Watch CBS News
The U.S. Senate has approved a last-minute deal to avoid a construction shutdown at a troubled veterans hospital in Aurora.
Federal regulators are moving ahead with a court-ordered environmental review of a Colorado coal mine's permit that could save the jobs of about 220 miners. However it's not clear if regulators will still challenge the court's overall ruling that that they consider the impacts of coal mining on climate change.
Construction crews are returning to work at the veterans hospital outside Denver after a last-minute deal with congressional leaders avoided a shutdown of the half-finished project.
Lawmakers have reached a deal to keep construction underway on a troubled Veterans Administration hospital in Aurora.
Conservation groups hope their latest attempt to designate 90-square-miles in the heart of Colorado ski country as wilderness will have better luck now that Rep. Jared Polis has a seat on the House Natural Resources Committee.
The deadline for funding to keep the construction of the new VA hospital being built in Aurora going is fast approaching.
Former Colorado Attorney General John Suthers will be the next mayor of Colorado Springs.
Students in Colorado will spend less time taking standardized tests thanks to a bill signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday morning.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed off on two bills reducing the number of statewide standardized tests given to school children.
Colorado is again taking appointments to test drivers for licenses regardless of their immigration status.
The federal government asked Jefferson County District Attorney Peter Weir to testify about police body cameras. This as the Department of Justice planned to launch a $20 million pilot program aimed at expanding the use of body cameras worn by police officers across the nation.
Activists, politicians and immigrants in Denver are calling on elected leaders to support President Barack Obama's stalled deportation relief effort.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is rejecting a call by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to defy new federal pollution controls on coal-burning power plants, despite the state's heavy reliance on coal.
It's the final day for voters in Colorado Springs to drop off ballots in the city's runoff mayoral election.
A new law signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday requires medical marijuana caregivers to register with the state, and get a license if they sell more than 99 plants. But an amendment to the new law is the real story.
