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Arapahoe County defendant serving life could receive new trial after lawyer withheld key details
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 minutes ago
An Arapahoe County defendant who is serving a life sentence for a 20-year-old murder could receive a new trial because his lawyer withheld key details that affected his decision to decline a plea deal, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week....
Colorado Senate honors journalism icon Fred Brown
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The Colorado Senate on Thursday honored longtime Denver Post bureau chief Fred Brown with a ceremony as distinctive as the journalist himself, donning masks bearing his likeness and celebrating his five decades of shaping political reporting and ethical standards in...
SCOTUS decision on ‘3 strikes’ sentences does not benefit defendants with older convictions, appeals court says
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affecting how defendants are sentenced under Colorado’s “three strikes” law does not benefit people whose convictions have long been final, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. For many years, Colorado’s Habitual Criminal Act required judges...
Rubio jumps Vance as most likely to win 2028 presidential race on Kalshi
Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner
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Updated 48 minutes ago
Secretary of State Marco Rubio‘s success in charming the Washington press corps this week has moved prediction markets, with Kalshi now showing the Florida Republican as the most likely candidate to win the 2028 presidential election. On Tuesday, Rubio slid...
Rubio affirms ‘enduring partnership’ with Holy See as he meets with Pope Leo XIV
Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner
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Updated 4 hours ago
Secretary of State Marco Rubio “underscored the strong relationship between the United States and the Holy See” and the “enduring partnership” between them during his meeting with Pope Leo XIV. The pontiff hosted Rubio for 2 1/2 hours Thursday in...
Colorado Senate committee rejects transparency bill that would have applied to legislative caucuses
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
A panel of Senators voted down a proposed measure requiring legislative caucuses to disclose certain financial records. Sponsored by Sen. Mike Weissman, D-Aurora, Senate Bill 168 would also require legislative caucuses to provide the Legislative Council with caucus members’ contact...
Victor Marx, Phil Weiser lead Colorado gubernatorial fundraising, as all campaigns’ hauls top $20 million
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado gubernatorial candidates and the independent expenditure committees backing them hauled in more than $20 million between them by the end of April, as the primary election approaches, according to campaign finance reports filed this week. Republican Victor Marx and...
From Antero to Trump, gaslighting too often more common than accountability | Paula Noonan
Paula Noonan
paula-noonan@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Gaslighting has become a contagious political virus. The contagion has spread from the White House to state, county and school-board government. Shame doesn’t prevent its spread. President Donald Trump fails to justify his attacks on Iran to Congress or to...
Why Colorado needs accountability and transparency in AI decision making | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 21 hours ago
By Jack Johnson and Hillary Jorgensen There are always pros and cons with advances in technology. Cars revolutionized transportation, allowing their owners unprecedented mobility — but also increased accidental death and air pollution. Chemotherapy can shrink or eliminate cancer —...
Obama Presidential Center looks to ‘put presidency in context’ as tickets sell out
Christine Valora, Washington Examiner
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Updated 45 minutes ago
Former President Barack Obama‘s presidential center is set to open to the public this Juneteenth, with ticket sales sold out through July 4, as the namesake looks toward defining his legacy as the 44th U.S. president. The 19.3-acre campus is...