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

2024 COLORADO PRIMARY ELECTION: Lauren Boebert wins Colorado CD4 GOP primary to replace Ken Buck

Colorado voters will pick winners of primary election contests today, as well as the replacement for former U.S. Rep. Ken Buck in a special election in the 4th Congressional District. The results will trickle in immediately after polls close at 7 p.m. tonight. Check here for updates. 

Colorado Voter Guide | 2024 primary election

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Colorado Supreme Court bars proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, clears way for primary election revamp

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday confirmed a proposed ballot initiative to ban gender-affirming care for children will not appear on the November ballot, while another measure that would revamp the state’s primary elections and implement ranked-choice voting remains eligible.

The justices reached their conclusions on narrow procedural grounds, revolving around the deadline for seeking Supreme Court review and the limited types of challenges the court may hear under existing law.

Colorado justices agree 'nature of relationship' with minor relatives governs sex offender restrictions

The Colorado Supreme Court decided on Monday that a person on sex offender probation does not have his constitutional rights violated anytime his contact is restricted with minor relatives who are not his children.

Instead, the Supreme Court decided such relationships fall on a “spectrum of protection,” with parent-child relationships requiring the greatest degree of safeguarding and those with no parental or custodial aspect entitled to less protection.

“Courts have looked to the nature of the relationship in question to determine whether a probationer has established a right to familial association with an extended family member. Why the nature of the relationship?” wrote Justice Maria E. Berkenkotter in the June 24 opinion. “Because the right to familial association is rooted in the objective characteristics of a given relationship. That is what determines where on a spectrum — from the most intimate to the most attenuated — of personal attachments the relationship lies.”

Colorado Supreme Court confirms 'Make My Day' home defense not applicable to reckless killing

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a man convicted of manslaughter in Adams County could not rely on the state’s “Make My Day” law authorizing lethal force against home intruders to defend himself against a charge of recklessly shooting his friend.

There was no dispute that Justin Brendan Martinez shot and killed Ismael Huerta inside Martinez’s house. The two had been out drinking and Martinez attempted to drive to another bar, but Huerta intervened and started punching him. Huerta continued beating Martinez inside his house, but as Huerta went to leave, Martinez grabbed a shotgun. He fired at Huerta and hit him, causing Huerta’s death.

Jurors acquitted Martinez of murder but convicted him of reckless manslaughter. However, Martinez contended on appeal that jurors may have similarly acquitted him of manslaughter had they been permitted to consider a specific self-defense instruction related to home intruders.