Skip navigation

Colo. governor signs school funding overhaul

Colorado educators looking for bold changes to how the state funds public education have part of the equation answered, with Gov. John Hickenlooper signing into law Tuesday a mammoth bill revising how state tax dollars should be used to fund public education. Full story

Xcel Energy plans biomass demo project in Colorado

Xcel Energy Inc. is asking Colorado regulators to approve a demonstration project that would use forest biomass to generate electricity. Full story

Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws

DENVER (Reuters) - A group of Colorado county sheriffs, angry over two new state gun control laws passed in the wake of last year's mass shootings in Connecticut and Colorado, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to block the laws from going into effect. Full story

Colorado unemployment rate continues to drop

Colorado's unemployment rate in April continued to fall, dropping to 6.9 percent from March's 7.1 percent. Full story

New limits to Colo. business tax credit approved

Limits on a Colorado tax credit aimed at spurring economic growth in distressed areas have been put into place. Full story

Renewable energy protest continues in Colorado

Farmers and rural lawmakers are continuing to protest in hopes of persuading Colorado's governor to veto a bill that could increase energy prices in rural Colorado. Full story

Sponsored Links

Articles

Teacher removes explosive from Colorado school

Colorado Medicaid expansion signed into law

Drilling critics mull next steps after defeats

Colorado legislature votes to tax recreational marijuana

Colorado legislature sets marijuana limits for motorists

Pot mags scrutinized in Colo.; may treat like porn

Renewable energy measure awaits Colo. gov's pen

May Day snow storm hits Colo., Wyo., Midwest

Colorado ushers in new law with midnight unions

Magpul stops making gun magazines in Colorado

Video

  School evacuated after teacher finds pipe bomb

A high school in Colo. is evacuated after a teacher finds explosive device. KUSA’s Kevin Torres reports.

  Prince Harry attends Warrior Games

Britain's Prince Harry lit the torch during the opening ceremonies at the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colorado. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.

  Harry visits Arlington National Cemetery on week-long US tour

Prince Harry has created a frenzy with his week long trip to the U.S. this week. Thomas Roberts gets the details on his visit so far.

  Holmes to change plea to not guilty

James Holmes, accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in an Aurora, Colo., during a mass shooting at a movie theater, will ask for a change of plea at his May 13 hearing. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

  Colo. man offers to bury Tsarnaev... with a catch

A Colorado landowner, originally from Romania, is offering to bury the body of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev on his farm — inside a septic tank. KUSA’s Kevin Torres reports.

advertisement | ad info

Related Photos

LIMON CITY HALL RUBBLE
LIMON CITY HALL RUBBLE

Top:The Limon Town Hall as it stands today. Bottom: A man picks through the rubble of what was the city hall of the town of Limon, Colo., in this file photograph from June 7, 1990, after the building was levelled by a tornado that ripped through the eastern Plains community on June 6, 1990.

2010 Jeep Grand Cherokees
2010 Jeep Grand Cherokees

In this March 7, 2010 photo, 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokees sit at a Chrysler Jeep dealership in Centennial, Colo. Chrysler Group LLC reported Monday May 3, 2010, a U.S. sales increase of 25 percent, the best year-over-year percentage sales improvement for the company in almost five years.

Broncos Rookies Football
Broncos Rookies Football

Denver Broncos first round draft pick defensive tackle Sylvester Williams stretches with defensive end John Youboty during rookie mini-camp at the NFL football team's training facility in Englewood, Colo., on Friday, May 10, 2013.

Snow covers an outdoor bar in downtown Golden, Colorado
Snow covers an outdoor bar in downtown Golden, Colorado

Snow covers an outdoor bar in downtown Golden, Colorado May 1, 2013. Shovels were out in Colorado on Wednesday, after a spring snowstorm dumped more than a foot of snow. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)