Metro district letter to Speaker Garnett
Colorado must continue finding common ground on wildfire policy | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 11 hours ago
By John Herrick Colorado has never lacked for opinions about wildfire policy. We debate forest management, climate change, prescribed burns, land use, air quality and budgets. Those debates are familiar territory, but a new discussion is beginning to happen around...
Proposition NN is the best investment for Colorado’s students and schools | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 11 hours ago
By Justin Ogden Colorado families know what it means to make difficult budget decisions. Inflation has driven up the cost of groceries, housing, utilities and just about everything else. Families like mine work hard to stretch every dollar while still...
Colorado Springs mother Deborah Nicholls’ murder conviction overturned
Nick Smith
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Updated 8 hours ago
A Colorado Springs mother convicted in 2008 of murdering her three children in a house fire might get a new trial after a judge ruled that prosecutors withheld key evidence that could have impacted the jury’s verdict. Deborah Nicholls, whose...
Colorado court overturns illegal $7,000 restitution order
Michael Karlik
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Updated 8 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a Weld County defendant’s obligation to pay more than $7,000 in crime victim restitution on Thursday because a trial judge failed to issue a legally compliant restitution order at the time of sentencing. In Colorado, as...
Appeals court orders second look at Denver Water’s immunity for cyclist’s injury
Michael Karlik
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Updated 8 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court ordered another look at a bicyclist’s negligence lawsuit against Denver Water on Thursday, concluding that a trial judge needed to evaluate the utility’s potential immunity using the state Supreme Court’s new guidance. Joseph A. “Joey” Scott alleged...
Right-to-natural-gas proposal in Colorado qualifies for ballot
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
A citizen initiative that seeks to enshrine the right to natural gas has qualified for the November ballot, Colorado’s election office confirmed on Thursday. Petitions containing signatures for Initiative No. 177 were turned in to the Secretary of State’s Office for review...
Labels, duration not definitive proof of ‘intimate relationship,’ Colorado court rules in domestic violence case
Michael Karlik
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Updated 8 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified on Thursday that the length of a couple’s relationship and the labels they attach to it are not conclusive evidence of whether it is an “intimate relationship” that can give rise to a domestic violence prosecution....
Former VP Mike Pence joining Colorado Christian University faculty
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 10 hours ago
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been hired as a visiting faculty member at Colorado Christian University, the Lakewood-based private evangelical university announced Tuesday. Pence will be on campus about once a month during the 2026-2027 school year to give...
White House launches Fraud.gov to track fraud cases
Adisa Hargett-Robinson
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Updated 18 hours ago
The White House launched Fraud.gov on Thursday, a website tracking the administration’s crackdown on fraud across federal agencies. According to the White House, the website serves as a public dashboard that highlights investigations, criminal charges, funding suspensions, recoveries, and enforcement...
Democrats from opposite sides of the party all rally behind a ‘big tent’
Rena Rowe
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Updated 18 hours ago
Since their losses in the 2024 election, Democrats have struggled to settle on a clear message ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. As the party fights to reclaim control of Congress, primaries in New York, Michigan, and Colorado have exposed...