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Supreme Court justices Kagan and Barrett to testify on Capitol Hill
Rena Rowe
rena.rowe@washingtonexaminer.com
Updated 22 minutes ago
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan are scheduled to testify before Congress next week as lawmakers consider the judiciary’s funding request. Barrett and Kagan are slated to appear before the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General...
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans says Colorado small businesses are feeling the strain from state regulations in letter to Gov. Polis
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
In a letter to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Monday, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans raised concerns he says he’s hearing from small business owners about the effects of the continued increase in state regulations. Evans wrote that small business owners...
AI is already reshaping US politics at every level
The Associated Press
the-associated-press@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Artificial intelligence is barging into the workplace and transforming the battlefield. Now, it’s coming to the ballot box, promising to rewrite the DNA of politics. Driven by a flood of Silicon Valley money, AI has emerged as one of the...
A few thoughts on returning home | Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack
hal-bidlack@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Did you miss me? (Editor: might be best not to ask…) I’ve been on the road for much of the last month or so, visiting family and performing my one-man show as Alexander Hamilton for groups of lawyers and regular...
10th Circuit agrees Colorado Springs paramedic, officer not liable for constitutional violations in man’s death
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court decided on Monday that a Colorado Springs paramedic and police officer could not be held liable for constitutional violations for their roles in restraining a man in a mental health crisis, leading to his death....
Republican Victor Marx maintains slim lead over Barb Kirkmeyer in Colorado gubernatorial primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
Republican Victor Marx held on to a narrow lead Monday over state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer as county clerks continued to count ballots in Colorado’s gubernatorial primary. Following an update posted at 3:30 p.m. by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office,...
Prosecutor plans to enter physical abuse evidence in Barry Morphew murder trial
Carol McKinley, Special to The Denver Gazette
carol.mckinley@gazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The prosecutor in the Barry Morphew murder trial told a judge on Monday that she plans to introduce evidence of physical abuse in the couple’s marriage, which ended when Suzanne Morphew disappeared on Mother’s Day in 2020. Morphew has been...
10th Circuit revives Colorado voter intimidation lawsuit due to judge’s error
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court on Monday reversed a trial judge’s finding that the leaders of an “election integrity” effort had not illegally intimidated Colorado voters through an organized door-to-door canvassing project to search for election fraud in the wake...
United Way of Southern Colorado calls for donations, anticipates long recovery from Aspen Acres fire
Mary Shinn
mary-shinn@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
As firefighters battle the Aspen Acres fire, the United Way of Southern Colorado is helping those displaced by the blaze. “This is going to take months and months to recover from,” said Shanna Farmer, president and CEO of the nonprofit,...
State Supreme Court’s final decisions of term, Trump’s judicial nominee appears before Senate | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court has released its final opinions before its summer recess, plus the president’s nominee for the Denver-based federal appeals court fielded questions...