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Colorado marijuana regulators pledge crackdown on intoxicating hemp
Updated 5 days ago
Citing potential tax avoidance, ‘serious risk to public safety,’ Marijuana Enforcement Division warns companies about swapping illegal chemically converted hemp for marijuana This article was...
New rules for private judges in Colorado include discipline oversight, campaign contributions
Updated 1 week ago
The Colorado Supreme Court recently determined the state’s private judges — retired jurists appointed to oversee civil cases that rarely get public scrutiny — can...
Toll to sexual assault survivors rises if they feel blamed and disbelieved
Updated 2 months ago
Natalie, a single mother, dropped off her son at daycare, went to therapy and then returned home. She swallowed a fistful of pills, washing them...
Colorado rape cases rarely result in an arrest and prosecution
Updated 2 months ago
Authorities say they are especially difficult cases. In Colorado, most go nowhere. Over the past decade, for every 10 reports of rape, there is only...
State audit: Rape kit backlog reduced but more work needed to hit goal
Updated 2 months ago
Judge: CBI ordered to provide access to thousands of DNA cases
Updated 2 months ago
Colorado marijuana regulators consider major changes to how labs test for contaminants
Updated 2 months ago
Colorado marijuana regulators consider major changes to how labs test for contaminants
Updated 2 months ago
Missy Woods pleads not guilty; trial set for fall
Updated 2 months ago
Colorado’s charitable gaming board to study Denver Gazette’s findings
Updated 3 months ago
A year of developments in the CBI forensic lab scandal
Updated 4 months ago
Colorado campaign debt collection efforts aren’t much of an effort
Updated 4 months ago
Colorado campaign finance penalties ‘a runaway train without an off-ramp’
Updated 4 months ago
Judicial discipline changes moving at a slow pace
Updated 5 months ago
Michael Clark murder defense seeks to link case to JonBenét investigation ‘mistakes’
Updated 6 months ago
In new legal filings, Michael Clark, now facing a second trial for a 1994 murder, seeks to link alleged Boulder police missteps in his case...
Colorado bingo night: It’s all about the prizes, not so much the charity
Updated 7 months ago
It’s a Thursday night at Bingo Oasis in Northglenn. Located on the outer edge of a nondescript strip mall just west of I-25, it has...
Colorado judicial discipline director put on leave; ouster met with widespread shock
Updated 2 years ago
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...
State trains judges about financial disclosure requirements weeks after dozens found not complying with law
Updated 2 years ago
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,...
A few glitches in the financial disclosures by Colorado’s Supreme Court justices
Updated 3 years ago
Judicial discipline commission wants former Supreme Court Chief Justice Coats censured for role in contract scandal
Updated 3 years ago
Colorado bill creating HOA and metro district task forces passes Senate committee
Updated 3 years ago
Senate committee passes judicial reform measures with key changes
Updated 3 years ago
Appellate record an objective, important measure of a judge’s performance
Updated 3 years ago
