New Mexico Supreme Court to hear voting case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in the fight over the secretary of state’s decision to reinstate straight-party voting ahead of the upcoming general election.
The court issued an order Tuesday, setting a hearing for Sept. 12 in Santa Fe.
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver is facing criticism after she announced last week she was formatting the ballots to allow voting in which a slate of major party candidates can be chosen all at one time.
Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat who is running for re-election, has argued that state statute gives her the authority to format the ballots.
Critics say there is no provision in state law that provides for straight-party voting and that the move was intended to give Democrats an advantage.
Colorado justices, 4-3, order new murder trial due to wrongfully excluded evidence
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 minutes ago
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a trial judge incorrectly faulted a defendant for refusing to cooperate in a mental health examination, even though the state’s hospital was the entity that botched its responsibility to evaluate her during...
Overdose deaths from opioids dip in America — but not in Colorado, study says
Jacob Mauk
jacob.mauk@denvergazette.com
Updated 13 minutes ago
Overdose deaths from opioids rose in Colorado, diverging from the national trend, which has been decreasing, according to a new study from a think tank. In its new report, the Common Sense Institute said synthetic opioid overdose deaths in Colorado...
Colorado voters will decide whether transgender students can join girls’ sports
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 25 minutes ago
A ballot initiative that would require student athletes to only join sports teams that correspond to their biological sex has qualified for the November ballot, the latest development in the culture war being waged in school districts, in the courts...
Error-prone Douglas County judge triggers another reversal of criminal convictions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a defendant’s Douglas County convictions on Thursday due to the error of a judge whose actions have triggered a disproportionate number of reversals to convictions and sentences in recent years. Since 2021, the Court of Appeals...
Susie Wiles diagnosed with ‘early stage’ breast cancer: Trump
David Zimmermann Washington Examiner
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Updated 11 minutes ago
President Donald Trump announced White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with “early stage” breast cancer and that she decided to take on the illness immediately. Wiles will not step down from her administrative role at this...
Hacked crosswalks in Denver sound anti-Trump messages
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Denver pedestrians got a surprise this weekend when the audio messages from push-button speakers on some crosswalks were mysteriously replaced with anti-President Donald Trump messages. “The walk signal is on, Trump … (reference to the Iran school that was bombed),”...
Federal judge formalizes injunction blocking USDA’s ‘pilot project’ for Colorado food assistance
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
A federal judge formalized his order on Monday to prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture from requiring Colorado to participate in a food assistance “pilot project,” finding that it violates the law, the U.S. Constitution, and “the bounds of reasoned...
Colorado justices speak about inner workings of court, analysis of appellate opinions | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. Members of the state Supreme Court provided an inside look at the workings of their institution, and a Colorado Politics analysis found that some appellate...
Appeals court finds no requirement for different judge to handle attorney-client conflict hearings
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court rejected a defendant’s argument on Thursday that a judge improperly heard about a potential conflict between himself and his lawyer right before sentencing, and the man’s reaction could have “tainted” the sentencing decision. In September 2023, Anthony...
3,800 Colorado workers are on strike at JBS, one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US
Brittany Peterson
brittany.peterson@associatedpress.com
Updated 16 hours ago
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said was the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in four decades. Hundreds of...
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New Mexico GOP backs former ICE investigator for Statehouse
SANTA FE, N.M. – The Republican Party of New Mexico is hoping to keep control of an Albuquerque-based seat in the state House of Representatives with the nomination of a former Border Patrol agent and investigator for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Republicans on Tuesday announced the nomination of Robert Godshall to run for a […]
Facebook, Twitter defend efforts to stop election meddling
WASHINGTON – Facebook and Twitter executives plan to defend their companies in two congressional hearings on Wednesday, arguing they are aggressively trying to root out foreign actors who want to do the United States harm just weeks before the midterm elections. Twitter’s CEO will also face angry Republicans who claim the companies have shown evidence […]