Author: David Migoya
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Colorado judicial discipline director put on leave; ouster met with widespread shock
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Christopher Gregory, the executive director of Colorado’s Commission on Judicial Discipline, was removed Friday following a tumultuous tenure in which the commission and the Colorado Supreme Court squared off over issues of reform. In a statement provided Friday to The Denver Gazette, the commission would only say Gregory is “on leave and is unavailable to…
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State trains judges about financial disclosure requirements weeks after dozens found not complying with law
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Colorado’s Judicial Department last week offered two days of training to its more than 350 judges statewide on how to file personal financial disclosure reports, as well as asked the attorney general whether senior judges must also file the public documents just weeks after The Denver Gazette stories disclosed dozens had not. The training and…
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Colorado Republican leaders call for inquiry into education data breach reporting delay
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Colorado House Republican leaders on Monday called for an investigation into why Colorado’s higher education agency allegedly failed to timely report a massive data breach this summer. In a two-page letter hand-delivered to Gov. Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser, five state representatives also urged an inquiry into why thousands potentially affected by the…
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Colorado higher education officials lagged in notifying law enforcement, public about massive data breach
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Despite a law to do so, the state agency overseeing Colorado’s higher education system didn’t promptly flag law enforcement about a massive data breach it discovered in mid-June until a staffer inadvertently mentioned it at a meeting long after the damage was done, according to documents obtained by The Denver Gazette. Although Colorado government agencies…
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More than a half dozen Colorado judges still haven’t filed financial disclosure
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Colorado Watch logo-new (copy) More than a half dozen Colorado judges are still delinquent in updating missing personal financial disclosure statements with state officials, despite a Denver Gazette investigation that flagged them about the problem two weeks ago. There were 15 judges delinquent as of Thursday – one of them on the Appellate Court bench – but the…
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State judicial discipline panel seeks information on more than 120 judges
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Colorado’s Commission on Judicial Discipline is compiling “in-depth” information on more than 120 judges who The Denver Gazette recently revealed had not filed personal financial disclosure reports to the state this year despite a law requiring it, according to emails obtained by the newspaper. More than two dozen of the judges haven’t had a disclosure…
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Despite law, 1 in 6 Colorado judges doesn’t have financial disclosures filed, some for years
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Colorado Watch logo About 1 in 6 judges across Colorado this year does not have their personal financial disclosure statements on file with the Secretary of State’s Office, despite a law that requires it every January, a Gazette review has found. In the worst examples, nearly two dozen judges who sit on a Colorado district…
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New state judicial discipline system won’t include Denver county judges
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Nearly two dozen Denver County Court judges will not be impacted by any reform to the state’s judicial discipline system should voters approve the proposal next year. Colorado Watch logo-new (copy) That’s because Denver’s 19 county jurists – each appointed by the mayor and apart from the 27 Denver district court judges named by the governor…
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New members to Colorado’s judicial discipline commission could mean new direction
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Half the membership of Colorado’s judicial discipline commission is expected to be replaced by new appointees as early as Friday, a move that could put the panel on a new path during a crucial transition to how it does its work. The appointments of six of the panel’s 10 members expire July 1, leaving Gov.…
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A few glitches in the financial disclosures by Colorado’s Supreme Court justices
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Colorado Watch logo-new (copy) Colorado’s seven Supreme Court justices have largely complied with state laws requiring them to annually disclose their financial holdings and that of their spouses and family. But a Denver Gazette review of those filings going back several years – financial disclosures, honoraria and gifts they received, and any outside employment they…
