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Colorado GOP asks judge to bar state from sending Republican primary ballots to unaffiliated voters
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The Colorado Republican Party on Monday asked a federal judge to issue an emergency injunction to prevent the state’s unaffiliated voters from being able to cast ballots in the GOP’s upcoming primary election. Lawyers for the party argue in a...
Appeals court upholds convictions despite juror’s dishonesty about criminal history
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court declined to order a new trial last week for a Boulder County defendant, despite a juror’s concealment of his own prior conviction until after the verdict. A jury found Kasey James Arrington guilty of kidnapping and sex-related...
Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants
Alanna Durkin Richer
alanna.durkin.richer@associatedpress.com
Updated 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information, acting Attorney General Todd...
Drug-induced abortions open a can of worms on campus | PODIUM
Colorado Politics
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Updated 2 hours ago
By Tom Perille Why mandate drug-induced abortion access at Colorado’s colleges and universities? At a time of unprecedented Colorado state budget challenges, you would think state legislators would be laser focused on creating and funding those programs where there is...
Colorado’s creative economy needs a business structure that actually fits | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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Updated 60 minutes ago
By Marc Catlin Across Colorado, people are building something from the ground up.I’ve seen it my whole life. I grew up on a farm in Montrose County, and I’ve spent my career working in agriculture, water, banking and small business....
It’s time Colorado built back to affordability | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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Updated 2 hours ago
By Samuel G. Michael The price of calling Colorado home has climbed faster than its fourteeners, and not everyone can keep up. Our beloved state is an increasingly unaffordable place to live, pricing out the very people who make it...
Colorado lawmakers push limits on data-driven pricing as critics push back
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers are weighing a proposal to restrict the use of algorithms in setting prices and wages, as advocates warn the technology enables hidden discrimination while business groups argue the bill overreaches and interferes with legitimate data‑driven practices. House Bill...
10th Circuit upholds verdict against Denver, officer for protest-related violations
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The Colorado-based federal appeals court on Tuesday turned aside multiple challenges to a 2022 jury verdict that found Denver and one of its officers violated the constitutional rights of protesters and were liable for $14 million. In the first of...
Republicans launch a new effort to fund the Department of Homeland Security
Mary Clare Jalonick
mary-clare-jalonick@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history. The 52-46 vote was the first step in a budget process...
Colorado Senate candidate charged with felony child neglect after daughter nearly drowns in Florida pool, police say
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Frederick Alfred, Jr., the sole Republican candidate for Senate District 21 in the June primary and November general election, was arrested in Key West, Florida, late Monday night. Alfred, 38, was charged with two counts of felony child neglect and...