The Pueblo Chieftain: Businesses donate to patrol car makeovers
Thanks to the generosity of several Pueblo businesses, the Pueblo Police Department fleet includes patrol cars completely repainted to match the popular black-and-white design and new decals sported by more recent additions to the fleet.
Extreme Auto Body, Southwest Motors and D&S Paint Center have teamed up the past several months to repaint beat-up police cruisers that had peeling paint and worn-down looks.
“The new design was so well-received by the public that it was decided to seek donation funding to repaint several of our older Crown Victoria patrol units to match the new black-and-white design,” said Kim Wittrup, the police department’s fleet manager. “In all, 12 units have been repainted.”
Feds order coal-fired Craig power plant to remain open
Scott Weiser
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Updated 14 hours ago
The Trump administration’s energy agency has ordered one of three generating units at a Colorado power plant to remain available for operation amid an impending shutdown of the station and its supplying coal mines. The move is one of the...
Appeals court shuts down path to challenge convictions if lawyer tells jury that defendant is guilty
Michael Karlik
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Updated 15 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded on Wednesday that defendants cannot challenge whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain their convictions if their lawyer argues to the jury that it should find the defendant guilty. The U.S. Supreme Court has provided guidance...
Colorado legislature votes to make committee hearing livestreams permanent
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 8 hours ago
The executive committee of the legislative council — the six top leaders of the House and Senate — voted 5-1 Wednesday to make permanent the video livestreaming of committee hearings, starting in the 2026 legislative session, which begins Jan. 14....
Here’s where House retirements stand as clock strikes midnight on 2025
Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner
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Updated 2 days ago
The House will return on Jan. 6, and with it, some 10% of lawmakers will start their final year in the lower chamber, either retiring or seeking higher office in the 2026 midterm elections. The lower chamber will get its...
Colorado senator, local officials push for new Colorado Springs federal courthouse
Michael Karlik
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Updated 2 days ago
Local officials and one of Colorado’s U.S. senators urged the judiciary earlier this year to explore placing a new federal courthouse and judge’s chambers in Colorado Springs, while the district court is cautioning that Congress must establish new judgeships before...
SNAP recipients in five states will be banned from using assistance for candy and soda, beginning 2026
David Zimmermann Washington Examiner
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Updated 2 days ago
More than 1.4 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program across five states will be banned from using federal food assistance for candy and soda purchases, starting Thursday. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, and West Virginia are the first group...
Trump’s first year back in office: Four successes and four failures
NAOMI LIM Washington Examiner
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Updated 2 days ago
President Donald Trump is closing a seismic year as the country’s commander in chief. Since the first day of his second administration, when he issued 26 executive orders, 12 presidential memos, and four proclamations, the most first-day actions of any...
Gov. Polis appoints Lindstedt to Colorado Senate District 25 after vacancy committee misses deadline
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 1 day ago
Despite a similar vote by a Senate District 25 vacancy committee last week, it was up to Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday to make sure the Senate seat was filled and ready for the 2026 session. That’s because the vacancy...
‘Rot in hell’: Trump post reignites feud with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over Tina Peters
Thelma Grimes
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Updated 2 days ago
Heading into the New Year, President Donald Trump said he would like Gov. Jared Polis and others in Colorado to “rot in hell.” The object of the president’s ire is Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of state...
US Rep. Lauren Boebert calls for override vote after Trump vetoes bipartisan Colorado water bill
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 days ago
President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his second term Tuesday, blocking a long-awaited bipartisan effort to finish a southeastern Colorado water project that supporters say is critical to delivering clean drinking water to roughly 50,000 residents of the...