The Pueblo Chieftain: Vote Maes, Voss for school board
The board of education for Pueblo City Schools (D60) needs change agents. In the November election, we believe there are two candidates who are best equipped to challenge the status quo and set the board on a course for a brighter future. They are Dennis Maes and Taylor Voss.
Our two recommended candidates have very different backgrounds. Maes is a 72-year-old retiree who spent 24 years as a district judge, including 17 years as chief district judge. He has been involved in a number of community organizations and has worked extensively to combat school truancy. As a citizen activist, he was also one of the leading critics when former school superintendent Constance Jones was fired under questionable circumstances.
Colorado’s chief federal judge breaks with colleagues on issue of mandatory immigration detention
Michael Karlik
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Updated 8 hours ago
Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico broke with his peers on Colorado’s U.S. District Court last week in siding with the government’s argument about the broad scope of its immigration detention authority. In an April 15 order finding that a man...
Colorado panel rejects 2 of 3 Polis appointees to wildlife body
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 7 hours ago
A contentious hearing Wednesday saw two out of three of Gov. Jared Polis’ picks for the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission rejected by a panel of legislators. The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee approved, on a 7-0 vote, the...
Colorado Democratic bill would allow lawsuits against federal officials, drawing warnings from local critics
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 8 hours ago
Colorado Democrats are considering a bill that would let people sue federal, state, and local officials for alleged constitutional violations — a change supporters say would check government power, while critics warn it could trigger a surge of lawsuits against...
10th Circuit agrees Frontier must pay TSA for security fees
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Frontier Airlines must pay nearly $5.4 million to the Transportation Security Administration after it improperly held onto security-related fees paid by certain customers, the federal appeals court in Denver ruled on Monday. The TSA argued that federal law and regulations...
Trump calls Virginia redistricting election ‘RIGGED,’ hopes courts reverse maps
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
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Updated 10 hours ago
President Donald Trump denounced the redistricting election in Virginia as “RIGGED,” and voiced his hope that the courts would strike the new congressional map down. In a post on Truth Social, Trump questioned the legitimacy of the Tuesday voting results,...
Colorado House ethics panel reviews complaint alleging misuse of Democratic caucus money
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Colorado’s House Ethics Committee has begun reviewing a complaint accusing Rep. Mandy Lindsay of improperly handling Democratic Caucus money, setting in motion a weekslong inquiry into her role and responsibilities as caucus co‑chair. The complaint was filed in January by...
Colorado GOP asks judge to bar state from sending Republican primary ballots to unaffiliated voters
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
The Colorado Republican Party on Monday asked a federal judge to issue an emergency injunction to prevent the state’s unaffiliated voters from being able to cast ballots in the GOP’s upcoming primary election. Lawyers for the party argue in a...
Appeals court upholds convictions despite juror’s dishonesty about criminal history
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court declined to order a new trial last week for a Boulder County defendant, despite a juror’s concealment of his own prior conviction until after the verdict. A jury found Kasey James Arrington guilty of kidnapping and sex-related...
Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants
Alanna Durkin Richer
alanna.durkin.richer@associatedpress.com
Updated 16 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information, acting Attorney General Todd...
Colorado lawmakers push limits on data-driven pricing as critics push back
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers are weighing a proposal to restrict the use of algorithms in setting prices and wages, as advocates warn the technology enables hidden discrimination while business groups argue the bill overreaches and interferes with legitimate data‑driven practices. House Bill...