Press Releases

DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) recently opened a new round of grant funding to provide local Colorado communities with resources to reduce human-bear conflicts through the Human-Bear Conflict Reduction Community Grant Program. The application deadline is May 29, 2026. 

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis signed an Executive Order to memorialize Lt. Governor Primavera's verbal disaster declaration for the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Weld County. 

STATEWIDE – The Governor’s Office announced that the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), in partnership with Colorado Energy Office (CEO) and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), awarded over $13.3 million total from the inaugural Transit Oriented Communities Infrastructure (TOCI) grant. The awards will aid four communities in upgrading infrastructure that will support up to 720 units of affordable housing. Additionally, three of the projects advance crucial transit infrastructure that support ridership of rapid bus transit and light rail. 

First round of grant awards will accelerate high-impact decarbonization and electrification projects 

DENVER — Following tonight’s State of the Union address by President Trump, Governor Jared Polis released the following statement in response to the President’s continued defense of his invalidated tariff tax increases. 

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis joined Majority Leader Monica Duran and Representative Ryan Gonzales to celebrate bipartisan food freedom legislation, deemed “the Tamale Act.” HB26-1033 - Expanding the Colorado Cottage Foods Act makes Colorado a food freedom state, allowing Coloradans who make delicious homemade foods like Tamales, Burritos, and Tortas to be sold responsibly to Coloradans.

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis ordered flags on all public buildings to fly at half-staff from sunrise on Friday, March 6, 2026 to sunset on Saturday, March 7th, to honor the life and legacy of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson. March 6th is the day of Rev. Jackson’s public celebration of life ceremony and a private memorial will be held on March 7th.

DENVER - Today, Governor Polis celebrated the announcement of Rico Munn to serve as the next Chancellor of the Colorado State University System, which consists of the flagship in Fort Collins, CSU-Pueblo, and CSU Global, an online university with headquarters in Denver.