Steamboat Today editorial: Addressing a deadly dilemma
According to traffic safety statistics released by the Colorado State Patrol, as of March 31, troopers had investigated 114 crashes that involved fatalities or injuries specifically linked to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a 6.5-percent increase over 2016 numbers for the same time period.
Think about that for a moment: 114 fatal or injurious DUI crashes in the first three months of 2017 alone.
This only one among myriad heartbreaking statistics that reinforce something most of us already knew: Driving under the influence is a problem across the state of Colorado, and, indeed, across the entire nation.
Greeley voters halt landmark development project
Hap Fry, Special to The Gazette
hap-fry@gazette.com
Updated 28 minutes ago
GREELEY – The landscape-altering Cascadia development project has been put on ice, according to unofficial results of a city referendum on the project Tuesday. The proposed development would have included an 8,600-seat multiuse arena and ice center that would be home to the Colorado Eagles,...
State audit: Rape kit backlog reduced but more work needed to hit goal
Jenny Deam
jenny-deam@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 46 minutes ago
In the past year, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has slashed the time it takes to process DNA collected in sexual assault cases, but the agency still is far short of its turnaround goal, the state auditor reported on Wednesday....
Daniel Domenico to take over as Colorado’s chief federal judge
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
Daniel D. Domenico will become the new chief judge of Colorado’s federal trial court next week, a role that encompasses the administration of the court as well as a judicial caseload. Under federal law, the chief judge of a U.S....
10th Circuit upholds violations, sanctions against Colorado Springs mental health hospital
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed earlier this month that the government properly cited and penalized a Colorado Springs psychiatric hospital for failing to protect its staff from known risks posed by patients. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspected...
Vance working with DOJ and Treasury after Trump announces ‘war on fraud’
David Zimmermann Washington Examiner
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Updated 6 hours ago
Vice President JD Vance confirmed on Wednesday that he is working with the Justice and Treasury Departments to root out fraud nationwide. During the State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced Vance would lead the administration’s “war on...
House Ethics Committee dismisses some claims, advances others against Rep. Ron Weinberg
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
The House Ethics Committee voted on Wednesday to accept three allegations filed against Rep. Ron Weinberg, R-Loveland, but combined two into one subject area. The two issues involve inappropriate comments made to female lawmakers in two separate incidents and the...
Bipartisan opposition sinks eviction bill in Colorado
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Two Democrats sided with Republicans on a legislative panel to reject a proposal that would have made several changes to eviction filings and proceedings, including requiring judges to suppress court records. Sponsored by Rep. Junie Joseph, D-Boulder, House Bill 1047...
Appeals judges tell Boulder students about workload, ‘attack mode’ during school visit
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Three judges on Colorado’s second-highest court traveled to Boulder on Tuesday to hear oral arguments in real cases and field questions from students about their professional paths, their workload on the Court of Appeals, and their approach to interacting with...
State of the Union: Here’s what Trump didn’t say
W. James Antle III Washington Examiner
wjamesantleiiiwashingtonexaminer@wpstage.coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
President Donald Trump made the case that happy days are here again in the first State of the Union of his second term, but there was little talk of transition or pain. “The state of our union is strong,” he...
Ex-Cherry Creek superintendent must repay one month’s salary after abrupt resignation
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Former Cherry Creek School District Superintendent Chris Smith must repay one month’s salary for failing to provide the board of education with three-month’s notice of his resignation, The Denver Gazette has learned. The board of education has not waived the...
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