DENVER — Colorado revenues fell by an additional $40 million over the past three months, bringing this year's shortfall to $601 million. Budget...
AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 12.17.2009 | Denver
DENVER — Warning that higher education is facing a funding crisis next year, Gov. Bill Ritter named businessman Dick Monfort and attorney Jim Ly...
Colorado Springs Gazette | TOM ROEDER | Posted 12.17.2009 | Denver
Gov. Bill Ritter touted his administration's support of troops and veterans on a swing through Colorado Springs on Wednesday. But he also dodged quest...
AP | Posted 12.16.2009 | Denver
DENVER — Gov. Bill Ritter is touring southern Colorado to support a program helping veterans find construction jobs and to discuss economic reco...
Westword | Michael Roberts | Posted 12.15.2009 | Denver
alk about some potentially awkward timing. The day after Stephanie Villafuerte withdrew her nomination as U.S. Attorney for Colorado, a group of forty...
AP | Posted 12.15.2009 | Denver
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Gov. Bill Ritter says Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to add 200 jobs in Colorado as it expands its operations in the Denver subur...
AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 12.15.2009 | Denver
DENVER — Colorado Republicans vow to fight plans by Gov. Bill Ritter to eliminate tax breaks and release parolees to balance the state budget. ...
Posted 12.14.2009 | Denver
Rasmussen Reports released its latest poll in the Colorado Gubernatorial race on Monday. The poll is the first by Rasmussen since Republican Colorado...
The Denver Post | Posted 12.14.2009 | Denver
Stephanie Villafuerte has withdrawn her name from consideration to become Colorado's next U.S. Attorney. In a letter to President Barack Obama, who...
The Denver Post | Posted 12.13.2009 | Denver
The race for the Republican nomination for governor has not been decided, contrary to the belief of some party elitists, speakers said at a Saturday r...
The Denver Post | Karen E. Crummy | Posted 12.11.2009 | Denver
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has asked that consideration of Stephanie Villafuerte's nomination ...
The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 12.11.2009 | Denver
Gov. Bill Ritter is looking to add a Spanish-speaking staffer to his press office, a move that comes after strained relations and flagging poll number...
AP | Posted 12.10.2009 | Denver
DENVER — Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter and state legislative leaders say they will announce a job-training agenda for the upcoming legislative sessi...
The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 12.10.2009 | Denver
Republicans opposed to the military's Pinon Canyon expansion project are disappointed that property rights weren't addressed when party leaders unveil...
The Denver Post | Karen E. Crummy | Posted 12.09.2009 | Denver
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama questioned U.S. Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano this morning about the firing of a Colorado immigratio...
Politico | Alex Isenstadt | Posted 12.09.2009 | Denver
When word circulated that former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff was planning a primary campaign against Sen. Michael Bennet, Democrats were wo...
Jessica Corry | Posted 12.07.2009 | Denver
Three years into his tenure, Gov. Bill Ritter should write a guidebook on how to buy a top post in his administration. Think it couldn't happen? It already is in the Governor's Energy Office.
The Fort Collins Coloradoan | Bob Moore | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver
Gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis appeared on Fox News Thursday to discuss the recently announced Platform for Prosperity, the GOP's plan to woo T...
AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver
DENVER — Taxes, jobs, budget shortfalls – the usual fodder for political wrangling is already spurring debate in the Colorado governor's r...
Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver
We know politicians still have a month left to stumble, but we couldn't help ourselves. 2009 has seen novice office-holders frantically trying to loo...
The Denver Post | Posted 11.29.2009 | Denver
Penry says it was a personal decision aimed at making sure Republicans unseat Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter in 2010 and spend their money reclaiming off...
AP | Posted 11.26.2009 | Denver
DENVER — It wasn't fresh mountain snow but toilet paper that blanketed the front lawn of the Colorado governor's mansion Thanksgiving morning. ...
AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver
DENVER — One Republican in the race to become Colorado's next governor is pledging to repeal new oil and gas regulations if elected, and the fro...
The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver
In the wake of the flashy state GOP unity celebration this week in which former U.S. Congressman Scott McInnis eliminated major opposition in his race...
The Denver Post | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver
The 2010 race for governor was joined Monday as Republicans released a four-page conservative agenda and Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter responded with a ...
AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 12.18.2009 | Denver