The Pueblo Chieftain: Code enforcement busy
Pueblo’s city code enforcement officers were busy in 2017, receiving and handling 6,157 complaints, an increase of 1,670 over the previous year’s 4,487 complaints.
Complaints involving litter, trash, weeds, junk vehicles, zoning and marijuana all were higher than in 2016.
The workload resulted in 2,217 notices of code violations last year, an increase of 469 over the 1,748 notices issued in 2016.
U.S. House probes reports of fraud, waste in Colorado’s Medicaid program
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 minutes ago
The U.S. House committee on energy and commerce has sent a letter to Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance, seeking information on potential waste, fraud and abuse in Colorado’s Medicaid program. The March...
Colorado’s congressional redistricting proposal could flip two Republican house seats | ANALYSIS
Michael Braithwaite
michael.braithwaite@gazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A Democrat-backed proposal to redraw Colorado’s congressional map for the 2028 election could flip two Republican districts, including one that has never sent a GOP members to D.C. The proposal, introduced by a group called Coloradans for a Level Playing...
Appeals court overturns Douglas County vehicular homicide conviction due to faulty jury instructions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a defendant’s vehicular homicide conviction and 12-year prison sentence on Thursday after determining a Douglas County judge omitted key language from the jury instructions that could have resulted in a different outcome. James Paul McDonald was...
Colorado lawmakers’ speeches on immigration, Iran draw worries about decorum, grandstanding
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Several speeches from Colorado legislators this week have raised new worries about decorum and grandstanding in the state House after two members talked about immigration and Iran using what’s called a “point of personal privilege.” Under the rules of the...
Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after building criticism over immigration enforcement
Michelle L. Price
michelle.l..price@associatedpress.com
Updated 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and said he will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin. Trump made the announcement on social media on Thursday, two days...
Trump wants to be personally ‘involved’ in picking next Iranian leader: Report
Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
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Updated 5 hours ago
President Donald Trump told Axios Thursday that he wants to be personally involved with picking Iran‘s next leader, despite multiple senior administration officials repeatedly declaring that “regime change” is not a stated objective of Operation Epic Fury. Trump conducted an...
Iran widens regional war with first strike into Azerbaijan
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
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Updated 5 hours ago
Iran spread the growing regional war to the Caucasus with its first drone strike into Azerbaijan, hitting an airport terminal and damaging a nearby school. A video recorded by someone at Nakhchivan International Airport showed one of the drones exploding...
Rand Paul excoriates Congress for failure to pass War Powers Resolution: ‘Should be ashamed’
Claire Carter, Washington Examiner
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Updated 5 hours ago
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted his colleagues for failing to pass a resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s military campaign in Iran. The Kentucky Republican made the remarks in an opinion column published on Fox News a day after...
DOJ quietly closes autopen investigation targeting Biden and aides
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Updated 5 hours ago
The Department of Justice has quietly closed an investigation into former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign official documents, according to a source familiar with the matter. DOJ pardon attorney Ed Martin, the former “weaponization” czar, opened...
Colorado legislators eye changes to credit card ‘swipe fees’
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado legislators are proposing to eliminate “swipe fees” on sales taxes, a move that proponents say would save businesses tens of thousands of dollars a year but which will likely revive counter-arguments that those fees help create a stable and...
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