BROOMFIELD, CO - Today, the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) briefed Governor Jared Polis on the state's 2025 Wildfire Preparedness Plan. Governor Polis, DFPC Director Mike Morgan, along with state and federal partners, discussed the 2025 wildfire outlook and the local, state, and federal resources available to combat wildfires in Colorado.
DENVER/COLORADO SPRINGS - Today, Governor Polis visited schools in Denver and Colorado Springs to highlight the success and innovation happening that is preparing students for the future.
COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado Governor Jared Polis and coordinating partners from several state conservation, outdoor recreation, and climate resilience departments and programs, announced today the launch of Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy, a statewide vision and framework for action that ensures a future where Colorado’s outdoors, people, community character, and ways of life endure for generations to come. The Strategy was unveiled at the Partners in the Outdoors Conference in Colorado Springs. Coordinating partners involved in the Strategy development and rollout included Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), Colorado Department of Natural Resources, the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, and the Governor’s Office of Climate Preparedness & Disaster Recovery.
COLORADO - Today, Governor Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that the state will take legal action against the Trump administration over its failed tariff taxes that are destroying our economy, increasing costs on Americans, plunging markets, and putting America on the track to a recession. Colorado joins Oregon, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, and Vermont.
DENVER - While President Trump’s tariffs barrels the U.S. toward a recession and raises costs on hardworking Coloradans, Colorado Governor Jared Polis seeks to strengthen economic prosperity with Mexico and Canada, Colorado’s largest trading partners, and has been outspoken against the national tariffs and about the important partnerships that Colorado has with both countries. That’s why Governor Polis today hosted Colorado-Mexico Friendship Day alongside Mexican Consul General Pavel Meléndez Cruz. This comes after the Governor hosted Colorado Canada Friendship Day in March alongside Sylvain Fabi, Consul General of Canada in Denver.
DENVER - This morning, Governor Polis highlighted learning opportunities that help Colorado kids thrive at the French American School of Denver, which gives K-5 students a unique bilingual immersion curriculum. This is Denver’s only tuition-free immersion public charter school.
AURORA - Today, Governor Polis signed an Executive Order creating a more sustainable future by advancing state sustainability goals and greening government practices in Colorado.
DENVER - Today, Governor Polis joined by Lt. Governor Primavera, and bill sponsors, signed SB25-085 - Health-Related Research Test Subjects, sponsored by Senators Cathy Kipp and John Carson and Representatives Manny Rutinel and Amy Paschal. The bill aims to provide an avenue for adoption of a dog or cat from a health-related research facility.
DENVER — Today, the Office of Just Transition (OJT) within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) and the Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced their intent to award Moffat County a $2 million Just Transition Community Funding grant to support the creation of a Multi-Use Events and Resiliency Center. The project supports Moffat County's economic transition strategy by capitalizing on year-round fairground utilization and enhancing opportunities for expanded use, generating increased economic benefits and cultural value.
