Government Shutdown

The state’s Democrats and Republicans have been holding press conferences, giving interviews, and attacking each other on social media, as they try to get their message on the shutdown out.

The shutdown is the latest stressor for Colorado's federal workers as the Trump administration works to slash the government workforce.

As the federal government shutdown continues, Republican lawmakers keep saying Democrats shut down the government to give “illegals” access to government-funded health care. Democrats say that’s a lie. It’s complicated.

No one blinked. So much of the federal government has shut down. Congressional Republicans and Democrats remained dug in their positions.

With the House out of town and the Senate far from a deal, funding for the federal government is set to run out on October 1st.

The National Park Service encourages people to avoid going to parks, monuments and historic sites it manages if they close because of a shutdown.

With a last-minute continuing resolution passed over the weekend, the feared wildland firefighter pay cliff has been kicked down the road to November. But with substantial pay cuts still looming, firefighter advocacy groups are going to push for a full, permanent fix, like the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act, which enjoys substantial bipartisan support.

Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn't reach a budget agreement. But Arizona and Utah officials say they'll make sure visitors can still enjoy the Grand Canyon and Zion Valley if a cutoff comes Sunday. This year, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis directed the state's Department of Natural Resources to develop a plan to operate and protect resources at Rocky Mountain National Park and three others.

A congressional watchdog agency has decided that the Interior Department broke the law by using entrance fees to keep national parks open during the...

Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue announced Thursday at a hearing session with the Senate Agriculture Committee that a long anticipated program for…