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Evergreen shooting catapults a familiar debate back to the forefront
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
When a 16-year-old student began firing at his schoolmates at a popular Mountain town in Colorado and critically injured two students, it catapulted to the fore an emotionally-wrought and familiar debate at the state Capitol — how to stop a...
Denver board held behind-the-scenes talks on Marrero’s contract
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 hours ago
The Denver school board may have run afoul of Colorado’s open meetings law by channeling discussions about Superintendent Alex Marrero’s contract extension through the district’s attorney and a secret, two-member committee, according to experts. Among those raising concerns is Steve...
10th Circuit hears Denver, officer’s request to overturn $14M jury verdict after 2020 protests
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Members of the Colorado-based federal appeals court considered on Wednesday whether a judge committed errors in the 2022 civil trial where jurors found Denver liable for $14 million for violating the constitutional rights of protesters. In the first lawsuit of...
‘Perseverance and quiet courage’: 10th Circuit honors Stephanie Seymour as longest-serving judge
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court honored its longest-serving member on Tuesday by unveiling a portrait of Senior Judge Stephanie K. Seymour that will hang in the courthouse. “It has been an honor of a lifetime to have gotten this job...
Some hard truths for Democrats amidst the despair | SONDERMANN
Eric Sondermann
eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Across the country, Democrats remain deep in despair, accompanied by more than a bit of lingering disbelief that they lost to Donald Trump a second time. This is all compounded by the powerlessness of seeing the Senate and House also...
Evergreen High School had a police officer — she was on medical leave during Wednesday’s shooting
Sage Kelley
sage.kelley@denvergazette.com
Updated 22 hours ago
When a 16-year-old student began shooting and kept reloading his gun at Evergreen High School around noon on Wednesday, the police officer assigned to the campus was not on duty. That full-time school resource officer (SRO) was on medical leave....
10th Circuit weighs courts’ authority to block Colorado legislative decorum rules
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 24 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court questioned on Wednesday whether the rules of decorum governing public comments at Colorado legislative committee hearings are beyond the reach of the judiciary, thanks to the concept of legislative immunity. During oral arguments to the...
Colorado Democrat Yadira Caraveo drops bid to win back 8th Congressional District seat
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo announced on Friday that she was ending her campaign to reclaim the Colorado congressional seat the Thornton Democrat lost last year in one of the closest U.S. House races in the country. Caraveo, a pediatrician...
Utah’s governor, in impassioned remarks, urges Americans to find ‘off-ramp’ from political violence
Michelle L. Price
michelle.l..price@associatedpress.com
Updated 1 day ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, long an advocate for civility, made an impassioned plea on Friday for Americans and young people in particular to use the horror of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s public assassination as an inflection point...
Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing had become ‘more political’ and likely acted alone, authorities say
Eric Tucker
eric.tucker@associatedpress.com
Updated 1 day ago
OREM, Utah (AP) — The man accused in the Charlie Kirk assassination had earlier expressed to family his opposition to the viewpoints of the conservative activist, the authorities said Friday in announcing an arrest in a targeted killing that raised...
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A pilot program aimed at teaching military veterans how to train service dogs to help them cope with issues like post traumatic stress disorder is one step closer to becoming a reality. The program proposed in HB 1112 by Rep. Lois Landgraf, R-Fountain, would spend $130,000 from the state’s Veterans Trust Fund. The bill passed […]
Sanders backer mounts primary bid against Perlmutter
Inspired by the presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, retired Army Capt. Shawn Carlson this week started gathering signatures to make the primary ballot to challenge U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Golden Democrat, although the 31-year-old would probably disagree with the way that’s phrased. “It’s not that I’m running against Ed,” Carlson told The […]