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Colorado measure adding ID checks to mail-in voting qualifies for ballot
A ballot initiative that would require voters to include additional information on mail-in ballots has qualified for the November election, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. Backed by El Paso County Treasurer Chuck Broerman and former Deputy Secretary of State Suzanne Taheri, Initiative No. 362 would require voters to include either the last four…
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Colorado leaders cheer court decision to block Trump’s mail ballot order in a ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed
A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to restrict the mailing of ballots to American citizens on an eligible voters list. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are…
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Controversial two-bag furbearer limit heads to CPW meeting under legal threat
Next week’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting in La Junta is likely to open under the cloud of threatened legal action. Safari Club International and the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation warned the commission this month that its July vote imposing a two-bag limit on furbearers may have violated Colorado’s Administrative Procedures Act. In a letter…
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Some Colorado hunters oppose measure establishing constitutional right to hunt, fish proposal, group says
A group that says it represents hunters and anglers from across Colorado announced its opposition to a ballot measure that would establish the right to hunt and fish in Colorado’s constitution, saying it could result in the overturning of bans on certain unethical types of hunting. The group includes a former appointee to the Colorado…
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Federal judge hears arguments about Colorado’s 3-day gun purchase waiting period
A federal judge heard arguments on Monday about the constitutionality of a 2023 Colorado law that generally imposes a three-day waiting period on firearm purchases after the initiation of a background check. The test that the U.S. Supreme Court created in 2022 for assessing firearm regulations’ compliance with the Second Amendment occurs in two phases.…
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Colorado Supreme Court intervenes in Weld County prosecution dismissed due to Missy Woods misconduct
The Colorado Supreme Court ordered a Weld County trial judge last week to respond to the district attorney’s claim that he improperly dismissed a criminal case because of “outrageous” conduct by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Daniel Lee Eatinger stood accused of sexual assault on a child dating to July 2018. Prosecutors sought Eatinger’s arrest…
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Judge grants partial injunction to GEO in fight against state health inspection law
A judge ruled Thursday that The GEO Group does not have to follow parts of a new state law requiring more frequent health and safety inspections at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Aurora. Under the order of District Judge Daniel Domenico, GEO does not have to adhere to a section of…
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert stresses storage, forest health and Upper Basin rights at Colorado Water Congress
Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert used her brief Wednesday appearance at Colorado Water Congress to tout her record on delivering water projects for the state and her district. Boebert, who is running for her second term representing the 4th Congressional District, which covers the state’s Eastern Plains, told the standing-room-only audience that water is the…
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Colorado River crisis: Lake Mead, Lake Powell inch closer to ‘dead pool’
In the past 10 days, both Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border and Lake Powell roughly 300 miles northeast on the Utah-Arizona line have recorded their lowest water levels since the reservoirs were first filled. Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir and which supplies water to Nevada, Arizona and California, measured 1,040.4 feet above sea…
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CSI study reviews impacts of Colorado’s mandatory sex‑trafficking sentencing measure
A new report by the think-tank Common Sense Institute examines what could happen if Colorado voters approve Initiative No. 108, which establishes mandatory life sentences for offenders convicted of sexual trafficking of a minor. The measure is backed by Protect Kids Colorado, which describes itself as a “broad coalition of parents, grandparents and concerned citizens…