Colorado Attorney General to announce alliance to address hate crimes
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser plans to announce a new public-private partnership to address hate crimes in the state.
He’s scheduled to hold a news conference Monday morning with officials from the Anti-Defamation League, the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado to release the details.
The announcement follows the recent arrests of one man who is accused of plotting with undercover FBI agents to bomb a synagogue in Pueblo and another who is accused of threatening people outside a Denver mosque with what turned out to be a BB gun.
Colorado legislators propose $46.8 billion budget, driven by Medicaid costs
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 22 minutes ago
The six-member panel of legislators in charge of crafting the state budget has now turned over its plan to the Colorado legislature, proposing to spend $1.5 billion more for the Medicaid program. The increase is driven by Medicaid costs, which...
Governor signs bill expanding who can petition for weapons restrictions
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 1 hour ago
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed a bill into law expanding who can ask a judge to temporarily restrict a person’s access to firearms. Established in 2019, 0Colorado’s extreme risk protection law (ERPO) initially allowed a family member or law...
Colorado justices restore RTD subcontractor’s award, reject ‘drastic’ view of public works law
Michael Karlik
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Updated 3 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday restored a $5.7 million award to a company that helped build a commuter rail line and, in doing so, rejected a view of state law that would nullify a subcontractor’s entitlement to any compensation...
As Colorado passes 6 million residents, housing initiatives take center stage
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 hours ago
New Census data confirming Colorado’s population has topped six million is fueling renewed debate over Gov. Jared Polis’ housing agenda, as he tied the population increases to home construction. The governor said the counties experiencing the largest increases in new...
Congress urged to open antitrust investigation into Apple and OpenAI over ‘left-leaning bias’
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Updated 4 hours ago
A conservative legal group founded by senior White House adviser Stephen Miller is urging Congress to investigate a partnership between Apple and OpenAI, arguing the companies have effectively locked millions of people into a single, politically biased artificial intelligence system....
Trump threatens jail time over downed US fighter jet ‘leak’
Christian Datoc and Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner
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Updated 4 hours ago
President Donald Trump threatened jail time Monday for the journalist who first reported that an airman was still missing after a fighter jet went down in Iran last week. The high-risk and eventually successful attempt to rescue the weapons officer...
Bill to accelerate police access to online data clears Colorado committee
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 minutes ago
A proposal to speed up law enforcement’s access to social media data is advancing in the Colorado Legislature, drawing testimony from the residents of Evergreen, where a school shooting took place, and questions from opponents worried about privacy and constitutional...
Colorado justices confirm lawyers may ‘borrow’ allegations from elsewhere
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that plaintiffs’ lawyers can use allegations made elsewhere to bolster their own clients’ claims, so long as the attorney first performs some degree of investigation into the “borrowed” assertions. Under Colorado’s rules for...
El Paso County defendant’s speedy trial rights violated, Colorado justices find in overturning convictions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that an El Paso County prosecutor made an unjustified decision to file a mid-case appeal, pushing the trial beyond the legal deadline and requiring that the defendant’s convictions be overturned. In Colorado, the...
SCOTUS decides Colorado case, state’s newest justice authors first opinion | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The nation’s highest court decided a First Amendment case out of Colorado, plus the state’s newest justice issued her first opinion since joining the Colorado...
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Bennet legislation creates grants, encourages college credit for apprenticeships
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