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COVER STORY | The dream job: A unique coaching program helps steer diverse lawyers to judgeships
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Phelicia Kossie-Tonje stopped a woman in the middle of her story about how the father of her children was smashing windows, breaking doors and slashing her tires. “My biggest concern here,” said Kossie-Tonje, the Adams County magistrate who was considering whether to grant the woman a protection order, “is, why didn’t you include some of…
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Public employee collective bargaining bill narrows focus to counties, higher education
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A collective bargaining bill for public employees in the works for the past two sessions continues to draw strong opposition from local governments and public higher education institutions. But in recent weeks, negotiations between Gov. Jared Polis, who opposed the legislation’s concepts as contained in early drafts, and bill sponsors have resulted in narrowing down…
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Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas announces bid for sheriff
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Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas, a Highlands Ranch Republican and former state trooper, declared on Friday that she’s running for sheriff in the fast-growing, suburban county. “We need to have an unmatched level of public safety, and law enforcement that we can trust,” Thomas said in a written statement. “And for Douglas County that begins…
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El Paso County agrees to transgender detainee’s female housing request hours before court hearing
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El Paso County and Sheriff Bill Elder have agreed to house a transgender detainee in a female section of the jail and provide access to all of the commissary items specific to women. The county initially insisted it had a legitimate interest in placing her in an all-male facility. The county’s reversal on Wednesday happened…
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Douglas County school board passes resolution to end mask mandate
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Driven by a newly elected majority, the Douglas County school board passed a resolution to largely end its mask mandate early Wednesday morning, closing a months-long saga that included lawsuits and the dissolution of a regional health department. After a seven-hour meeting that stretched past midnight, the board voted to first change its policy guiding…
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New trial ordered after El Paso County judge let biased juror serve
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An El Paso County judge violated a man’s right to an impartial jury by allowing a woman to serve who indicated she would hold the defendant’s silence against him, the Court of Appeals has determined. Brendan Patrick-Harold Bonner was convicted of felony trespass and misdemeanor obstructing a peace officer, for which he received probation and…
