Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sent a letter to county commissioners in northeastern Colorado earlier this week pledging to defend their rights if Nebraska tries to condemn land for the proposed Perkins County Canal Project.
Local governments across Colorado would be required by 2028 to enact or update ordinances limiting the amount and type of grass that could be planted around new or redeveloped residential property under a bill before the state legislature this year.
Colorado is not seeing an unusual uptick in cases of tuberculosis, despite an ongoing outbreak next door in Kansas, the state Health Department says.
Colorado tuberculosis cases hold steady, as a major outbreak rocks Kansas Read More »
The Regional Transportation District in Denver passed a set of amendments on Tuesday night that will push CEO Debra Johnson to improve on-time service and increase ridership.
RTD leadership sets new CEO goals for ridership and on-time service Read More »
The state has spent $389 million in the past two years on programs designed to help Colorado stave off future projected water shortages even as it continues to grow.
Colorado has spent $389M to fund its far-reaching water plans in the past two years Read More »
Colorado’s unemployment rate rose to 4.4% last month, up one-tenth of a percentage point and the highest in three years. At the same time, there are fewer job openings and fewer people filing to start a new business.
Colorado’s unemployment rate rises to 4.4%, the highest in three years Read More »
Most Colorado school districts are continuing to count fewer students in their classrooms, propelling a statewide trend of declining enrollment. Total state enrollment in preschool through high school this school year fell by a modest 399 kids — from 881,464 students during fall 2023 to 881,065 students last fall, state data shows.
Public school enrollment is on the decline. How is your local school district changing? Read More »
As per one of the new orders from President Donald Trump, remote work is ending for federal employees, who must return to the office full time. That could be a boon for downtown Denver, which hasn’t recaptured the office workers, visitors and companies it once had.
How the return-to-office order will affect 45,000 federal employees throughout Colorado Read More »
Colorado gun stores say they may be forced to shutter should Democrats in the legislature this year pass a ban on the manufacture, sale and purchase of semiautomatic firearms with detachable ammunition magazines.
Senate Bill 3, banning semiauto firearms, could cause gun shops to shutter, owners warn Read More »
All Colorado school districts would be required to adopt a cellphone policy with rules for when and how students can use phones in school under a bipartisan bill set to be introduced in the legislature later this month.
Colorado schools may soon be required to have a cellphone policy Read More »
