1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (405+ words) A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species. The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to reinstate rules that protect the habitat…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (380+ words) Exceptional drought - the most severe category tracked by the National Drought Mitigation Center - expanded again across Colorado’s central mountains over the past week, while heavy rain brought a measure of relief to the state’s northeast corner. The U.S. Drought…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (680+ words) The town of Hudson has refused for months to take any steps to review and enforce its zoning code as it applies to a planned immigration detention center there, say the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to block the facility…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (683+ words) Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday his administration will propose a 4.7% income tax rate, which drew immediate criticisms from Democrats. The state currently has a two-tiered, graduated income tax system that tops out at 5.4%. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte - public domain…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (345+ words) Two environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law when it leased more than 134,000 acres of public lands in Colorado for oil and gas drilling earlier this year. In their lawsuit, filed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (257+ words) © zimmytws - iStock-2206705589 Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its attempt to prohibit states from using federal Medicaid funds for gender-affirming healthcare. Congress granted states the authority to determine which healthcare services its public insurance programs…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (183+ words) A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship. About three years ago, Congress also weighed in on the issue when Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a bill to end what he called 'unqualified…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (531+ words) Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters did not accept a position with a California county’s elections office, she said in a statement Tuesday. Peters, a prominent election denier who was convicted for her role in a breach of her office’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (432+ words) © iStock - Ligorko Coloradans will vote this November on a ballot measure that would raise income taxes on the top 3% of earners and slightly cut them for everyone else. Backers of Proposed Initiative 195 submitted a sufficient number of petition signatures to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (364+ words) © JJ Gouin - iStock-2074087177 A Nebraska voter is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn the secretary of state’s decision to put a measure on the fall ballot that would let Nebraska voters decide whether to constitutionally limit sports participation in…...