Trump Administration

The legislation to complete the Arkansas Valley Conduit passed Congress with unanimous support, but was branded an ‘expensive and unreliable’ project by the President.

The move continues the Trump administration’s support of coal, but drew a furious response from environmental groups and Colorado officials.

KUNC News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance take a look at the top stories that mattered to our readers and listeners this year.

Rep. Monica Duran, one of the state’s top Democratic legislators, is surrounded by conservatives at home.

The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold $24 million in federal funding from Colorado.

The state is seeking federal funding for recovery from August’s Elk and Lee Fires and October’s Western Colorado flooding.

Gov. Polis and Colorado’s U.S. senators decried the Trump administration’s denial of emergency recovery funds for the state.

The Trump administration has denied two disaster declaration requests from Colorado.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Boulder in support of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Scientists were quick to speak out following the Trump administration’s plans to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.