Durango Herald: Lessons learned from Jimmy Carter
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Sans seniors, what does Colorado’s uninterested early turnout say about our disengaged electorate? | Paula Noonan
Paula Noonan
paula-noonan@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
This primary election is poorly attended. Evidence is in the numbers. About 10% of active registered voters are deciding this year’s primaries with seven days to go. If that number triples by June 30, only 30% of voters will decide...
Who gets to decide Colorado’s economic future? | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
By Sarah Blackhurst Colorado’s prosperity depends on industries that grow our food, build our future and power our homes. But today, these sectors face an invisible threat from 5,000 miles away: the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D)....
Homeless recruits of ‘The Program’ say they were told to sign NDAs amid investigations in Colorado
David Migoya
david.migoya@gazette.com
Updated 14 hours ago
Several formerly homeless people — each drawn into an Aurora-based enterprise known as “The Program” that promised free housing and cash in return for letting a home-health business administer prescriptions they were given — said they were pressed into signing...
Homeless recruits of ‘The Program’ say they were told to sign NDAs amid investigations in Colorado
David Migoya
david.migoya@gazette.com
Updated 14 hours ago
Several formerly homeless people — each drawn into an Aurora-based enterprise known as “The Program” that promised free housing and cash in return for letting a home-health business administer prescriptions they were given — said they were pressed into signing...
Trump’s 10th Circuit nominee declines to name 2020 election winner, defends immigration decisions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 minutes ago
President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Denver-based federal appeals court declined to say who won the 2020 presidential election during his appearance before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, and defended his recent rulings in immigration detention cases. U.S....
Colorado repeals attorney immigration attestation law after one year
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 13 hours ago
One year and 12 days. That’s how long a Colorado law requiring attorneys to certify they would not use court data for federal immigration enforcement remained on the books before lawmakers repealed it. Gov. Jared Polis signed the initial legislation,...
Colorado’s ‘right to natural gas’ measure submits signatures to qualify for November ballot
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
A natural-gas rights initiative backed by Advance Colorado is likely headed to the November ballot, triggering a parallel campaign by environmental groups seeking to impose new liabilities on oil and gas operators. Petitions for Initiative No. 177 were turned in...
Economists: Colorado budget improves slightly, but deficits still loom
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
State economists reported a stronger-than-expected bump in general fund revenue driven largely by higher individual income tax collections, yet warned that Colorado remains on track to begin the next fiscal year with a sizable shortfall. State economists upgraded “significantly” the...
Colorado law allowing lawsuits against ‘conversion therapy’ providers takes effect July 1
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
With a new law taking effect July 1, Colorado is creating a legal pathway for people to sue licensed providers of “conversion therapy,” even as debate over the practice’s constitutionality continues in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court...
Colorado justices expand ability for civil defendants to avoid participating, win after trial
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 minutes ago
The Colorado Supreme Court decided on Tuesday that a civil defendant, whose non-participation in the case meant that he legally admitted to the sexual assault allegations against him, could nonetheless prevail after he showed up to testify at trial. A...