Former Emhoff aide launches campaign for Congress in Republican stronghold of El Paso County
Democrat Jessica Killin served as chief of staff of Doug Emhoff when he was the Second Gentleman of the United States. She faces an uphill climb in a run for Congress for the 5th Congressional District.
Senator Michael Bennet leads latest period of fundraising in Colorado governor race
Bennet set a new record for the second quarter of an off year, but Attorney General Phil Weiser currently has a cash-on-hand advantage.
The ‘skinny’ Farm Bill included in Republicans’ tax and spending package brings mixed relief for Colorado producers
Some agriculture groups worry it could make it less likely to get a full Farm Bill passed in this Congress.
Former state Rep. Janak Joshi wants to challenge Sen. Hickenlooper next year
Joshi is the highest-profile Republican to enter the race so far.
Congressional Republicans defy expectations and send megabill to Trump
It was a tough slog, but the House passed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” with support from Colorado’s Republicans, even as several members expressed reservations about different aspects of the bill.
Senate passes One Big Beautiful Bill, getting the GOP’s policy agenda one step closer to Trump’s desk
Neither Colorado Senator voted for the budget bill, which now heads back to the House. Republicans are under pressure to pass the bill and get it to the president’s desk by July 4.
Public land sales gone from GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
Sen. Mike Lee’s announcement came after he faced some fierce pushback from members of his own party.
Sen. Hickenlooper helps organize Pride concert at Trump-led Kennedy Center
The Colorado senator said he wanted to celebrate the arc of gay rights, but the Center’s president dismissed the performance as a ‘partisan political prank.’
A GOP senator wants to see public lands sold for housing. Will the proposal work for Colorado’s communities?
A provision in the reconciliation bill would sell “underutilized” public lands for housing, but it doesn’t require those parcels be sold to local governments or for that housing to be affordable.
Lobbying lawmakers in person helps put a face to an issue, but will it change minds on the biggest bill in Congress?
As Congress works on President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, some Coloradans are traveling to D.C. in the hope of making elements of it personal for their lawmakers.
Polis, anti-hunger groups raise objections to proposed SNAP Changes
The Senate is looking to have states pay more for SNAP, but Colorado officials say the result will be smaller benefits for fewer people.
Millions of acres of public land in Colorado, other Western states could be sold under Senate reconciliation bill
The Republican push comes after the House removed a much smaller federal lands sale provision from its bill.
Colorado’s Congress members react to forcible removal of California senator from Homeland Security press conference
Democrats decried the incident as a violation of basic democratic principles, while Republicans said it was Padilla who was out of line.
As he runs for governor, Bennet rolls out long list of endorsements
The roll call of Democratic supporters comes as he runs against AG Phil Weiser for the nomination.
House holds hearing on the rise of antisemitism in US
The hearing comes on the heels of attacks against Jewish people in Colorado, Washington and Pennsylvania.
With the ‘Fix Our Forests Act’, Sen. Hickenlooper hopes to jump start a new era of forest management and wildfire prevention
Opponents worry provisions making it easier to manage forests could lead to large scale logging with less public input.
