Colorado Gov. Jared Polis offered an evenhanded approach to dealing with the coming administration of President-elect Donald Trump during his annual State of the State address Thursday, while criticizing parts of Trump’s deportation plans and outlining an agenda that includes more housing and transportation reform.

Gov. Jared Polis sprinkles stories of Coloradans into every State of the State address, inviting them to the chamber so people can put a face to the name. But this year, he told the story of a Coloradan who remained nameless and faceless.

Gov. Jared Polis explained his outreach with his go-to refrain that isn’t often heard in today’s hyperpolarized politics: “We can get good ideas from the left and the right.”

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is set to give the State of the State Address at the state Capitol on Thursday. George W. Bush gave fellow former president Barack Obama a friendly belly tap at the Jan. 9 funeral of Jimmy Carter, and the internet was obsessed with the viral moment.

Gov. Jared Polis' seventh State of the State address focuses on freedom, immigration, education, public safety, and health care.

This is the prepared text of Gov. Jared Polis’ 2025 State of the State address to the Colorado General Assembly, which he delivered shortly after 11 a.m., Jan. 9. Welcome. I’d like to begin with a moment of silence in memory of President Jimmy Carter,

Immigration, housing, Space Command and his usual bevy of pop culture references — Gov. Jared Polis’ annual agenda-setting speech ranged from the southern border to the edges of Middle Earth. This was his second-to-last State of the State address as governor,

Colorado Democrats on Thursday lauded Gov. Jared Polis' annual address to the legislature for highlighting some of their top priorities, notably affordable housing, education and climate-related policies.