Jared Polis

Top Colorado Democrats are asking President Joe Biden to declare a new national monument in the heart of the state's Rocky Mountains. The monument would be called Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument.

The dust is just starting to settle in the aftermath of Colorado’s legislative session. Lawmakers were frantically working Wednesday night to pass dozens of bills just minutes before a midnight deadline. But not everything got through. Here are some of the highlights from the final weeks of Colorado’s legislative session.

The bill signing ceremony in the governor’s mansion Monday evening marked a major turning point for the state. Less than two years ago, Polis was signing what he called the most difficult budget in state history. It included more than $3 billion in cuts, with public schools losing more than $500 million.

When state Rep. Janice Rich fires up Colorado’s online checkbook, she gets frustrated.The website was created in 2009 with the goal of letting taxpayers track how the state government was spending billions of dollars.But Rich says her constituents in Grand Junction are not able to follow the money.

Gov. Jared Polis visited Denver and several cities in Northern Colorado today as part of his campaign to be re-elected as Colorado’s governor for the upcoming term.

Democrat Jared Polis formally announced his bid Tuesday for a second term as Colorado’s governor, citing his record in confronting the coronavirus pandemic, efforts to curb health care costs and a commitment to expanding early childhood education.

Gov. Jared Polis' final State of the State address of his first term was more subdued and somber than his previous speeches to lawmakers.

Gov. Jared Polis delivered the State of the State address to the Colorado legislature at 11 a.m. on Thursday. Watch and read it here.

IRS records reveal how Gov. Jared Polis, Gov. Jim Justice, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other wealthy political figures slashed their taxes using strategies unavailable to most of their constituents.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Colorado is at its highest level since last December. With hospitals filling up, Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order on Oct. 31 that gives the state control over hospital admissions and transfers.