJ on a permanent basis.
In August 2008, Americans were feeling uneasy. Eight years of the George W. Bush administration had mired the country in two protracted wars in the Middle East. The attacks of 9/11 still cast a dark shadow over much government policy, and…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a resolution Wednesday to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran and require congressional approval for further military action in the country. The 215-208 vote, in which four…
WASHINGTON — The day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund was dead, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent evaded questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday about whether President Donald…
Across the Western Hemisphere today, more than a dozen U.S. ambassador posts are either vacant or awaiting Senate confirmation. At the same time, instability across the region is growing. In Haiti, a worsening security and humanitarian…
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appeared before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Homeland Security panel Tuesday and defended his threats to cripple international air travel into some cities led by Democrats.…
Colorado became a tourist destination for cannabis users in 2014, when the first legal recreational marijuana sales in the world began in the state. Legalization in Colorado marked the beginning of what would become a national shift in…
The increasing costs of fuel for cars and airplanes are adding extra strain to abortion funds that help people pay to travel for care in other states, leaders of several funds said this week. Abortion funds can help when someone must…
Colorado Springs ministry leader Victor Marx faced his two rivals for the Colorado Republican Party’s nomination for governor in a debate for the first time on Tuesday night, and quickly found himself the target of stinging criticism from…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would have prohibited corporations from using someone’s personal data to set individualized wages and retail prices, writing in his veto letter that the policy is overly broad and…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has scrapped plans to use nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars to pay people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department — a proposal that halted work on legislation to fund…
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed a bill to strengthen a 2018 law meant to speed up the release of eligible people from Colorado’s crowded prisons. Senate Bill 26-36 makes several changes to the state’s prison population management…