5 of Colorado’s weirdest laws
Some of Colorado’s laws might seem excessive, arbitrary or bizarre enough to make one wonder what its origin story was.
CLICK THROUGH THE PHOTOS ABOVE for a look at some of the sunshine state’s strangest laws.
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Another translocated wolf dies in Colorado, bringing total to 12
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 minutes ago
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Friday morning that another British Columbia wolf, a female with the tag 2506, died in southwest Colorado. No cause of death was announced. A necropsy will be performed by U.S. Fish & Wildlife. The exact...
DIA to cut flights until government shutdown ends
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Denver International Airport will reduce its flights by up to 10% while the government shutdown persists. The news comes after the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it would be reducing air traffic across 40 “high-volume” markets, as air traffic...
Appeals court says claims cannot be based on increased risk of future health problems
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last week that state law does not recognize a plaintiff’s claim that a defendant’s actions increased their risk of illness in the future. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel acknowledged that courts in some states have...
Settlement funds to be used to refrigerate food banks
Sage Kelley
sage.kelley@denvergazette.com
Updated 41 minutes ago
The Attorney General’s Office directed $400,000 in settlement funds to the Department of Human Services to be used for food storage improvements at Colorado food banks. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Thursday that the office will be taking the money...
Colorado figured out how to load state money onto EBT cards, officials say
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
Colorado officials said they figured out a way to load state funds onto the electronic cards of food stamp recipients. Officials from the Department of Human Services told Colorado Politics they had spoken “extensively” with the vendor for the electronic...
Danielle Jurinsky bids Aurora City Council farewell in social media post
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 16 hours ago
Aurora City Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky, who is likely to lose Tuesday’s election alongside fellow incumbent Amsalu Kassaw, thanked her supporters and bid farewell to the City Council in a social media post on Wednesday. Jurinsky and Kassaw’s likely election losses...
Colorado Court of Appeals rules against Douglas Bruce in ‘trip and fall’ case
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Douglas Bruce — author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and a former inmate convicted of tax evasion — lost an appeal Thursday in the Colorado Court of Appeals related to a fall he suffered at the 2022 Western Conservative...
Aurora celebrates opening of homeless navigation campus
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 45 minutes ago
Aurora officials celebrated the opening of the city’s highly anticipated Regional Navigation Campus on Thursday, cutting the ribbon on the former hotel that will act as a “one-stop-shop” for homeless services and shelter starting in two weeks. The navigation campus...
Gov. Polis releases ‘roadmap’ to cut auto insurance costs in Colorado
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Insurance released a “roadmap” intended to reduce auto insurance premiums for Colorado drivers on Thursday. “In Colorado, we are focused on saving people money and making Colorado the best place to live,...
Trump unveils deal to expand coverage and lower costs on obesity drugs
The Associated Press
the-associated-press@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled a deal Thursday with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for the popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy. Known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, the drugs have soared in...
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Colorado Governor's Citizenship Medals awarded to Pat Bowlen, community leaders
Gov. Jared Polis announced his picks for Coloradans who inspired positive growth for the state in 2019. The Governor’s Citizenship Medals program was launched in 2015 by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper with five categories: Vanguard Legacy, Emerging Community Leader, Growth & Innovation, Public & Community Service, and Corporate Citizenship. “The Governor’s Citizenship Medal was created to […]
Denver-based law-lobbying firm promotes Hickenlooper's former chief of staff
Colorado is a unique place for lobbyists, according to a newly promoted chair at a law and policy firm in Denver. Doug Friednash was promoted to chair the state and local legislation and policy group for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, which has locations in four Western states, as well as Washington, D.C. Friednash worked as […]