Press Releases

CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT COUNTIES - Today, Governor Polis traveled to Clear Creek and Summit Counties. In Clear Creek, Governor Polis visited Fieldhouse Apartments, a new housing complex creating new homes for hardworking Coloradans. This complex creates 120 new homes in Idaho Springs for Coloradans making 70-100% of the Area Median Income. Through Proposition 123, the State of Colorado approved an expected $8.5 million in investment capital to build these new homes.

Supporting jobs, affordable housing, community gathering spaces, childcare services, and multigenerational learning spaces.

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis appointed Annette J. Kundelius to the 19th Judicial District Court. This appointment fills the vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Marcelo A. Kopcow and is effective August 1, 2025.

GOLDEN – Today at the Colorado School of Mines, Gov. Polis, the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) and the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration announced eight new recipients of the Opportunity Now Colorado grant program to support the creation and expansion of programs that prepare Coloradans for in-demand, high-wage jobs and careers.

DENVER - Today, Governor Jared Polis joined North Carolina Governor Josh Stein and 22 fellow Governors in calling on Congress not to gut critical SNAP funding and shift funding responsibility onto the states.

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis appointed James X. Quinn to the 18th Judicial District Court.  His appointment is to fill a new judgeship created pursuant to Senate Bill 25-024 and is effective July 1, 2025.

STATEWIDE - The Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) recently awarded $780,000 for 13 projects across Colorado through the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) program, which aims to help rural communities diversify their local economies and build resilience.

“Colorado is proud of our growing economy and especially the role that our rural communities play in driving us forward. This support for our rural communities will help  small businesses across Colorado,” said Governor Jared Polis.

DENVER - Today, at the Psychedelic Science 2025 Conference, Governor Polis announced new pardons for those convicted at the state level of possessing psilocybin or psilocin. This action comes after Governor Polis signed SB25-297- Implementation of Colorado Natural Medicine Initiative earlier this year, which gives the Governor the authority to grant a class of defendants these pardons, and after Coloradans voted in 2022 to decriminalize natural medicine and direct the state to build a regulatory framework for it.