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Colorado lawmakers have passed a sweeping bill to overhaul the state's lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies.

Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death. The laws would allow terminally ill patients under specified conditions to end their lives with a doctor's help. Physician-assisted death is contentious and only 10 states and Washington, D.C., allow it.

Politicians and news outlets have expressed outrage over the expulsion of a Colorado politics reporter from a Republican gathering over the weekend. Sandra Fish, a reporter for the Colorado Sun, was told Saturday that the state party chairman believed her reporting was "very unfair."

Colorado's wildlife authorities say a wolf has killed a calf in Colorado. It's the first confirmed livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the dismay of the state's rural residents.

Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert underwent surgery Tuesday in Colorado for a blood clot in her leg. The congresswoman's campaign said she is expected to make a full recovery.

A Colorado Republican panel has made a surprising decision, choosing a former mayor, Greg Lopez, to be U.S. Rep. Ken Buck's likely replacement until the November general election, a saving grace for Rep. Lauren Boebert's bid for another term in Congress. Lopez will run as the Republican candidate in the June special election following Buck's abrupt departure from office earlier this month.

Rep. Ken Buck's early departure from the U.S. House prompted a special election to fill the remainder of his term. A Colorado Republican committee on Thursday will select their candidate for the special election, and is expected to pick one of the primary candidates already running to replace Buck in 2024.

A Colorado judge has granted a defense request to delay the criminal case of two Colorado funeral home operators accused of letting nearly 200 corpses decay in a decrepit building in some cases for years. The delay Thursday angered some families of the deceased who are eager to have the case resolved.

he owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decaying bodies were found last year are set to enter pleas in court on Thursday. Jon and Carie Hallford are accused of falsifying death certificates and sending fake ashes to grieving families. It's one of several cases to roil Colorado's largely-unregulated funeral industry.

Colorado lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would install requirements for funeral home directors after nearly 200 bodies were found stacked and rotting in a funeral home in September. Another bill expected to be introduced would require routine inspections of facilities