Press Releases

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis released the administration’s Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget proposal. This strategic budget proposal makes prudent investments that protect Colorado’s funding for education, continue investing in public safety, and prioritize fiscal responsibility to maintain financial reserves and ensure the state is prepared for future rainy days. 

DENVER - Open enrollment for health insurance for the individual market - meaning for people that don’t get their health insurance from an employer or a government program - starts today, Friday, November 1. The Colorado Division of Insurance encourages everyone to take the time to review the health insurance plans available for 2025 and determine what financial assistance might be available to them. 

DENVER - Today, Governor Jared Polis and Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced that the effort to update all passwords and verify the security of affected active voting systems in Colorado is complete. The joint effort concluded successfully Thursday evening. 

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis issued an Executive Order to memorialize his October 7 verbal declaration of disaster emergency due to Hurricane Milton, utilizing the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and enabling State and Federal agencies to coordinate hurricane response support, consequence management, mitigation, and recovery efforts in Florida.

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis visited Rose on Colfax Early Learning Center in Denver to receive his latest COVID-19 and flu vaccines from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment’s Mobile Public Health Clinic, and encouraged all Coloradans to protect themselves and communities through vaccination. The Governor was joined by Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the State Epidemiologist. 

DENVER - This week, Secretary Griswold announced that a spreadsheet located on the Department’s website improperly included a hidden tab including partial passwords (one factor among layers of security that include multiple passwords and physical presence in a badged entry area) to certain machines of Colorado voting systems.

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