COLORADO CONVERSATIONS l Takeaways from Denver’s mayor election
In this Colorado Conversations special episode, Denver Gazette editor Luige del Puerto talked to Jim Carpenter, Alan Salazar and Steve Welchert talked about the unofficial results of the Denver mayor’s race, where candidates Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough appear to be headed for a runoff. Carpenter, co-founder of Freestone Strategies, a strategic public affairs firm, served as chief of staff to Gov. Bill Ritter and state director for U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar. Salazar, chief of staff to Mayor Michael Hancock, served as chief strategist for Gov. John Hickenlooper, and chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Mark Udall. Welchert, director of the Welchert Company, is a veteran political, policy and strategic communications counselor who served as legislative liaison for Gov. Richard D. Lamm.
Development fees not limited to brand new construction, Colorado court rules
Michael Karlik
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Updated 3 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last month that local governments’ ability to impose fees on “new development” is not limited solely to construction projects that occur on empty land. Under state law, local governments that issue development permits are empowered to...
Colorado justices consider whether fraud claims belong in corporate dispute
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether it is possible for a corporate plaintiff to pursue fraud claims over conduct that could be covered by a contract or by a set of interrelated business agreements leading up to the...
Colorado Politics Calendar May 18-24
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar helps you find political and public policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,...
State legislator seeks to criminalize display of sexually explicit material to children | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
by Rachael Wright Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: Legislation sponsored by Rep. Bev Scherling, R-Aurora, sought to prohibit sexually explicit material from being distributed to minors. Scherling’s House Bill 81-1310 stated that the “sale, loan, or display to persons under...
Colorado county Republican chair arrested in sting on allegations he tried to pay for sex with a child
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
Hunter Rivera, the 24-year-old chairman of the Weld County Republican Party, was one of two men arrested Thursday on suspicion of trying to buy sex from Larimer County Sheriff’s Office investigators who posed as minors as part of an operation...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Tina Peters, makes her eligible for release from prison
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday granted clemency to Tina Peters and made the former Republican county clerk eligible for release from state prison as soon as early June, capping months of speculation that the Democratic governor would shorten a...
Grand jury indicts 2 petition circulators in 2024 signature-forgery case
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
A statewide grand jury has indicted two petition circulators on allegations that they forged signatures while gathering support for a proposed constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot. The Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office said the circulators — Cherell Long...
Gazette editor Jim Trotter inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame
Dennis Huspeni
dennis.huspeni@gazette.com
Updated 16 hours ago
The Denver Press Club on Saturday will induct Denver Gazette and The Gazette in Colorado Springs Associate Editor Jim Trotter into its Hall of Fame. “Jim Trotter is being inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame because of...
Couple’s notarized agreement did not create common law marriage, appeals court says
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
A Garfield County couple’s signed, notarized document attesting to their common law marriage does not mean they were actually married, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. In contrast to a formal, licensed marriage, Colorado recognizes common law marriages between two...
Trump leaves China without making a ‘determination’ on Taiwan arms sale
Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
christian.datoc.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 22 hours ago
President Donald Trump has yet to make a determination on the delayed American arms sale to Taiwan, an issue that Chinese President Xi Jinping raised during their closed-door talks. Trump left Beijing on Friday following the two-day summit, and he...
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Colorado Supreme Court considers whether criminal conviction suffered from undefined legal phrase
Colorado law does not define “universal malice.” No other state’s murder laws mention universal malice. And an Adams County judge did not tell Cristobal Fernando Garcia’s jury what universal malice meant. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court considered the possibility that Garcia’s attempted murder conviction may require reversal if the absence of a definition led […]
'We will not give up:' Anti-abortion protesters urge Polis to veto bills bolstering abortion rights
Since the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights last year, Colorado has emerged as a national leader for abortion access. But not all Coloradans are on board with the state’s new status. Around 200 people gathered outside of the state Capitol Tuesday morning, protesting a trio of bills passed by the state legislature to bolster […]