The Colorado Sun

Medicaid took the brunt of the final reductions, include a reimbursement rate cut for providers and a cap on Cover All Coloradans, which provides health care to immigrants who are children or pregnant

Following negotiations to reopen the federal government during the shutdown in November, the U.S. Senate surprised the hemp industry when it included language in a 2026 Agriculture appropriations act that effectively bans all intoxicating hemp products within one year of President Donald Trump signing the bill on Nov. 12.

The push has opened a fight over addiction, financial harm and whether the state has grown too dependent on gambling revenue

Democratic and Republican candidates collecting signatures to make their party’s primary ballot can only collect signatures from voters in their party. With unaffiliated voters now making up half of the statewide electorate, partisans are harder to find.

Local police chiefs opposed the bill. Two Democrats voted with Republicans to reject it.

Meatpackers have not struck in more than 40 years. The Greeley walk out happened after 8 months of talks about pay and working conditions failed.

They’ve been working on an expired contract for eight months. JBS officials accused the union of not sharing the company’s latest offer with workers.

But when one nonprofit center went dark in Hugo, a resourceful mom gave it new life in a remodeled building in Kit Carson

A state Senate committee said the effort to control “neonics” was too far, too fast despite the governor’s support

Some local officials worry solar could take a big bite out of agricultural land. So far, it has amounted to less than 1%, trade group says.