WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, DeGette, Hickenlooper, Neguse, Crow, Pettersen, Urge Trump Administration to Renew Continuous Health Care Coverage Protections for Colorado Children * Families Without Continuous Coverage for Their Children Face Higher Medical Bills and Increased Rates of Hospitalization Denver -- Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and Colorado U.S. Representatives, Diana De  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Hickenlooper, Hurd, Crank, Neguse, Evans, Pettersen, Boebert, DeGette, Crow Urge Trump Administration to Release $140 Million in Obligated Federal Funding to Address Colorado River Crisis, Fund Shoshone Project * Denver -- Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, alongside Colorado U.S. Representatives Jeff Hurd, Jeff Crank, Joe Neguse, Gabe Evans, Brittany Pettersen  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 7 -- ProgressNow Colorado, an advocacy organization, issued the following statement on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Colorado Faces Special Session To Address Trump Budget Disaster Trump's allies in the Colorado legislature owe the people the truth * DENVER: Responding to Gov. Polis' call for a special session primarily to address a billion-dollar deficit in this year's state budget created by federal cuts passed by Republicans in Washington and signed into law by President Don  more

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, Aug. 6 -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: * * * 'An Open Door,' Temple Grandin film starts worldwide streaming She changed the beef industry by making the humane handling of cattle a standard practice. She changed perceptions of autism through persistence and global success. And she shifted notions of neurodiversity on campus by becoming a distinguished professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Temple Grandin has done it al  more

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, Aug. 6 -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers maintain prediction for slightly above-average 2025 Atlantic hurricane season Note to reporters: All information, including this release and future updates, will be stored at tropical.colostate.edu. Multimedia assets including video interview clips and other imagery are available by request. Please contact Jennifer Dimas (Jennifer.Dimas@colostate.edu) for English and Spanish media   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fight Trump Admin Cuts to CFPB, Protect Americans from Scams * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Catherine Cortez Masto, alongside 20 of their Senate colleagues, recently introduced the Stop the Scammers Act to restore critical Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) funding and authorize the CFPB to reward whistleblowe  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 7 -- The National Caucus of Native American State Legislators issued the following news on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * NCSL Welcomes New Executive Officers Elected at 2025 Legislative Summit BOSTON--Illinois Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D) became the 54th president of the National Conference of State Legislatures at the annual Legislative Summit in Boston. Evans, succeeds Utah Senate President Pro Tempore Wayne Harper (R). Harper is now formally NCSL's president emeritus. NCSL,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * On 60th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act, Hickenlooper, Bennet Reintroduce Landmark Voting Rights Bill * John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would strengthen protections against potentially discriminatory voting practices Legislation comes amid Texas Republicans' effort to gerrymander U.S. congressional districts in the next election WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * Second Colorado Springs Funeral Home Operator Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud Grieving Families and COVID-19 Relief Program * Click Here to Sign Up for SBA OIG Email Updates on Recent Investigative Cases, Audit Oversight Reports, and General News (Link is external) Click Here to View the Original U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Press Release (Link is external) The United States Attorney's  more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Aug. 7 -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Cryptic Creatures By Fern Alling Researchers reveal 10% of insect species in a tropical forest may look identical to related species * A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) estimates 10% of insect species on Barro Colorado Island may be cryptic, or visually indistinguishable from related species, highlighting potential gaps in scientists' understanding o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates 3 Colorado Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought * This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System of SW Wyoming and NW Colorado * Since production began around 1920, the Phosphoria system has yielded approximately 500 million barrels of oil and 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The new assessment estimates undiscovered, technically recoverable resources to a d  more