Press Releases

DENVER - Today, Governor Jared Polis and Congressman Ken Buck released the following joint statement on recent events in Washington, D.C. 

DENVER - Governor Jared Polis and Jill Hunsaker Ryan Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) sent a letter to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield urging the CDC to allocate a portion of the funds designated in the CARES Act Unemployment Extension (H.R.113) for high risk and under-served populations to the state of Colorado. 

DENVER - CDOT has received approval from the Colorado Transportation Commission for a plan to spend $134 million in federal stimulus for transportation. The approved plan advances projects from the department’s strategic pipeline of projects that focuses on the state’s most pressing transportation priorities.

DENVER - Governor Polis took action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Gov. Polis extended an Executive Order providing relief to public utility customers impacted by COVID-19 and Executive Order temporarily suspending certain statutes and rules to expand healthcare workforces for hospitals and other inpatient treatment facilities due to COVID-19. 

DENVER - Governor Polis took action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Gov. Polis issued and extended the following Executive Orders: