Colorado US attorney: Treat overdose deaths as homicides
Colorado’s new U.S. attorney is encouraging law enforcement in the state to investigate opioid overdose deaths as homicides.
The Colorado Sun reports Jason Dunn is also digging into data on doctors and nurses who prescribe unusually large quantities of opioid painkillers, with an eye toward prosecuting those who are illegally diverting the drugs and, he feels, adding to the scourge of heroin.
Dunn says there are dealers who either know they are selling fentanyl instead of heroin or know that it has already caused death and continue to sell it.
The tactics mark a redoubling of efforts that began in Colorado’s U.S. Attorney’s Office under Dunn’s predecessors and amid growing efforts statewide to tackle an epidemic that killed 560 Coloradans in 2017.
Male wolf dies after capture attempt, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials confirm
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 hours ago
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the wolf, identified as #2305 — meaning it was one of the original 10 animals that came from Oregon — died on Jan. 28 in Routt County. The wolf was the male of the...
Gov. Jared Polis moves to end ICE subpoena fight over Colorado workers’ personal data
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 hours ago
The effort by Gov. Jared Polis to comply with an administrative subpoena from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for information held by several state agencies is now over. Polis, in a motion filed Feb. 20, asked for a permanent injunction and...
House oversight to grill Bill Clinton about Epstein visiting White House 17 times
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Updated 4 hours ago
Former President Bill Clinton is set to testify Friday before the House oversight committee, where Republicans say they plan to press him about Jeffrey Epstein’s visits to the White House and his past travel aboard the late disgraced financier’s private...
Ex-Colorado Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis avoids prison, gets probation for forged ethics letters
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 3 hours ago
Former state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, was sentenced Friday to two years of supervised probation and 150 hours of community service, and a $3,000 fine, to be waived if she completes an additional 100 hours of community service. The...
Bipartisan bill aims to launch Colorado ‘Cradle to Career’ anti-poverty grant program
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 4 hours ago
The bill’s sponsors say it will help Colorado families living in poverty, and the organizations that support them have cleared their first hurdle, but they will need to raise just over $1 million before things get off the ground. Senate...
Senate GOP sends warning to House SAVE Act agitators: Don’t tell us what to do
Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner
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Updated 5 hours ago
If there’s one thing senators don’t take kindly, it’s outsiders telling them how to run their chamber. It’s in that spirit that the resistance among Senate Republicans to skirt the traditional 60-vote filibuster threshold and advance the SAVE America Act...
Benavidez chosen to fill Senate District 21 vacancy after Michaelson Jenet resigns
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
A Democratic Senate District 21 vacancy committee Thursday night chose former Rep. Adrienne Benavidez, D-Adams County, to replace former Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet. Michaelson Jenet resigned on Feb. 13 to become the director of the David and Laura Merage Foundation...
Colorado delegation’s plus-one picks convey messages at Donald Trump’s State of the Union | TRAIL MIX
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
It’s become a tradition for members of Congress to deliver messages of their own at the State of the Union address, though this year none of the Colorado lawmakers shouted at the president during the speech, nor did the delegation...
Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper becomes first statewide candidate to submit nominating petitions
Ernest Luning
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Updated 8 hours ago
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Thursday became the first statewide candidate to submit petition signatures for Colorado’s June Democratic primary, according to his campaign and the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. Seeking reelection to a second term, Hickenlooper is facing...
Bill Clinton faces grilling from lawmakers over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein
Stephen Groves
stephen.groves@associatedpress.com
Updated 8 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is testifying Friday before members of Congress investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, answering for his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago. The closed-door deposition in Chappaqua, New...
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