Colorado

A Colorado school district has come out against legislation that would require the Colorado Department of Education to develop a new reporting database to receive complaints about contracts with digital vendors.

To stem losses related to such leaks, Castle Rock Water will soon launch a six-month pilot program next month with a Canada-based firm specializing in artificial intelligence technology.

The Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday voted 6-3 to expand electric bike access across parks and open spaces after another long discussion that represented the culmination of a yearslong debate.

A Colorado law guarding against such bills includes an exception for public-owned ambulances, which can bill patients for whatever their insurance didn’t pay, a practice known as balance billing.

The Colorado Department of Revenue has completed a project refreshing the state’s Sales and Use Tax System for an improved user experience. The work follows a mandate from state legislators in 2023.

After multiple years of work, along with some setbacks, students in Centaurus High School's physics club are ready to build a space plane with a goal of contributing to climate change research.

The state has been working diligently in recent years to make its services more accessible to constituents. The latest development is TAX2GO, which makes taxpaying services mobile; others are in the works.

The state’s governor is going into the new year with an updated commitment to improving government technology and digital services. The push relies heavily on making contact centers more efficient.

Fentanyl poisoning is the leading cause of death among Americans 18 to 45 years old, and half of all pills seized by the DEA contain a lethal dose, according to law enforcement officials.

Kiowa and Elizabeth, Colo., are the state's first communities to get high-speed Internet as a result of its nearly $1 billion allocation of federal broadband funds. The goal is to connect 99 percent of households statewide by 2027.

The state announced its multiyear Colorado Digital Government Strategic Plan in 2022. Leaders continue bringing it to life, engaging residents and focusing on three key initiatives to offer a simple, secure, fast experience.

Tolls on all Colorado toll lanes will see the amounts change as often as every five to 15 minutes, depending on how heavy traffic is in a new practice called dynamic tolling, which aims to better manage traffic.

A task force of parents, educators, students and community leaders found Colorado's school accountability system needs work. Recommendations include modernizing state assessments and a dashboard of performance data.

Isolated and unreliable cell service can cause problems in parks when emergencies like fires happen, but in Colorado, a new grant from the USDA aims to connect some far-flung locations.

Varying policies have sprouted since 2017, when the state adopted definitions of e-bikes with legislation that classified them separately as motorized vehicles and called for their use across bike paths.

At a Colorado Springs Parks Board meeting Thursday, opposition mounted against a proposal that would legalize electric-powered bikes on city-owned trails where other bikes are allowed.

After spending days in North Carolina working on search and rescue missions after Hurricane Helene, five Colorado Springs firefighters are heading to Florida in anticipation of Hurricane Milton.

A handful of Colorado school districts and higher education institutions have implemented AI surveillance technologies, though a statewide moratorium has prevented the majority from doing so.