Press Releases

DENVER - Today, Governor Jared Polis issued a statement on President Joe Biden’s nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals - D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis signed the following bills into law administratively. 

DENVER — Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the detection of Colorado’s first COVID-19 case on March 5, 2020, Governor Jared Polis and his administration highlight Colorado’s balanced, collaborative, and innovative public health response to prioritize the health and safety of Coloradans in every community.

DENVER — Today, Governor Polis selected Kim S. Shropshire to fill a judicial vacancy on the 6th Judicial District Court serving La Plata, Archuleta, and San Juan Counties. This judgeship is created by the retirement of the Honorable William Herringer. The vacancy is effective March 9, 2022.

DENVER — Governor Jared Polis wrote a letter this week to Colorado’s Institutions of Higher Education urging them to examine ways to divest from Russian state-owned assets.

DENVER — Governor Jared Polis released a statement following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address:

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis signed five bills into law today in a signing ceremony to prepare our students for early childhood success, address pay equity across the state workforce, and support local emergency response to wildfires like the Marshall Fire disaster. Governor Polis also signed supplemental legislation administratively in funding increases for the departments of education and higher education, corrections, judicial, natural resources, and personnel. 

DENVER — The Polis administration announced that the Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) office of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) will distribute the latest eight recipients of the Community Revitalization Grant program, including projects ranging from San Miguel to Routt to Larimer counties. The Community Revitalization Grant program has awarded a total of $64.9 million to 34 projects.

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis announced boards and commissions appointments.

DENVER  — Today, Governor Jared Polis announced that the West side of the State Capitol will be illuminated in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag, starting at sundown today. This is the most recent of a series of steps the Polis Administration has taken in solidarity with the people of free and independent Ukraine, and to penalize the Russian government, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.