WATCH: COLORADO POLITICKING | A behind-the-scenes look at documenting Colorado’s opioid epidemic
This week on Colorado Politicking, reporters Seth Klamann and Carol McKinley join host Pat Poblete to discuss their reporting process as they documented the story of the first time a Colorado jury convicted a man for killing another person with fentanyl pills, but more broadly set the scene for the beginning of Colorado’s entry into the third, and worst, phase of the opioid epidemic.
Read the story here.
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Gov. Jared Polis announces $252.5 million in cuts to Colorado state budget
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed an executive order, initiating the process to cut $252.5 million in cash and general funds from this year’s budget, with the most significant impact on the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which...
Appeals judge urges Colorado Supreme Court to analyze alimony obligations after spouses’ remarriage
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to address a question that has produced inconsistent answers over five decades: When divorcing spouses agree that one must pay the other alimony, do they need to...
A historical view: Colorado legislature wraps up longest special session in 23 years
Marianne Goodland
marianne_goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
The recently concluded six-day special session of the Colorado General Assembly was the longest in 23 years. But it wasn’t the longest by a long stretch. That belongs to the second of two special sessions in 1991 under then-Democratic Gov....
Fed official sues Trump over attempt to fire her, challenging his power over the independent agency
Christopher Rugaber
christopher.rugaber@associatedpress.com
Updated 13 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence. The lawsuit...
Advocates for wolf ballot measure announce a ‘pause’ on petition gathering
Marianne Goodland
marianne_goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
While the deadline for petitions to show up at the Secretary of State’s office for ballot initiative #13, which could end the state’s program of introducing wolves in late 2026, came Wednesday, organizers announced they are putting a “pause” on the...
Medicaid provider cuts likely to be an area of disagreement between Polis and the Joint Budget Committee
Marianne Goodland
marianne_goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
The most significant cuts to the state budget, as contained in the spending reduction plan that Gov. Jared Polis will present to the Joint Budget Committee on Thursday, are for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. That’s a...
New CBI Director Armando Saldate III plans to increase transparency
JENNY DEAM
jenny_deam@midtc.com
Updated 15 hours ago
On July 25 Armando Saldate III took over as the director of the state’s troubled Colorado Bureau of Investigation amid an unprecedented scandal in the agency’s forensic crime lab, where it was discovered a former employee allegedly compromised and altered...
DU law students issue vote of no confidence in school leaders after DEI cuts
Deborah Smith
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Members of the Sturm College of Law on Wednesday issued a vote of no confidence in University of Denver Chancellor Jeremy Haefner, the second such move against the school leader in as many months. This time, students criticized Haefner and the...
Gov. Jared Polis announces $252.5 million in cuts to Colorado state budget
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed an executive order, initiating the process to cut $252.5 million in cash and general funds from the current year’s budget, with the most significant impact on the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing,...
Appeals court calls out Denver judge for illogical denial of sentence reduction
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
A Denver judge wrongly rejected a convicted defendant’s request for a sentence reduction because his stated reasons for denying the motion could not possibly have been true, Colorado’s second-highest court concluded on Thursday. Jurors convicted Brent M. Kelley in 2018...
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Tina Peters moves to quash arrest warrant
Tina Peters, the embattled Clerk and Recorder for Mesa County, has filed a motion in Mesa County Court to quash the arrest warrant issued for her Thursday morning. Attorney Harvey Steinberg of Denver filed the motion on Peters’ behalf just before 1 p.m. Thursday. In the motion, Steinberg said Peters is not a flight risk […]
Appeals court overturns Jeffco drug conviction for detective's improper testimony
Colorado’s second-highest court determined last month that a detective’s expert testimony claiming the defendant had a “classic case” of possessing drugs with an intent to distribute amounted to a fundamental error that required reversing the conviction. State and federal courts have delineated when an expert’s testimony is improper at trial, including when an expert opines […]