Private health insurers in Colorado will need to cover abortion care beginning in January

Advocates want similar protections for public employees, Medicaid recipients after Amendment 79’s passage

With budget cuts looming, Colorado governor and lawmakers are far apart on fix

Cutting close to 700 million dollars out of next year's state budget means tough choices for Colorado lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session that begins in January. Gov. Jared Polis p...

Canada lynx proposed for new habitat protections in southern Rockies

The fate of the plan is uncertain under President-elect Donald Trump

Colorado PERA budget calls for 20% jump in spending to modernize its benefit system, even as state pivots toward austerity

The computer system PERA uses to track and pay out benefits is 40 years old – the oldest still in use by any public pension in the U.S.

Former Durango football players reflect on Colorado football experience

Tagert Bardin, Ben Finneseth are part of bowl-bound Buffaloes squad

Colorado wolf advocates launch $50,000 anti-poaching reward

A nonprofit that advocates for the restoration of gray wolves in Colorado said this week that it will begin offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information on acts of illegal wolf poachin...

The Western Slope just asked for federal climate dollars to buy crucial water rights. Trump wants to roll back the funding

A $99 million plan to buy and permanently preserve some of the oldest water rights in Colorado is inching closer to securing all of its funding. But President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to...

Colorado hospitals missing mark on displaying discounted care program information, report finds

Program expands financial assistance for uninsured and low-income patients

Colorado still has a middling recycling rate, but residents are wasting less overall

A new report shows Colorado’s recycling rate is still less than half the national average, but residents produced slightly less municipal waste in 2023, offering a small bit of hope to recyc...

Colorado second in the nation in electric vehicle adoption

Affordable cars, generous incentives have state only behind California

How will Donald Trump’s presidency affect abortion rights in Colorado?

During the presidential campaign, Trump said he would veto a national abortion ban from Congress because the issue was sent back to the states when Roe v. Wade was overturned

How a second Trump administration might reverse drilling and energy restrictions on public lands in Colorado

Newly minted federal rules designed to protect greater sage grouse habitats by restricting drilling, mining and renewable energy projects on nearly 1,200 square miles of public land in Color...