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Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter leaves office next week with a hefty legacy on the state's judicial system.
Big businesses in Colorado are bankrolling next week's the inaugural celebrations for Democratic Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper.
The state senate's president says he's tired of Colorado being a test lab for proposed constitutional amendments pushed by special interest groups around the country, and he wants to raise the bar.
Outgoing Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter says he has pardoned a mentally disabled man executed more than 70 years ago in Colorado because, "It is in the interests of justice and simple decency."
Cory Gardner is set to deliver his first speech in Congress. The Colorado Republican will speak Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives in support of cutting Congressional budgets.
CBS4 has learned incoming Governor John Hickenlooper is set to name a veteran FBI agent as the next executive director of Colorado's Department of Public Safety.
Investigators said on Wednesday that a Colorado State Senator moved her three-year-old grandson into a child seat after he was ejected in a deadly crash in Texas.
Gov. Bill Ritter announced Wednesday morning that he will take a job at Colorado State University after leaving office next week.
Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper has announced another Cabinet choice. On Tuesday, he appointed Reggie Bicha to head the Department of Human Services.
Colorado Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper will take over an influential national education group after he's inaugurated next week.
Betsy Markey is leaving Congress after one tumultuous session but the Democrat says she has no regrets.
Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper has named two more people to his Cabinet, including a labor activist to head the Department of Labor and Employment that upset some Republicans.
The head of the Colorado Democratic Party says she won't seek a fourth term.
Denver anti-gang activist Leon Kelly is among 20 people receiving pardons from Gov. Bill Ritter, who leaves office Jan. 11.
Colorado Democratic Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet were among the 65 votes in favor of repealing the Clinton-era policy known as "don't ask, don't tell."
