Today is April 25, 2024, and here’s what you need to know:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife rejects pleas from ranchers to kill wolves attacking livestock

In a letter Tuesday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife told ranchers no help is coming on the heels of wolves killing at least four yearlings in 72 hours last week. The state agency was backed by Gov. Jared Polis, who supports the wolf management program.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been hit with an onslaught of letters from stockgrowers and other organizations from all over the Western Slope, requesting the state lethally take out two wolves that ranchers believe are responsible for some of the seven deaths of cattle and calves in Grand and Jackson counties in April.

An environmental group that supports the wolf restoration refers to the killing of livestock by wolves Wednesday as “harvesting.”

Democrat Trisha Calvarese will appear on Colorado's 4th CD special election ballot, judge rules

Democrat Trisha Calvarese will remain on the special election ballot in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, a Denver judge ruled Wednesday in a lawsuit that claimed she was ineligible.

Denver District Court Judge David H. Goldberg denied an attempt by a Castle Rock voter to boot Calvarese from the June 25 election to fill the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s term, triggered by the five-term Republican’s resignation from Congress last month.

Calvarese will face Republican nominee Greg Lopez, a former gubernatorial candidate, and Libertarian Hannah Goodman, the party’s state chair, in the special election, which will appear on the same ballot as the state-level primary election. The 4th CD, which covers Douglas County, areas around Loveland and the Eastern Plains, is the state’s most solidly Republican congressional seat.

Ex-Dominion exec prevails in another appeal over unproven election-rigging accusations

For the second time in under a month, a former executive for Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems has moved forward in his efforts to hold liable those who amplified unproven allegations that he, personally, rigged the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump.

Last year, a federal trial judge agreed Eric Coomer, the director of product strategy and security for Dominion, was likely to prevail on his claims that Oklahoma podcaster Clayton Thomas “Clay” Clark and his “Thrivetime Show” had defamed him repeatedly.

On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit rejected the defendants’ appeal, clarifying for the first time that Colorado’s state law protecting speech rights does not provide the type of immunity in federal defamation cases that is immediately appealable.

Signed into law: Colorado increases protection for victims of sexual assault; 'Bill of Rights' for foster kids

As the legislation session comes to an end, an increasing number of bills are coming to the governor’s desk for approval.

Sitting in place of Gov. Jared Polis while he is out of the country, Lt. Gov. Diane Primavera signed two bills into law on April 24: House Bill 1072 and House Bill 1017.

House Bill 1072 expands current law to allow defendants in sexual assault cases to introduce evidence of a victim or witness’s history of false reporting of unlawful sexual behavior, as long as they can have sufficient evidence that the reports were false.

Colorado Senate to consider bill to further regulate towing industry

The next step for House Bill 1051, which would regulate the towing industry more strictly regarding improper tows, is the state Senate.

On Wednesday, the House approved House Bill 1051 through a mostly party-line 45-16 vote.

Sen. Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, who was the subject of an illegal tow last year, will sponsor the bill in the Senate.