Press Releases

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis presented a balanced budget proposal to the Joint Budget Committee, focused on ensuring financial stability for Colorado’s budget while protecting critical investments in the issues Coloradans care about most, like education and public safety.

AURORA - Today, Governor Polis visited the Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons to meet with residents who have bravely served their country, and to celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th birthday.

DENVER - Today, in an Executive Order, Governor Polis memorialized his verbal disaster emergency declaration from October 12, 2025, made in response to the western Colorado flooding. The disaster declaration activated the State of Colorado Emergency Operations Plan, directed the Office of Emergency Management to take action to support impacted communities, and transferred $6 million to the Disaster Emergency Fund to support response and recovery efforts. Governor Polis also directed state agencies to pursue all available federal funding for response and recovery efforts.

DENVER - Today, with the power vested in him through the Colorado constitution, Governor Polis pardoned Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, two Colorado-raised turkeys from Jodar Farms, saving them from the Thanksgiving dinner table and granting them a full life at Luvin Arms sanctuary. The Governor was joined by First Gentleman Marlon Reis, Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera, Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg, as well as FFA Colorado State Officers, 4-H Members, and Gold Star families in honor of Veterans Day.

DENVER — Tonight, following an appeal by the Trump administration to block the delivery of full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of November, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration the ability to pause SNAP payments to states, creating more uncertainty for hardworking families and individuals. Earlier today, a federal district court ruled that the Trump administration is obligated to fully fund SNAP to states, and as a result Colorado began processing full payments to program recipients. Prior to the Supreme Court order, approximately 32,000 Colorado SNAP beneficiaries received full benefits. Hours after, the Trump administration continued efforts to take food assistance away from Americans by appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court, which blocked the lower court’s order requiring full payment, leaving millions of Americans, and over 560,000 Coloradans, who have yet to receive payments, in limbo.

DENVER (Nov. 7, 2025) — Today, the State will submit to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment vendor a request for SNAP participants to receive full payments for November. The vendor will work in the coming hours to get those dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and load payments onto Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. Should this request go through, more than 600,000 Coloradans who rely on SNAP to help purchase healthy food will begin receiving full payments for the month of November, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) announced.

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis released his “Roadmap to Reduce Auto Insurance Premiums,” a comprehensive report that outlines the state's efforts to reduce auto insurance costs across the state, and support ongoing efforts to reduce Colorado’s average cost of coverage.

DENVER - Colorado Governor Jared Polis honored former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi upon announcing her retirement from Congress. Gov. Polis previously served alongside Speaker Pelosi in the United States Congress for ten years and worked with her to pass transformational laws like the Affordable Care Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act, ending Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, helping the United States rebound from economic hardships, and protecting American democracy.

DENVER – The Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners (State Land Board) has approved the acquisition of the approximately 800-acre Lake Fork Ranch, located just west of Leadville in Lake County. The purchase represents a strategic reinvestment of trust land proceeds into a high-quality property with strong natural and agricultural values, diverse income potential, and long-term value-appreciation prospects. Through this acquisition, continued agricultural use and carefully planned recreation access will ensure that the ranch remains an active and productive part of the local economy.

WINTER PARK, Colo., Nov. 5, 2025 — To meet growing demand for train travel through the mountain corridor and build off of a successful season last winter, the Amtrak Winter Park Express will kick off its season with holiday runs starting December 19, 2025. This seasonal service will run four days weekly after the New Year. With 57 roundtrips this season the Winter Park Express will continue to affordably and conveniently serve ski and non-ski passengers traveling between Denver and the Fraser Valley.