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As of Monday afternoon, March 16, Colorado had 160 cases of COVID-19 and experienced its first related death three days earlier. The state’s testing...
Scott Bookman, the state public health incident commander for the coronavirus outbreak, spoke with reporters Monday afternoon in a press conference that left more...
The speedy spread of COVID-19 has slowed Colorado's economy, state economists say.
In December, Colorado was projected to collect an extra $832.5 million in revenue...
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On the heels of widespread school closures announced Thursday and Friday, Colorado districts have rolled out plans to keep feeding the...
As the COVID-19 pandemic forces everybody to consider limiting their exposure to other people, local elected officials are starting to think about how they...
Lawmakers cleaned out their desks and headed home Saturday afternoon after an unprecedented vote to recess Colorado’s legislature in an effort to protect public...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House early Saturday morning approved an emergency stimulus package to combat the coronavirus pandemic after President Donald Trump signaled his...
More than two dozen Colorado school districts that collectively serve more than two-thirds of the state’s students announced Thursday that they would close for...
Lawyers for a Colorado death penalty defendant say the court is subjecting scores of prospective jurors “to needless and severe risk” of contracting the...