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Colorado joins multi-state coalition to defend EPA methane rule
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Battle lines have been drawn in a fight between oil-producing red states and environmentally-driven blue states over a new regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency. Critics say is an unauthorized expansion of the EPA’s regulatory authority. But proponents said it’s important to control pollution from methane emissions. Led by the attorneys general of Texas and…
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Colorado joins multi-state coalition to defend EPA methane rule
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Battle lines have been drawn in a fight between oil-producing red states and environmentally-driven blue states over a new regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency. Critics say is an unauthorized expansion of the EPA’s regulatory authority. But proponents said it’s important to control pollution from methane emissions. Led by the attorneys general of Texas and…
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Federal judge defends $3.5M verdict in disability discrimination case
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A federal judge this month rejected an attempt by the Colorado Department of Corrections to slash a jury’s $3.5 million award to an incarcerated man who missed thousands of meals, defecated on himself and endured physical pain because prison officials did not accommodate his disability in violation of federal law. U.S. District Court Judge S.…
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Federal judge defends $3.5M verdict in disability discrimination case
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A federal judge this month rejected an attempt by the Colorado Department of Corrections to slash a jury’s $3.5 million award to an incarcerated man who missed thousands of meals, defecated on himself and endured physical pain because prison officials did not accommodate his disability in violation of federal law. U.S. District Court Judge S.…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
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One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
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One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
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One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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In Colorado rally, Haley says GOP can reverse setback only by breaking from Trump; Johnston unveils 2024 priorities | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 28, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday at a campaign rally in Colorado that Republicans can only reverse the setbacks the party has suffered in the state by breaking Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP. Three days after losing her home state…
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Lauren Boebert lands 5th in GOP straw poll, Janak Joshi jumps into 8th CD race | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Jan. 29, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s middling finish in a straw poll Thursday night drew gasps from the crowd that had just witnessed the Colorado lawmaker face off against eight other Republicans in a congressional primary debate at a rec center in Fort Lupton. The…
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Judicial discipline proposal draws Colorado lawmaker skepticism
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During a legislative oversight hearing on Friday, judicial leaders revealed that a man who broke into the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center earlier this month caused $35 million in damage, resulting in several offices being off-limits for months to come. Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright told members of the House and Senate judiciary committees…