COLORADO POLITICKING | Jury find DaVita, Kent Thiry not guilty
This week on Colorado Politicking, reporter Michael Karlik and host Pat Poblete discuss a jury finding DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, did not conspire to illegally restrict competition for DaVita’s employees.
Colorado Supreme Court narrows consumer protection law for insurance claims
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the legislature’s consumer protections requiring insurance companies to take certain steps before they allege a policyholder failed to cooperate do not apply to any obligation specifically laid out in the policy. In...
Car rental companies are not ‘insurers,’ Colorado Supreme Court rules
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court decided on Monday that car rental companies offering insurance policies are not also “insurers” under state law, who may be sued for their failure to pay out benefits on claims. By 4-3, the justices further concluded...
Lifetime sex offender registration not ‘punishment,’ Colorado justices say
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that lifetime sex offender registration is not cruel and unusual punishment because it is not “punishment.” At the same time, two members urged lawmakers to heed the advice of the Sex Offender Management...
Lauren Boebert’s private financial records sought by Biden’s DOJ, U.S. House committee says
Colorado Politics
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Updated 38 minutes ago
A U.S. House committee is seeking documents from a Colorado bank, saying new information shows that the Biden administration might have sought the private financial records of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. This comes as part of a congressional investigation into...
Colorado declares April 27 ‘Denver Summit FC Day’
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 24 minutes ago
Gov. Jared Polis signed a proclamation declaring April 27 Denver Summit FC Day in Colorado in celebration of the state’s first professional women’s sports team. “Colorado is a sports state and Denver Summit has hit the field running, breaking NWSL...
Melania Trump slams ‘coward’ Jimmy Kimmel for WHCD parody skit about first family
Sydney Topf, Washington Examiner
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Updated 5 hours ago
First lady Melania Trump called on ABC to remove late-night host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves, after a controversial monologue delivered on the network before a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner occured Saturday. “Enough is enough,” Trump...
Colorado Supreme Court oral arguments, chief appeals judge to retire | 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 state Supreme Court held oral arguments in multiple cases and traveled to the Eastern Plains to visit with students, plus the chief judge of...
Supreme Court punts on school secret gender transition cases
Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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Updated 5 hours ago
The Supreme Court declined to take up a case over the constitutionality of a school’s policy hiding student gender transitions from parents on Monday, a week after the justices passed on taking up a similar case for its next term....
Gazette newspapers win 51 awards at Top of the Rockies
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 10 hours ago
The Gazette family of newspapers won more than 50 awards at the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2026 Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism contest. The Gazette family, which includes The Denver Gazette, The Colorado Springs Gazette and Colorado Politics, collectively...
King Charles III to US will ‘proceed as planned’ despite WHCA dinner shooting
Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner
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Updated 5 hours ago
King Charles III of the United Kingdom will continue his trip to the United States as planned on Monday, despite the shooting that occurred Saturday night at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. President Donald Trump and administration officials were...
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Collective bargaining draft bill strips out all public sector employees except for county workers
Apparently bowing to pressure from the state’s public college and university leaders, a bill that started with allowing collective bargaining for all public sector employees is now down to just one group: county workers. A draft bill obtained by Colorado Politics shows public colleges and universities, which vigorously fought the measure, are no longer included […]
For prominent Colorado judge, Ukrainian war with Russia poses potential threat to judicial reform
For Colorado’s highest-ranking federal judge, the war between Ukraine and Russia has not only reignited death and devastation in his ancestral home, but has potentially set back his professional efforts to improve the country’s judicial system. Timothy M. Tymkovich, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, has visited Ukraine […]