Updated: 8:11 AM Marijuana tourism is one of the biggest questions facing pot regulators in Colorado. A special legislative panel looking at marijuana regulations plans to discuss the question Friday.
Posted: 11:38 AM Oil and gas drilling is under review by lawmakers in Colorado, where lawmakers typically defer to state regulators on how drilling should be regulated.
Posted: 8:52 AM President Obama urged Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday to get back to peace talks but offered no new ideas on how they might do so.
Updated: 8:13 AM Civil unions for gay couples will be signed into law in Colorado this afternoon.
Posted: 9:49 AM The Senate's No. 2 Democrat says he's preparing a plan to create a commission to study Social Security's fiscal problems and send a proposed solution to Congress for guaranteed votes in both House and Senate.
Posted: 7:41 AM President Obama makes his first trip to Israel as president.
Updated: 2:15 PM People argued passionately for both sides of the death penalty debate during nine hours of testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
Posted: 1:17 PM Citing the minimal support for legislation that would ban assault weapons, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said today that he would leave the proposal out of the gun violence bill he'll bring to the Senate floor.
Posted: 1:09 PM Crimes against pregnant women would have new punishments under a bill passed in the Colorado House despite impassioned arguments about what penalties should be in place for offenses against fetuses.
Posted: 11:22 AM A divisive 2006 law requiring Colorado police to report suspected illegal immigrants to federal authorities could be coming off the books.
Posted: 6:58 AM President Obama will announce that he's officially nominating Thomas Perez to be the next secretary of labor Monday.
Updated: 12:51 PM North Dakota Senate passes bill to make state first to ban abortions based on genetic defects.
Updated: 3:54 PM Landmark expansion of firearms background checks passes in Colorado; governor expected to sign.
Posted: 7:11 AM Tanning bed limits for teenagers are again up for discussion in the Colorado Legislature.
Posted: 6:08 AM El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa held a town hall meeting about gun control Thursday night.
Posted: 12:01 PM The City of Colorado Springs has mailed ballots to registered active voters for the April 2 Municipal Election. Ballots were mailed on Friday.
Posted: 9:01 AM The Democratic sponsor of a bill to ban concealed firearms on colleges in Colorado defeated his own proposal amid strong opposition from Republicans and gun-rights advocates, while other measures will move ahead.
Posted: 8:08 AM Sen. Rand Paul ended his self-described filibuster against the confirmation of President Obama's nominee to lead the CIA early Thursday - at 12:39 EST -- just short of thirteen hours after the Kentucky Republican and tea party favorite began speaking.
Posted: 6:59 AM Civil unions for gay couples in Colorado is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Updated: 8:50 AM Today is the deadline to register for the upcoming city elections in Colorado Springs.
Posted: 7:10 AM The husband of former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is in Colorado Monday to voice his support for a bill requiring all private gun sales and transfers to undergo a background check.
Posted: 2:51 PM North Korea's young leader has riled the U.S. with recent nuclear tests, but Kim Jong Un doesn't really want war with the superpower, just a call from President Barack Obama to chat about their shared love of basketball, according to erstwhile diplomat Dennis Rodman, the ex-NBA star just back from an improbable visit to the reclusive communist country.
