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The biggest bill of the legislative session pops this week. Here’s...

The name of the game: getting a bill that could make or break some rural hospitals and could free up millions for education and...

Senate passes 2017-18 state budget, but not without fights

*Update: the Senate voted 30-5 Thursday morning to approve the 2017-18 state budget. Four Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs,...

Q&A: Why Republican Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg flipped on the hospital provider...

Republican state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling set off shock waves at the state Capitol this week when he decided to sponsor a bill,...

Statehouse designates “Protecting Rural Hospitals Day” as small towns brace for...

Colorado lawmakers and hospital executives on Wednesday made it clear that small town healthcare faces the fight of its life in the coming year. A resolution...