Posted: 11:56 AM Contraception coverage by for-profit companies faces a prominent test in Denver.

Updated: 10:08 AM Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo has become the latest Republican to announce plans to challenge Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper.

Posted: 6:33 AM Following one of the worst wildfire seasons in state history, Governor John Hickenlooper is preparing to sign new wildfire preventative measures into law.

Posted: 8:42 AM The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong.

Posted: 7:44 AM A Colorado state senator is visiting the White House to receive an honor given to openly gay, lesbian and transgendered public officials.

Posted: 5:32 AM Some tea party activists are rallying outside the IRS office in Denver.

Updated: 1:46 PM A group of Colorado sheriffs unhappy with recent gun control laws are filing a lawsuit to block them.

Updated: 5:43 AM Colorado will increase mental health services with walk-in crisis centers and a 24-hour hotline in response to last summer's shootings at a suburban Denver movie theater.

Updated: 5:58 AM Obama says treasury secretary requested and received resignation of acting IRS commissioner.

Posted: 4:08 PM Two tea party groups in Colorado say they are in the middle of an IRS controversy .

Posted: 3:37 PM The governor has signed a package of bills revamping Colorado's child welfare system after criticism over several cases of children who died of abuse or neglect while under some form of state care in recent years.

Updated: 12:24 PM Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.

Updated: 4:48 AM An expansion of Medicaid eligibility that's expected to add 160,000 adults to public health care assistance in Colorado has been signed into law.

Updated: 4:50 AM Shelter dogs and cats are now Colorado's official state pet.

Posted: 12:22 PM A federal watchdog's upcoming report says senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups in 2011.

Posted: 7:41 AM A Colorado elections overhaul that includes same-day voter registration and mailing ballots to all voters is being signed into law.

Updated: 5:45 AM The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute has added Colorado to its list of swing states.

Updated: 11:53 AM Our state lawmakers have a lot of work to do before the 2013 session ends.

Posted: 7:46 AM A House Republican and Democrat are pushing a bill that would strip the authority of military officers to overturn convictions for major offenses such as sexual assault.

Posted: 12:06 PM A plan to turn a former prison in southeast Colorado into a treatment center for the homeless appears to have cleared a final hurdle.

Posted: 6:32 PM A monster makeover for K-12 school funding is waiting for Governor Hickenlooper's signature.

Updated: 12:46 PM Today El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa will co-host a town hall meeting with commissioner Darryl Glenn to discuss legislation and crime trends.

Updated: 5:04 AM Governor Hickenlooper is calling for a review of state sex offender laws.

Updated: 12:09 PM The Federal Reserve is standing by its extraordinary efforts to stimulate the economy.

Posted: 7:19 AM Ceremonies are planned in Boulder and Denver when civil unions in Colorado become legal at midnight on Tuesday.