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  1. May 27, 2023 · Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette. Nineteen days after the end of Colorado's 2023 legislative session, Gov. Jared Polis has signed 297 bills into law. After being signed, bills take effect in August, 90 days after the general assembly adjourns, unless otherwise specified in the bill. A full list of legislation signed this year can be found online by ...

  2. May 9, 2024 · Governor Polis and legislators are making a historic investment to provide the support Colorado students and educators deserve, including making a two-year degree or two years of higher education free for students at or below the state's median income and updating the school finance formula to focus resources on students. The state budget ...

    • What Polis Has Done in Office
    • The Pandemic Governor
    • Promises For A Second Term
    • Personal Biography
    • Campaign Finance

    As governor, Polis has succeeded in passing legislation on his biggest priorities. He has often done it while avoiding the restrictions on state spending imposed by TABOR, the fiscal law that limits the growth of Colorado's government and has restrained Democrats’ largest ambitions for decades. In the health care market, Polis embraced complex new ...

    Like governors across the country, Polis used extraordinary powers during the public health emergency. Starting in the first days after the coronavirus’ arrival in Colorado, he issued hundreds of executive orders that closed businesses, mandated masks, protected renters and activated the national guard, among many other things. Lawmakers in both pa...

    Polis has offered few major new policy proposals should he win reelection. Instead, he talks mostly about the changes he has already set in motion. But he has pointed to housing and development as a top priority for the next four years. In an interview with CPR News, he said the state would play a greater role in encouraging dense, transit-oriented...

    Polis was born in Boulder and grew up in California. He has two siblings. His parents, Stephen Schutz and Susan Polis Schutz, were the founders of Blue Mountain Arts, a publisher and greeting card company. After graduating from high school in San Diego, Calif., Polis completed a bachelor’s degree in politics at Princeton University. While in colleg...

    Polis is seen as a particularly strong incumbent, especially since he is putting millions of dollars into his own campaign. (Unlike with outside donations, there are no limits on how much of their own money candidates can put into their campaigns.) As of mid-September, Polis had contributed more than $9.7 million to his campaign and had collected a...

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  4. May 15, 2024 · Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is on a whirlwind tour this week, hustling to sign reforms to the state’s housing, transportation and tax laws that he’s been after for years. ... You know, Governor ...

  5. Colorado Governor Jared Polis. Governor Jared Polis is an entrepreneur, education leader, and public servant. After launching several successful companies, Governor Polis committed himself to making sure other Coloradans had the opportunity to pursue their dreams through founding schools for at-risk students and new immigrants and started nonprofits to help veterans.

  6. Jan 17, 2023 · DENVER - Governor Jared Polis is looking forward in his 2023 State of the State Address to the Colorado General Assembly. Gov. Polis is laying out bold goals for his second term, challenging us to envision what we want Colorado to look like at the end of his term and when the state turn 150.

  7. 2 days ago · Contact Governor Polis. State Capitol Bldg - 200 E. Colfax Ave., Rm. 136, Denver, CO 80203 Constituent Services Help Line: (303) 866-2885 Governor's Office, Front Desk: (303) 866-2471

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