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Don’t break what works — leave Colorado’s ‘float but don’t touch’ intact | PODIUM
Colorado Politics
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By Bill Ritter As a Colorado native, I have a great appreciation for the natural beauty of our state. Throughout my life, I have had the good fortune of spending time in the wilds of Colorado, on the plains, in the...
Can a law be neutral if it overrides faith-based beliefs? | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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By Joseph C. Stewart In what seems like a quintessential “Only in America” parody, there is a correlation between unemployment benefits, smoking peyote, and LGBTQ kids — or kids of LGBTQ couples — being allowed enrollment into Catholic Colorado preschools....
Legislating at the speed of artificial intelligence | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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By Sean Camacho Consumers in Colorado and across the country are demanding artificial intelligence companies be more transparent about how their systems work: how they’re built, how they learn, how they change over time. What we’ve learned as advocates for...
Divided appeals court finds no prosecutorial misconduct in prison assault case
Michael Karlik
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Updated 12 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last week that a Lincoln County prosecutor did not misstate the law to a degree that undermined a jury’s assault verdict against the defendant. During closing arguments in Phillip Archuleta’s 2023 trial, the prosecutor suggested to...
Colorado legislators reject ‘No Kings’ bill allowing residents to sue federal officers
Marissa Ventrelli
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A panel of Colorado legislators on Tuesday rejected legislation that would have allowed residents to sue federal and local officials in state court for alleged constitutional violations. Senate Bill 176 would have allowed individuals who have been subjected to a “deprivation...
A tip of the hat to the 19th edition of this popular fundraiser | NONPROFIT REGISTER
Joanne Davidson Special to Colorado Politics
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WOMEN’S VOICES FUND Denver News: A mere 24 hours after the Denver Art Museum’s fashion-forward Luncheon by Design, where some 400 guests got all dolled up to celebrate the legacy of designer-to-the-stars Bob Mackie, 650 supporters of the Women’s Voices Fund put on their fanciest chapeaux and headed over...
Luncheon by Design gave NYC’s fashion fete a run for its money | NONPROFIT REGISTER
Joanne Davidson Special to Colorado Politics
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DENVER ART MUSEUM Denver News: The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Met Gala is widely hailed as “Fashion’s biggest night out,” but the Denver Art Museum’s 2026 Luncheon by Design offered some stiff competition. That’s because the April 29 fundraiser was built around the legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie, and the...
Boulder County prosecutor improperly used defendant’s silence as guilt, appeals court finds
Michael Karlik
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Updated 6 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a Boulder County defendant’s sexual assault conviction last week after concluding that a trial judge should have intervened to stop the prosecutor from inappropriately using the man’s constitutional right to silence to suggest he was guilty....
Trump ‘disappointed’ with Thune for inaction on filibuster and SAVE America Act
Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
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President Donald Trump voiced displeasure with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Tuesday for refusing to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster threshold and pass the SAVE America Act. Trump was asked by the press about Thune and the voter ID...
Appeals court upholds discipline for Denver officers’ inadequate domestic violence investigation
Michael Karlik
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week upheld Denver’s discipline of two officers whose investigation of a domestic violence report was brief, failed to separate the victim from her abuser, and overlooked the victim’s severe injuries. Officers Cory Stuper and Brian Finneran...