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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • The unimaginable happened on May 28. Colorado, for the first time in the 20 years that drought conditions have been tracked, was 100% out of drought, said Russ Schumacher, director of the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University. It was “eight glorious weeks” out of drought, Schumacher told an audience at…

The Guv sure loves to shake things up. What he’s eating in this picture, along with our Joey Bunch, is an Impossible Burger. That’s the meatless, made-from-plants burger offered locally by a variety of chains, such as Burger King, Red Robin, Qdoba and others. An Impossible Burger at Burger King is about a buck more…

Gov. Jared Polis sees a future for Colorado with less meats and more profits, he said Thursday morning while dining on a Burger King Impossible Whopper in his office at the Capitol. The Democratic governor — who eats meat but whose domestic partner is a vegan — caught the attention of state Department of Agriculture staff…

The federal government has approved a Colorado reinsurance plan designed to lower premiums for individuals buying insurance on the state health care exchange, Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday. Premiums next year for 400,000 Coloradans — about 8% of those buying insurance on the exchange — will drop by more than 18% with a reinsurance plan…

Just one day after Senate President and acting Gov. Leroy Garcia defaced the governor’s office — it’s a joke, kids, relax! — the other governor, Jared Polis, won a spot on the executive committee of the National Governors Association. The NGA will be chaired in the coming year by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, with New York Gov. Andrew…