Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt opening day of the Colorado House’s 2024 session
Colorado State Shooting Association files constitutional challenge to firearms dealer law
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 minutes ago
The Colorado State Shooting Association, the state’s branch of the National Rifle Association, has filed a lawsuit challenging a recently signed law expanding regulations for firearms dealers. House Bill 26-1126 clarifies that firearms dealers must hold both a federal and...
House Ethics Committee frustrated as Colorado Rep. Joseph refuses to appear without a subpoena
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 39 minutes ago
The Colorado House Ethics Committee voted unanimously Monday to subpoena Rep. Junie Joseph, D‑Boulder, to appear at its June 23 hearing on the complaint involving Rep. Mandy Lindsay, D‑Aurora. Committee members made clear they were frustrated at having to take...
Colorado justices walk back appeals court’s expansion of rezoning via ballot box
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 53 minutes ago
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that rezonings of planned-unit developments cannot occur through a vote at the ballot box, reversing an appellate decision that found such changes were fair game for a popular vote. In contrast to traditional,...
Colorado Supreme Court recognizes right to self-defense in workplace
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The Colorado Supreme Court recognized on Monday that there is a right to self-defense in the workplace for which employers may not terminate workers so long as they lawfully exercise that right. The court’s majority in the 5-2 decision cautioned...
Colorado Supreme Court heads toward summer recess, newest justice authors first opinion | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court is in the process of releasing a large batch of opinions as it heads toward its summer recess in July, plus...
CPW shoots wolf linked to dozens of livestock deaths across two counties
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Sunday that officers shot and killed a wolf believed to be responsible for killing at least 22 sheep over the past year in Rio Blanco County. The wolf came from the Copper Creek pack and...
Colorado Attorney General Democratic primary: Meet the candidates
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
One of the most closely watched contests on the June primary ballot is the four‑way Democratic race for Colorado attorney general. With Attorney General Phil Weiser term‑limited and running for governor, attention has shifted to the candidates vying to replace...
Colorado primary for governor: Meet the Democratic and Republican candidates
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado’s race for governor is wide open this year, with Gov. Jared Polis term‑limited and unable to seek reelection. Five candidates are competing for a spot on the November ballot, setting up one of the most closely watched primaries in...
Supreme Court to hear challenge to indefinite detention of criminal immigrants
Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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Updated 2 hours ago
The Supreme Court announced it would take up a case deciding whether the federal government can hold criminal immigrants in detention indefinitely pending removal, adding to the immigration cases the high court has heard in recent years. The high court...
Vance says MOU between Iran and US ‘already signed’ digitally
Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner
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Updated 2 hours ago
Vice President JD Vance said a 60-day preliminary ceasefire extension between Iran and the United States was signed digitally ahead of in-person meetings to sign the deal in Europe later this week. “We already signed the deal digitally yesterday,” Vance...