Douglas County commissioners took the first step in a nine-step process of becoming a home rule charter county.

Home-rule authority is a power that leaders in the conservative suburban county hope to wield as a defensive weapon against what they consider legislative overreach by state lawmakers.

The Douglas County Transportation Steering Committee on April 2 heard an update from the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) on its 2050 Regional Transportation Plan. This year marks the ...