School Funding Overhaul Moves To Colo. House
Posted: 8:52 AM A measure up for review Monday in the House Education Committee aims to revise inequitable school funding and pay back schools hurt by years of deep budget cuts.
Posted: 8:52 AM A measure up for review Monday in the House Education Committee aims to revise inequitable school funding and pay back schools hurt by years of deep budget cuts.
Posted: 5:33 PM There could be a resolution in the conflict between the federal government's laws and Colorado's laws about marijuana.
Posted: 5:25 PM An ambitious plan to make Colorado the first state with universal health care has been spiked by its Democratic sponsor.
Updated: 6:55 AM The Colorado Senate is debating a single-payer health care system Friday.
Updated: 4:32 AM The Pentagon's intelligence arm has assessed with "moderate confidence" that North Korea has the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon with a ballistic missile though the reliability is believed to be "low."
Updated: 2:18 PM New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is in Colorado to raise money for her re-election campaign and speak to a business group.
Updated: 8:33 AM The Senate is poised to take its first procedural vote on a gun control bill Thursday at 11 a.m. ET, marking the first congressional floor action on a piece of gun legislation since the December massacre in Newtown, Conn.
Updated: 7:12 AM The Post Office is backing down on plans to cut Saturday mail delivery.
Posted: 2:29 PM The U.S. federal budget deficit grew more slowly in March, keeping the annual spending shortfall on pace to finish below $1 trillion for the first time in five years.
Updated: 10:01 AM Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is in Israel on a personal visit.
Posted: 10:26 AM Colorado has issued few fines against oil and gas companies that violate rules.
Posted: 3:24 PM Gun rights advocates are criticizing Colorado congresswoman Diana DeGette for an erroneous statement about ammunition magazines.
Updated: 5:34 PM Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that steps taken recently by Colorado to tighten its gun laws show "there doesn't have to be a conflict" between keeping citizens safe and protecting Second Amendment rights to gun ownership.
Posted: 1:38 PM The White House says President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in light of automatic spending cuts that have led to furloughs for thousands of federal workers.
Updated: 7:31 AM President Obama will be in Colorado Wednesday to highlight the new gun control legislation as he tries to convince Congress to tackle the issue.
Updated: 7:08 AM There will be several brand new city council members after Tuesday's election. And they already have some strong ideas about how the city should be moving forward.
Updated: 7:00 AM The state house unanimously approved the latest proposal for a marijuana DUI law.
Posted: 7:10 AM Don't forget, as you head to work or off to run errands, drop off your ballot for the Colorado Springs city election.
Posted: 6:09 AM A mammoth bill to overhaul Colorado's complicated school-finance formula is under debate in the state Senate.
Posted: 8:01 AM Illegal immigrants would be eligible to get Colorado driver's licenses under a bill Democrats plan to introduce next week.
Updated: 7:56 AM An audit revealing gross misspending in Colorado's marijuana regulation agency was a hot topic in Thursday's House-Senate committee meeting, pushing back any decisions on how to move forward with pot regulation.
Posted: 3:13 PM Next year’s budget for Colorado has passed the state Senate with funding increases for public schools, higher education, and money for construction projects at colleges and state buildings.
Updated: 12:14 PM Hunters across the country are boycotting Colorado because of recent legislation meant to curtail gun violence.