Vice President Mike Pence promises Colorado donors Republicans will pass tax reform this year

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a fundraising event for the Republican Party on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Greenwood Village, Colo. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday told a ballroom full of Republicans in Greenwood Village that a unified GOP will fulfill a key campaign pledge of President Donald Trump by enacting tax reform legislation.

Landfill bill concerns some counties worried about recycling costs

Delta County officials weren't looking forward to having to comply with a bill going through the Colorado Legislature on landfills, and they may not have to, at least for now. A measure that won preliminary approval in the Colorado House on Wednesday was initially designed to require the state's landfills to have solid waste diversion programs.

Klingenschmitt wants criminal charges for group making attack ads

Just days before the primary election, state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt is fighting back against a political advocacy group he believes to be responsible for mailing attack ads against him to Republican voters in his district. Klingenschmitt, who faces Bob Gardner in the state Senate District 12 race Tuesday, submitted a letter to 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office Thursday calling for a criminal investigation into former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez, founder of nonprofit Colorado Pioneer Action.

Campaign cash fuels final sprint to Senate primary finish

Drawing upon their personal wealth, two candidates in Colorado's race for U.S. Senate have dominated the spending in the five-way fight for the Republican nomination, more than doubling the combined amount paid by their three opponents for television ads, yard signs and other campaign expenses. Together, businessmen Robert Blaha and Jack Graham have spent more than $1.9 million through June 8, about twice the roughly $882,000 paid by rivals Ryan Frazier, Darryl Glenn and Jon Keyser, according to federal fundraising records.