The University of Colorado was at the forefront in pushing new legislation and funding commitments from Colorado lawmakers to improve affordability for college...
U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper – along with Colorado Mesa University, the University of Colorado and Colorado State University – invite you to...
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet visited campus Oct. 20, and the trip to campus became an unexpected cause for celebration about Colorado’s place in the nation’s...
The Colorado Capital Conference resumed this year for the first time since 2019, before the pandemic, drawing more than 100 Coloradans – and University of...
Sen. Michael Bennet and CU President Todd Saliman in conversation last week in Washington, D.C. CU President Todd Saliman last week traveled to Washington, D.C...
U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper – together with Colorado Mesa University, the University of Colorado and Colorado State University – invite...
The 2021 State Legislative Session adjourned sine die on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. While this was an unconventional legislative cycle at the Capitol due to COVID-...
State lawmakers will convene at the Capitol for the 2021 legislative session on Wednesday, but only briefly. The business of the Legislature – including...
A prolonged, unprecedented state legislative session came to a close on June 15. The Legislature was in recess March 16-May 26 due to COVID-19 and reconvened...
As the 2020 state legislative session convened at the Capitol on Wednesday, CU’s Government Relations team re-engaged with state legislators on ways to support...
The CU Advocates program in the Office of the President will have a change in focus and reporting structure that will place a greater emphasis on legislative...
By 9 a.m. Thursday, a long line of attendees coursed through the lobby of Wolf Law and out onto the building’s terrace. More than 250 people packed the...
The recently ended legislative session at the Capitol saw the creation of legislation at the intersection of higher education and health care, as well as a...
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday submitted his first budget proposal to the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) of the General Assembly, recommending a $98 million...
May 9 marked the end of the Legislature’s four-month session, one that saw the introduction of a record 800 bills introduced at the Capitol. The session also...
In an effort to shore up PERA, the state’s pension system, the Legislature passed SB18-200 late on May 9, the last day of the session. CU has more than 8,600...
Over the weekend, the Senate approved its tax overhaul bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, on a party line vote of 51 to 49. The House of Representatives...
As a proposed tax overhaul works its way through Congress, CU Boulder Today sat down with Juan García Oyervides, president of CU Boulder's United Government of...
Joined by CU Goverment Relations team members and state leaders, Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday signs the CU-backed S.B. 17-041 into law. Gov. John...
Proposed changes to laws affecting higher education employment contracts and tuition classification for Olympic athletes are the first measures being supported...
The University of Colorado’s systemwide marketing initiative aims to shine light on the institution’s contributions to the state and further build the CU brand...
University of Colorado leaders recently honored four members of the General Assembly for their dedication and service to CU, higher education and the state of...
A proposed change to how state funding is distributed among higher education institutions is being modified partly in response to concerns expressed by leaders...
Senate Bill 1, aka the College Affordability Act, requires an agreement by higher education institutions not to raise tuition any more than 6 percent next year.
With the 2014 legislative session underway, the Office of Government Relations is front and center at the state Capitol and in Washington, D.C., tracking key...
