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Colorado to get $615M from Meta child safety settlement
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Colorado, part of an $18 billion multistate deal, in which the company also agreed to adopt extensive child-safety changes to its operations. The settlement ended...
Colorado’s chief federal judge orders return of wrongfully deported man, second judge to explore ‘series’ of violations
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Colorado’s chief federal judge took the extraordinary step of directing the government on Tuesday to do everything it can to return a man it deported in violation of his order. At the same time, Colorado’s chief magistrate judge has set...
Counties warn CPW that new comment limits sideline local governments
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The September meeting of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will feature newly revised public‑comment rules — changes introduced by chair Jay Tutchton of Bent County, who announced them without first discussing the revisions publicly with the rest of the...
Controversial two-bag furbearer limit heads to CPW meeting under legal threat
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Next week’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting in La Junta is likely to open under the cloud of threatened legal action. Safari Club International and the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation warned the commission this month that its July vote imposing...
Golden to pay $155,000 to fired city manager
Matt Kyle
matt.kyle@denvergazette.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Golden City Council on Tuesday approved a roughly $155,000 severance payout to former city manager Scott Vargo, who was fired earlier this month following a “racist incident” at a city fire station. The payout is part of a separation...
Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. America’s economy says otherwise.
The Associated Press
the-associated-press@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
TORONTO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says his country does not need Canada. But every day, roughly 4 million barrels of Canadian crude oil flow south, helping fuel American cars, trucks and airplanes and supply U.S. industry. And oil...
USPS ballot rule faces lawsuit from Colorado, other states
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado, along with 25 other states, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service to challenge a new rule that seeks to restrict the mailing of ballots to American citizens in an eligible voters list. Colorado relies heavily on the...
FDA approves landmark pancreatic cancer drug that’s shown to improve survival
The Associated Press
the-associated-press@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering U.S. patients a more effective treatment against one of the deadliest types of cancer. FDA officials gave expedited approval to...
Trump defends pause on beef tariffs: Prices are ‘coming down very rapidly’
Naomi Lim
naomi-lim@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
President Donald Trump defended his decision to pause tariffs on some beef imports, even as Republicans criticize the decision. “Prices are coming down very rapidly, and now beef is starting to come down,” Trump told The Glenn Beck Program on...
Denver murder, assault convictions reversed due to faulty jury instructions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s convictions for murder and assault last week after concluding a Denver judge incorrectly omitted key jury instructions that could have affected the verdict and sentencing. Stephen C. Swainson fatally stabbed Israel Casillas in downtown...
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Senate President Leroy Garcia of Pueblo, a paramedic by trade and a Marine veteran, will begin his third year as President of the Senate. For someone to serve more than two years in the post is not as common as it used to be. Only one other person – Democrat Brandon Shaffer of Boulder – has served […]
Colorado's top leaders of 2020 honored with Governor's Citizenship Medals
Eight of Colorado’s most exceptional leaders of 2020 have been awarded Governor’s Citizenship Medals, state officials announced Tuesday. The leadership development group CiviCO teamed up with Gov. Jared Polis to honor seven individuals and one organization for providing much-needed leadership in an unprecedented year that included a global pandemic and widespread civic unrest. “These eight […]