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Senate negotiators are pessimistic about avoiding the fiscal cliff. Talks seem to have broken down but there is a contingency plan already in the works.
The Colorado Department of Public Safety plans to ask lawmakers for $500,000 hoping to add staff to handle all the background checks for people wanting to buy guns.
Mike Cummings, a professor of political science at the University of Colorado Denver, says the dysfunction and discord in Washington is as bad now as he's ever seen.
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is criticizing his colleagues' rejection of an amendment he says would have fully funded the Forest Service's Wildland Fire Management Account ahead of next year's wildfire season.
The Tanner Gun Show starts Saturday in Denver and gun enthusiasts are sure to talk about the renewed calls for tough gun laws.
There was a last-ditch effort on Friday in Washington to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. President Barack Obama wrapped up what calls a "constructive" meeting with lawmakers.
The focus on the fiscal cliff deadlock has lawmakers apparently ignoring a critical farm bill, and that means there will be a big jump in dairy prices -- a so called "milk cliff."
The survivors and family members of victims of the Aurora theater shooting and Columbine High School shooting demanded a plan of action at the state Capitol on Friday.
Attorneys for Colorado Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler are asking for the dismissal of an ethics complaint alleging he wrongly used public funds to attend political events.
Colorado Senator Mark Udall is weighing in on the gun control debate in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn. mass shooting.
Some Coloradans aren't just emailing and calling their representatives as the deadline for the looming fiscal cliff grows closer, on Thursday they broke out in song.
Colorado economists say the state's tax receipts continue to be higher than expected, but uncertainty over fiscal cliff negotiations is preventing stronger growth.
The shooting in Connecticut has put gun control in the spotlight, and now President Barack Obama is launching a new effort aimed at curbing gun violence as two Colorado Congress members sponsor bills to tighten gun laws.
Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter took to the House floor on Tuesday where he talked about the need for change when it comes to guns.
Former Gov. Bill Ritter through a spokesman says that he has not received a call from the White House about a possible cabinet post.
