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Colorado primary for governor: Meet the Democratic and Republican candidates
Thelma Grimes
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Updated 5 hours ago
Colorado’s race for governor is wide open this year, with Gov. Jared Polis term‑limited and unable to seek reelection. Five candidates are competing for a spot on the November ballot, setting up one of the most closely watched primaries in...
Colorado Attorney General Democratic primary: Meet the candidates
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
One of the most closely watched contests on the June primary ballot is the four‑way Democratic race for Colorado attorney general. With Attorney General Phil Weiser term‑limited and running for governor, attention has shifted to the candidates vying to replace...
‘A warrior for us all’: Colorado leaders mourn former state Rep. Lois Landgraf
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Former state Rep. Lois Landgraf, a veteran advocate and influential Republican voice in El Paso County for more than a decade, died June 1 at 74, prompting an outpouring of remembrances from colleagues and community leaders. A celebration of life...
Colorado Supreme Court shuts down ‘new form of representation’ in postconviction cases
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
While unrepresented defendants in postconviction proceedings are permitted to have a court-appointed attorney investigate and augment their claims, that is not the case when a private lawyer authors the original petition, the Colorado Supreme Court decided on Monday. In contrast...
Trump and Macron play nice at G7 summit opening
Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner
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Updated 8 hours ago
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron avoided any public tussles over foreign policy at the opening events of the G7 summit in Evian, France, on Monday. The two leaders have had a complicated relationship during Trump’s second term...
Colorado State Shooting Association files constitutional challenge to firearms dealer law
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A firearms group has filed a lawsuit challenging a recently signed law expanding regulations for firearms dealers in Colorado. House Bill 26-1126 clarifies that firearms dealers must hold both a federal and state license to operate. The bill also allows the...
Ethics panel frustrated as Colorado Rep. Joseph refuses to appear without subpoena
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Colorado House Ethics Committee voted unanimously on Monday to subpoena a legislator from Boulder to appear at its June 23 hearing on the complaint involving another state representative accused of misusing caucus funds. Rep. Junie Joseph, D‑Boulder, to appear...
Colorado justices walk back appeals court’s expansion of rezoning via ballot box
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that rezonings of planned-unit developments cannot occur through a vote at the ballot box, reversing an appellate decision that found such changes were fair game for a popular vote. In contrast to traditional,...
Colorado Supreme Court recognizes right to self-defense in workplace
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 27 minutes ago
The Colorado Supreme Court recognized on Monday that there is a right to self-defense in the workplace for which employers may not terminate workers so long as they lawfully exercise that right. The court’s majority in the 5-2 decision cautioned...
Colorado Supreme Court heads toward summer recess, newest justice authors first opinion | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court is in the process of releasing a large batch of opinions as it heads toward its summer recess in July, plus...
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Trump nominates new U.S. attorney for Colorado
President Donald Trump has nominated Jason Dunn to serve as Colorado’s U.S. attorney in a long-anticipated move, the White House announced Wednesday. Dunn is a former deputy state attorney general and assistant solicitor general under former Colorado Attorney General John Suthers (now Colorado Springs’ mayor) and a shareholder at the powerful Denver law firm Brownstein […]
Forest Service proposes changes to sage grouse protections
BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Forest Service proposed changes Wednesday to sage grouse protections in six Western states that call for eliminating special designations for crucial habitat as well as keeping areas open for mining. The agency also said restrictions on water development for livestock will be removed as will other requirements that could limit […]