domestic violence
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Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez garners strong support from Colo. associates
BOULDER – Deborah Ramirez’s associates are standing with the intensely private Boulder woman who launched herself into the national spotlight Sunday with allegations of sexual misconduct by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “I fully support Debbie, 100 percent,” said Lisa Calderon, who hired and supervised Ramirez more than a decade ago to work with…
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Hickenlooper makes plea to preserve domestic-violence funding
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is again making his views known to Washington, this time about domestic violence. Hickenlooper has the White House on his mind these days as he considers whether to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. Congress left for its August recess without reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Congress…
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There were many good reasons to reject ‘red flag’ legislation
In the closing days of the 2018 session of the General Assembly, the so-called “red flag” bill was rushed through the state House of Representatives in only five days from introduction to passage. House Democrats and the progressive media were united and vocal in their support, but in the end, only two of 47 Republicans…
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Colo. domestic-violence gun law is often ignored
A five-year-old law that aimed to keep guns away from alleged domestic violence abusers is frequently ignored or unenforced, a 9Wants to Know investigation has found. In 2013, Colorado lawmakers passed a bill that aimed to protect victims of domestic violence by ordering alleged abusers to relinquish guns and ammunition while under a protection order.…
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State assisting Colorado’s Ute tribes to provide social services
Reggie Bicha has been talking to tribal leaders about how the state of Colorado can be an ally to the Ute nation to provide needed social services to tribal members in the state. Bicha, executive director of the Colorado Department of Human Services, and other state agency leaders met with representatives from the Ute Mountain…
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Crackdown on stalkers soon will become law in Colorado
Victims of stalking and domestic violence will be able to breathe easier with the enactment of legislation denying bail between conviction and sentencing for perpetrators of felony stalking or domestic violence. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 1150 on Wednesday, closing a potential loophole that let judges grant bail to felony stalking and domestic violence convicts who…
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New board would help law enforcement track, curb domestic violence
The grim reality is that domestic violence is a driver in Colorado’s homicide rate. Tracking that violence to better understand it could lay groundwork for law enforcement and the rest of society to respond more effectively. It could even prevent more deaths. That’s the premise of a bipartisan measure that unanimously passed the Senate this week,…
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Attorney General Coffman applauds governor signing criminal justice legislation into law
Attorney General Cynthia Coffman celebrated the signing by Gov. John Hickenlooper Thursday of three bills that are part of her legislative agenda this year. “During the interim, our team sat down with citizens and stakeholders to establish our legislative priorities for the year, and identify how our statutes can be improved to protect Coloradans,” Coffman…
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Lawmakers work together to free stalking victims from rental agreements
Victims of stalking in Colorado will very likely soon be able to legally break their rental agreements – a proactive change in state law supported by sexual assault and victims’ rights groups and proposed in a bipartisan bill that is speeding its way through the Legislature. The state Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously…