Here's a look at some face mask regulations around Colorado amid the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
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On July 15, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will have three years left in office, sealing the end of the first year of his third and final term — one that’s collided with a national civil rights movement, a global pandemic and a crushing economic crisis. Continue Reading
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Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Friday to help ensure Coloradans get their mail-in ballots in time and, if they mess up their ballot or lose it, they can get another one expeditiously. Continue Reading
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What happened to the political doldrums of summer? These are supposed to be months of vacation travel, family picnics, outdoor concerts and evenings at the ballpark — quaint notions, all. A time for politics to recede just a bit in advance of the Labor Day ramp-up. Continue Reading
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should not be able to make any more political contributions without a judge's permission, lawyers for its creditors said in a court filing. Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis announced two vetoes Saturday — one on new license plates and one on regulating private eyes. The Democratic governor spoke to the weight of government in both cases, according to his veto letters. Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone, intervening in extraordinary fashion in a criminal case that was central to the Russia investigation and that concerned the president's own conduct. Continue Reading
The Denver Police Department is investigating a handful of cases against officers who allegedly responded to calls without wearing a face mask. Continue Reading
The current "steady" spike in coronavirus cases in Colorado is less dramatic than the rise earlier this year, but it differs in another way: a lower average age of those being diagnosed. Continue Reading
The Denver Motor Vehicle branch locations temporarily stopped accepting people on Friday who showed up after 12:30 p.m., because temperatures outside had reached nearly 100 degrees. Continue Reading
A majority of Pitkin County commissioners Tuesday urged local law enforcement to take a heavier hand in enforcing public health order rules in the Aspen area. Continue Reading
Beginning on Monday, Denver city council meetings will move online, after an announcement indicated that the change is to “provid[e] a safe space for all who want to participate.”
Coronavirus cases in Denver are climbing, Mayor Michael Hancock said in a press conference Friday morning. Continue Reading
Forty years after the Holy Cross Wilderness Area was created, an early effort to explore tapping its water supplies has generated more than 500 comments to the U.S. Forest Service. Continue Reading
United Airlines could furlough more than 2,800 employees at Denver International Airport, months after receiving a $5 billion bailout from taxpayers. Continue Reading
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A Colorado police department where officers were fired after re-enacting the chokehold death of a young Black man is under scrutiny again after video emerged of an officer pulling a gun on a doctor trying to park at a refugee center he operates. Continue Reading
At least 250 restaurants and bars in Denver have received the green light to temporarily expand into adjacent streets, sidewalks and parking lots to help stay open during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
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Jason Glass, who led Jefferson County out of turbulent years only to head into the largest public health crisis facing schools in 100 years, is heading home to Kentucky to become its commissioner of education. Continue Reading
Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office will award nearly half a million dollars in grants to five organizations with the goal of reducing children’s odds of entering or reentering the criminal justice system. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter introduced legislation on Thursday to study the use of certain hazardous chemicals in firefighting equipment that are associated with cancer and adverse effects on the immune system. Continue Reading
Colorado State University and the University of Colorado will receive nearly $800,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop better scientific models for air quality conditions under various pollution scenarios. Continue Reading
In retaliation for a public health directive to wear face coverings to reduce the number of Coloradans dying and ill from COVID-19, the Board of Douglas County Commissioners has ordered the county’s attorney to withdraw the jurisdiction from the regional health department. Continue Reading
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PHOENIX — International students worried about a new immigration policy that could potentially cost them their visas say they feel stuck between being unnecessarily exposed during the coronavirus pandemic and being able to finish their studies in America. Continue Reading
Ernest Luning: "It usually isn't until closer to Labor Day that the onslaught of negative ads start to inundate viewers. This year, however, they started in June, in the run-up to the Democrats' primary between Hickenlooper and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, and they show no sign of letting up." Continue Reading
Greenwood Village is 84% white, less than 3% Black and about 5% Hispanic. But on Thursday, the latest edition of Black Lives Matters protests came to this community of just over 15,000, where the median income is more than $127,0000 and the median home price is just shy of $900,000. Continue Reading
In order to avoid going back to the kinds of restrictions in place earlier this year, Colorado residents need to be more vigilant about preventing the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Jared Polis said Thursday, after three weeks of rising numbers of new coronavirus cases in the state. Continue Reading
Two separate panels of the Colorado Court of Appeals both concluded that the statute of limitations for failing to report child abuse begins when a party who is required to report first learns of the abuse and does not immediately notify authorities. Continue Reading
Colorado highway director Shoshana Lew announced a state, local and federal partnership Thursday to make metro Denver streets safer for everyone. Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis has signed four higher education bills into law that affect standardized test requirements and credit for work experience, and clarify the eligible recipients for adult literacy and education grants. Continue Reading
State officials on Thursday criticized the Greenwood Village City Council's decision to shield police officers who act in bad faith, but any action to negate that decision would likely come from the General Assembly in its next session rather than the Attorney General. Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis and the team of COVID-19 researchers from the University of Colorado showed the public an online application that will allow Coloradans to see updates on the spread of the novel coronavirus cases in the state and evaluate the various factors experts believe are key to suppressing new transmissions. Continue Reading
National political analysts Inside Elections and Sabato's Crystal Ball say Republican chances of keeping Colorado's 3rd Congressional District in the GOP column have diminished since gun-rights activist and first-time candidate Lauren Boebert toppled U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, a five-term incumbent, in last week's Republican primary. Continue Reading
Secondhand, unsubstantiated statements are not admissible as evidence, even if they are within official reports that are exempt from the rules against hearsay, a Colorado Court of Appeals panel ruled on Thursday. Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON — Rejecting President Donald Trump’s complaints that he's being harassed, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a New York prosecutor’s demands for the billionaire president’s tax records. But in good political news for Trump, his taxes and other financial records almost ce… Continue Reading
An online petition asking that the Denver city council direct money away from a long-planned reconstruction of the 16th Street Mall toward the city’s school system has received a frosty reception from some council members. Continue Reading
If complaints and citations provide any indication, then it’s not your imagination: Illegal fireworks abounded this year. Continue Reading
Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office has permanently adopted several election rules first proposed in May to adjust the administration of voting centers and account for the emergency closure of polling places. Continue Reading
Three members of Colorado’s congressional delegation are cosponsoring legislation to provide $120 billion to restaurants, making up for their losses in revenue between 2019 and 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
Denver Mayor Hancock wants council's help in finding outdoor spaces for people experiencing homeless
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock sent a message on Wednesday to a group of council members who, in late April, had written to him requesting a temporary “Safe Outdoor Space” for people experiencing homelessness during the coronavirus outbreak. Continue Reading
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PHOENIX — A national organization is announcing a $10 million campaign to turn out Hispanic voters in several of this year's battleground states. Continue Reading
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Joey Bunch: "A fire doesn’t care how broke you are, and that’s the powder keg of risk Colorado is sitting on right now." Continue Reading
Colorado could take coronavirus patients from overtaxed Arizona hospitals where the pandemic is raging, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' office said in a Wednesday statement to The Gazette. Continue Reading
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The health agency for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties voted on Wednesday to institute a mandatory face covering order for residents, while providing localities the ability to opt out. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on Wednesday announced that he supports a name change for the office building in the U.S. Capitol complex named after a segregationist senator. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner joined him. Continue Reading
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to temporarily seal a bulkhead at one of the most polluted mines in a Colorado region as part of a study of the region’s water. Continue Reading
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is now home of the first government laboratory to receive the highest level of certification from a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainability in scientific labs' protocols. Continue Reading
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce threw its formal support behind U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Wednesday — putting its mouth where its money has been, following the business advocacy organization's heavy spending already this cycle to back the Colorado Republican's re-election bid. Continue Reading
The House District 34 Republican Central Committee announced recently it would not support the winner of the June 30 primary, Republican Mark Bromley of Northglenn. Continue Reading
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One week after a disastrous primary night in which every candidate financially supported by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners went down to double-digit defeats, the organization is shaking up its leadership team. Continue Reading