The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: A new degree of progress
Confluence Hall, Colorado Mesa University’s newest academic building, is a landmark worth celebrating.
It’s the first CMU facility to front Seventh Street, providing a glimpse of what the university may become as it continues a sustained campus expansion made possible, in part, by critical support from the city and the county.
Gov. Polis unveils plan aimed at cutting Colorado home insurance costs by up to $800 a year
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 minutes ago
Gov. Jared Polis and Division of Insurance Commissioner Mike Conway unveiled a “roadmap” on Thursday that they say will save the average Coloradan $800 a year on homeowner’s insurance. Colorado has some of the highest homeowners’ insurance rates in the...
Federal judge allows disabled woman’s lawsuit to proceed against Elbert County sheriff
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 30 minutes ago
A federal judge rejected the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office’s attempt to dismiss a disability rights lawsuit against it on Tuesday, in which the plaintiff alleges she sustained further injuries after being forced to walk home 8.8 miles from the jail...
Colorado Springs family released from Texas ICE facility following judge’s order
Nick Smith
nick-smith@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
Nearly a year after an antisemitic attack in Boulder, a federal judge ordered Thursday that the suspect’s Colorado Springs-area family immediately be released from a Texas immigration detention center. Hayam El Gamal and her five children, Egyptian nationals, were taken...
Colorado taxpayers would lose thousands in TABOR refunds under Democrats’ proposed ballot measure
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
A nonpartisan analysis of a proposed ballot measure that seeks to increase public education spending by tapping Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds shows that about 75% of what would otherwise go to Colorado residents wouldn’t actually go to K-12 schools....
Castle Rock overhauls water fees, cuts costs for smaller homes
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The Castle Rock Town Council unanimously approved changes Tuesday to how water system development fees are calculated, shifting to a model intended to reduce building costs for smaller homes. The update follows an analysis of hundreds of homes built under...
Appeals court reverses conviction after judge blocked questioning about witness’s criminal charges
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
An Arapahoe County judge violated a defendant’s constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him by blocking the defense from asking a witness about her own pending criminal charges in the same jurisdiction, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. Prosecutors...
Boebert challenger Eileen Laubacher, Republican Gabe Evans lead Colorado’s quarterly House fundraising
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
The Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s most solidly Republican congressional district again posted the state’s biggest fundraising numbers for the most recent quarter, while Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, who is defending the state’s lone toss-up seat,...
Federal shift on medical cannabis draws praise and concern in Colorado
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
Colorado’s response to the federal reclassification of medical cannabis ranged from industry leaders celebrating the development to youth advocacy groups warning that the change heightens the need for stronger protections for children. The U.S. Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement...
10th Circuit orders second look at challenge to Colorado ‘ghost gun’ law
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court issued a mixed decision on Thursday, finding that a group of plaintiffs could not challenge certain aspects of Colorado’s “ghost gun” prohibition, could challenge others, and ordered further analysis of the law’s constitutionality. To address the...
Divided appeals court reverses assault conviction over insufficient guidance about paramedics’ authority
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s conviction last week for assaulting a paramedic, concluding that a Denver judge needed to give jurors additional information about the duties that paramedics are legally authorized to carry out. Two paramedics were attempting to...