Press Releases

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis announced a partnership with Mothers’ Milk Bank (MMB) through the Rocky Mountain Children’s Foundation to help address the baby formula shortage that is affecting families in Colorado and across the United States. Colorado and MMB are calling for donations of breast milk or financial donations that would help families with the cost of supply, and bringing awareness to an alternative supplemental milk supply during the current crisis.

DENVER — Today, in Denver and then Colorado Springs, Governor Polis will sign legislation into law that will help save Coloradans money in their everyday lives and make it free to start a business. Governor Polis told Coloradans in his state of the state address that his top priority was to save them money. 

DENVER — Today, Governor Polis released a statement following an administrative ruling that Xcel Energy can recover $509 million by increasing customer bills to pay for surging natural gas costs during a February 2021 storm. 

DENVER - Today, Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker sent a bipartisan letter  to President Biden calling on the President to urge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to act quickly to authorize a safe, effective, lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5. 

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis ordered flags to be flown at half-staff beginning immediately and return to full staff at sunset on Monday, May 16, 2022 as a mark of respect and remembrance of the one million American lives lost to COVID-19 as proclaimed by President Biden.

DENVER — Today, Governor Polis released a statement following a disease outbreak that has resulted in the death of 142 horses at the Cañon City Wild Horse and Burro Facility. 

DENVER — Governor Polis released a statement today upon the conclusion of the 2022 legislative session. The Governor received a bipartisan delegation of the General Assembly to notify him of adjournment and expressed his gratitude for their work to save people money.

DENVER - The Governor’s Office released a statement regarding the legislature’s approval of the bipartisan HB22-1326, Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention:

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis took action in response to wildfires across the state, including the Bent's Fort and Fort Lyons fires. 

DENVER -  Colorado Governor Jared Polis and William Wei  former Colorado State Historian & senior Asianist of the CU-Boulder History Department condemned the arrest and detainment of Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen by authorities in Hong Kong, China.