DENVER — With a 4-3 vote, a bill that would allow certain offenders in Colorado to petition a court to reconsider their sentence advanced out of the Senate…
Read more Certain Colorado inmates could ask a court to reconsider their sentence under bill that narrowly moved forwardColorado state Rep. Ron Weinberg will face more scrutiny for allegations of unethical behavior following a vote of his peers Wednesday morning. The House Ethics Committee found probable…
Read more Ethics committee finds probable cause to investigate if Colorado House member broke rulesDouglas County commissioners passed a measure Tuesday that requires hundreds of retail stores in unincorporated parts of the county to file a report with law enforcement when thieves…
Read more Douglas County adopts law requiring stores to report theft — but drops fines for failing to do soDENVER — A bill that is expected to be introduced in the Colorado State Capitol within the next week would change how law enforcement responds to crashes where…
Read more Magnus’ Law: Bill would change how Colorado law enforcement responds to serious crashesDENVER — On the heels of protests that erupted across the nation related to federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota, Colorado Democrats announced legislation they contend will protect civil…
Read more Colorado Democrats announce legislation they claim will hold federal immigration agents accountableDENVER — A throng of people — estimated at more than one thousand strong — marched through downtown Denver on Monday to commemorate the life and legacy of…
Read more ‘De-mask ICE’: MLK Day Marade in Denver dominated by discussions about federal immigration enforcementDENVER — Law enforcement may one day need to obtain a warrant in order to search the data collected from license plate readers in Colorado during certain investigations,…
Read more Colorado bill would require law enforcement obtain a warrant to search Flock database in some investigationsA conservative podcaster who’s trumpeted false election conspiracies and called for the execution of political rivals, including Gov. Jared Polis, has formally joined the Republican race to become…
Read more Conspiracy theorist-podcaster joins crowded GOP race for Colorado governor, but will candidacy ‘go nowhere’?DENVER (AP) — Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former senator and U.S. representative of Colorado known for his passionate advocacy of Native American issues, died Tuesday. He was 92.…
Read more Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra is on the precipice of being released from an immigration detention facility after an immigration judge ruled Sunday that she can post bail. Denver…
Read more Jeanette Vizguerra, detained immigrant activist, likely to be released in coming daysAn immigration judge will decide in the coming days whether to temporarily release an immigrant rights activist after a Friday bail hearing that was delayed when authorities tried…
Read more Immigration judge weighs release of activist Jeanette Vizguerra after ICE sought to block media’s court accessImmigration authorities must provide detained activist Jeanette Vizguerra with a bail hearing in the next week, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in Denver. The order offers an avenue…
Read more Detained immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra must get bail hearing before Christmas, judge rulesDENVER — For the second year in a row, Colorado is staring down a daunting budget deficit — and the governor believes cuts to Medicaid are one solution…
Read more Gov. Polis presents budget to lawmakers, focuses on proposal that would cut Medicaid programsIn the last budget that Gov. Jared Polis will usher through from conception to enactment, the term-limited Democrat hopes to wrestle down ever-rising Medicaid costs, he said Friday…
Read more Gov. Jared Polis’ budget proposal takes aim at Medicaid spending, eyes Pinnacol spin-off — againGov. Jared Polis is still trying to find a way to comply with a federal immigration subpoena, four months after a Denver judge ruled that doing so would…
Read more A judge told Gov. Jared Polis not to comply with an ICE subpoena. Polis’ attorneys say he still wants to.Federal immigration arrests in Colorado surged this summer as the Trump administration charged ahead with its plans to mass-deport undocumented immigrants. But as arrests have spiked, law enforcement…
Read more ICE arrests climb in Colorado this summer, but people detained are less likely to have criminal backgroundsDENVER — Colorado’s special legislative session ended on Tuesday after six days. The success of the session depends on which state lawmaker you ask. Governor Jared Polis called…
Read more Colorado Republicans, Democrats disagree on how much progress was made during special sessionThe first round of bills from the Colorado legislature’s latest special session is heading to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk after receiving final approval from lawmakers Sunday. But work…
Read more First batch of special session bills heads to Gov. Jared PolisThe conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a Denver-based voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s…
Read more Newsmax to pay $67M to Denver’s Dominion Voting Systems to settle defamation case over 2020 election claimsThe owners of several dilapidated apartment buildings in Aurora and Denver have faced a new threat in recent months: an investigation by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office on…
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