Time Machine Tuesday: Financing Public Schools in the Early 20th Century
In 1917, it cost a yearly average of $69.00 per pupil to educate Colorado’s public school students. A century later, …
Colorado State Publications Blog
The Colorado State Publications Library provides Coloradans FREE permanent public access to state government documents.
Keeping Kids Safe on the Road
This week is both National Teen Driver Safety Week and National School Bus Safety Week. Our library has many resources …
Dial 511 for Road Conditions
Winter driving season has arrived! The Colorado Department of Transportation offers several services to help you be prepared and aware …
Time Machine Tuesday: An Economic Profile of Denver in 1974
Recently the Denver metro area has been experiencing unprecedented economic activity and growth, with hundreds of people moving here each …
Educator Talent
The Colorado Department of Education recently reorganized all of its educator services into a new unit called Educator Talent. This …
Protect Your Investments
Whether you are just getting started in the world of investing, or are looking to protect the investments you have, …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Lost Town of Caribou, Colorado
It can’t really be called a ghost town, because there’s almost nothing left to mark the location of Caribou, Colorado, …
Online Career Help
Are you looking for a new job, or thinking of taking your career in a new direction? The Colorado Department …
Executive Clemency
The governor’s power to grant or deny pardons has been in the news recently. How does an offender apply for …
Time Machine Tuesday: Rydberg's Flora
One of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century America’s greatest botanists extensively studied the flora of Colorado, and left us what is …
Mantherapy: A Resource for Men-tal Health
According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), “Colorado’s suicide rates are among the highest in the …
Butterfly Migration
If you love butterflies, this week has been an absolute delight along the Front Range as the painted lady butterflies …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Agricultural Society
Colorado Territory had barely been established when a group of leading farmers, agriculturalists, and promoters got together and formed the …
College and University Veteran Services
Colorado’s state-funded colleges and universities support veterans and active-duty servicemembers in a variety of ways, from tuition benefits to job …
September is National Preparedness Month
The recent hurricane events have demonstrated the importance of being prepared for disaster. Even though we don’t get hurricanes in …
Time Machine Tuesday: Trappers, Traders and Mountain Men
In the early decades of the nineteenth century, French, English, and American fur trappers came to Colorado, living a rugged …
Colorado and the Aerospace Industry
Aerospace has been designated by the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade as one of Colorado’s fourteen key …
West Nile Virus
The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) reminds us that “summer may be waning, but West Nile Virus …
Hurricane Information
2017 is turning out to be a historic year for hurricane activity in the U.S., as the Gulf Coast works …
Colorado’s Labor History
This coming Monday is Labor Day. Because so much of Colorado’s development was tied in with mining, transportation, and other …