As a prolonged drought takes its toll on the Colorado River, states that make up the Colorado River Basin will receive $4 billion for drought mitigation efforts. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, along wi...

Wildfires. Drought. A decrease in the snowpack. Worsening heat waves. As Congress inches closer to passing its most significant piece of climate legislation yet, leaders across the state see potential...

Nearly $2 million in federal funding for a substance abuse treatment center in La Plata County has been included in initial versions of appropriations bills for fiscal year 2023. That is in addition t...

Nine legislative priorities of Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last week in a package of appropriations for fiscal year 2023, despite Boebert voting against th...

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper discussed reproductive rights, climate change, health care costs, inflation and gun violence prevention during a virtual town hall Wednesday. “I don’t think the federal gov...

WASHINGTON – Colorado’s U.S. senators shared their goals for the rest of the session and what they’ve done so far in 2022 as time winds down to get their priorities passed. The Durango Herald spok...

In her newly released book, “My American Life,” U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert recounts her upbringing, how it shaped her conservative beliefs and her eventual run for political office. The 241-page book, w...

Sen. Michael Bennet introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to improve community policing and fund partnerships between law enforcement and local responders such as mental health professiona...

Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper have co-sponsored a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate to protect a pregnant person’s right to travel across state lines to receive an abortion and ...

Colorado leaders say the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last week to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants further demonstrates the ur...