A mother and her son hold hands on a swing set. This year, more state and local leaders are pushing to hold parents accountable for their children’s behavior, particularly when it involves serious criminal offenses. (Photo by Troy Bennett/Maine Morning Star)
Crowds gathered in downtown Denver for Colorado Day celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of statehood on Aug. 1, 2026. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora, operated by private prison firm GEO Group, is pictured on Jan. 30, 2025. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, whose nomination advanced in the Senate on Tuesday, told faith leaders in a call on July 30 that he would take action to restrict mail-order access to abortion medication. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
Eli Shultz, left, and Alek Purser, right, former student journalists with Grand Junction High School’s Orange & Black student newspaper, pose outside the school Monday. (Photo by Sharon Sullivan/Colorado Newsline)
Melat Kiros, a democratic socialist and first-time candidate, speaks to supporters in Denver after unseating longtime Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
A voter drops off their ballot at a ballot drop box outside of the La Familia Recreation Center in Denver Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
A confined swine feeding operation is shown in this photo. Congress is once again taking aim at state animal welfare laws regarding livestock confinement. (Photo by Kent Becker/U.S. Geological Survey)
From left: Republican Rep. Scott Bottoms of Colorado Springs speaks outside the Colorado Capitol on Jan. 28, 2025; Victor Marx, a Republican candidate for governor, participates in a forum hosted by Colorado business groups in Glendale on May 28, 2026; Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer speaks to the Senate during a special legislative session on Aug. 25, 2025. (Photos by Chase Woodruff and Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline)
U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, a Grand Junction Republican, speaks at a roundtable discussion on energy policy Wednesday at the Guzman Energy office in Denver. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
Community members protest ahead of a special Box Elder County Commission meeting to discuss the Stratos project, a massive data center proposed for an unincorporated area in Box Elder County, Utah, on May 4, 2026. (Photo by Alixel Cabrera/Utah News Dispatch)
