Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper threw a wrench in Senate plans to start work on a government funding package before heading home for the holidays.

The Broomfield Democrat was driving a Hyundai Ioniq 5 and rear ended a Ford F-350 flatbed truck stopped in the left lane of traffic, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said. Her blood alcohol level was 0.185%.

The Colorado delegation split completely by party, with Republicans voting for the bill, and Democrats against.

The judge agreed with an argument from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, a trade group, that the law likely violates their First Amendment rights.

The Democrat’s departure from the contest means it’s effectively a three-way race for a chance to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans next year in one of the nation’s most competitive congressional districts.

Reclassifying the drug to a Schedule III drug puts it on par with Tylenol with codeine and opens the doors for Colorado research.

Colorado’s U.S. House members split along party lines on a limited Republican health care bill that passed the House on Wednesday.

Keystone Resort in Colorado was the first resort in the country to open in 2025, in part due to their emphasis on early-season snowmaking. As climate change amplifies drought in the Mountain West, ski areas across the region are considering how best to use increasingly scarce water resources.

A pair of bills from Colorado Democrats would make it easier for homeowners to subdivide and sell their land and let certain local organizations build housing on their properties despite local zoning rules.

Xcel Energy announced a second wave of power outages that affected thousands of customers, and officials closed highways around Boulder.