Denver-based Vantage Energy says falling prices and tougher rules won't deter it from exploring for natural gas on the Roan Plateau in Western Colorado.

For the weak and the vulnerable, Texas has long been an especially hard place. Year after year, national surveys place the state at or near the bottom in such categories as assistance to poor children and the ...

A plan to give a tax credit to Colorado companies that create 20 or more new jobs was endorsed Monday night by a committee of state lawmakers.

Denver-based Vantage Energy says falling prices and tougher rules won't deter it from exploring for natural gas on the Roan Plateau in Western Colorado.

Political Notebook Political Notebook Political writer Mike Saccone explains the behind-the-scenes politicking that guides and defines governance on the Western Slope and throughout Colorado. What's on this page ? The entry titled "King: ?I am ...

When the 111th Congress is sworn in Tuesday, several new faces will grace the House and Senate, including at least 13 freshmen senators and 54 brand-new representatives.

Metro Denver real estate groups expect several measures affecting their industry that failed in the Colorado Legislature?s 2008 session to be modified and resurrected in 2009. Proposed laws related to foreclosed houses, eminent domain and the ...

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Now that it appears he's not bound for the U.S. Senate, Mayor John Hickenlooper may be able to keep his New Year's resolutions. Hick, along with other bold-face names and Rocky readers, was kind enough to answer my request for 2009 goals. Here they ...

In the same grand chambers where the Ku Klux Klan once held sway, two black men will assume the most powerful positions in the Colorado General Assembly. When the legislature convenes next week for its 2009 session, Peter Groff will again be elected ...

"The state Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability needs no help defending the integrity of its research - least of all against a Colorado academic who alleges the agency 'concocts its ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris could be headed for a showdown in Washington next week. (AP Photos) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didn't want Rep. Jesse Jackson in the Senate, a point he ...

In the Bureau of Land Management's right-of-way December update for three counties along the Nevada-Utah border, two options could spoil the Southern Nevada Water Authority's plan to tap into Snake Valley ...

COLORADO SPRINGS ? A battle is brewing over a possible ballot measure that would repeal the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights in Colorado Springs, home of the author of the law that limits government taxing and spending. The City Council is expected to ...

Rep. Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo, represents Pueblo and Fremont counties in House District 47. Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville, is Colorado House majority leader. Editor's note: The state Legislature convenes its 2009 session on Wednesday . Colorado finds ...

When the Colorado legislature session opens on Wednesday, it will have its hands full.

This year's session of the Colorado General Assembly has all the marks of being a somber gathering. State lawmakers have the daunting task of figuring out which important government functions to ax to make up for falling revenues. Higher education ...

Gun sales reached record levels in Colorado in 2008, a spike many attributed to fears that Barack Obama's election will mean tougher firearms laws.

As Adam Liptak wrote in The New York Times on Saturday, the President-elect Barack Obama?s Justice Department is going to have to quickly figure out what positions it will take in some thorny legal cases involving the indefinite detention and ...

A plan to give a tax credit to Colorado companies that create 20 or more new jobs was endorsed Monday night by a committee of state lawmakers. The panel was formed to explore proposals to jump-start Colorado's economy. The Committee on Job Creation ...

When Lanny Applegate took over the job of state fire marshal and director of the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety more than two years ago, he inherited an agency "in shambles," as one former ...