jennifer bacon
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Colorado House Speaker McCluskie to remain in place as Democrats elect 2025 leadership
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State House Democrats elected its slate of leaders for the 2025 session on Monday. House Speaker Julie McCluskie of Dillon, who is entering her fourth and final term, will serve as the nominee for another term as Speaker. McCluskie was elected by acclimation. McCluskie was nominated by Rep. Emily Sirota of Denver, with a second…
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Colorado House bill requiring investigation of all misconduct allegations in law enforcement barely passes committee
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A bill that sponsors say will protect law enforcement officers who report misconduct by their peers barely passed through committee amid allegations from opponents that it was haphazardly put together without sufficient stakeholder input. House Bill 1460 would require law enforcement agencies to investigate all reported allegations of officer misconduct. Failure to do so would…
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Colorado House bill requiring investigation of all misconduct allegations in law enforcement barely passes committee
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A bill that sponsors say will protect law enforcement officers who report misconduct by their peers barely passed through committee amid allegations from opponents that it was haphazardly put together without sufficient stakeholder input. House Bill 1460 would require law enforcement agencies to investigate all reported allegations of officer misconduct. Failure to do so would…
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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…
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Culture, discipline, access take center stage at judicial oversight hearings
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Members of the General Assembly’s judiciary committees pressed the chief justice and his top administrator on Wednesday about planned reforms to improve workplace culture and access to justice for litigants, with specific questioning about a forthcoming directive on virtual hearings. Representatives from the state’s commission on judicial discipline also spoke at length, alerting lawmakers to…
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Lawmakers urge Supreme Court committee to address racial bias in jury selection
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Four Democratic lawmakers have written to the Colorado Supreme Court’s criminal rules committee urging it to address racial bias in jury selection following resistance from prosecutors to a legislative proposal on the subject. Last month, the sponsors of Senate Bill 128 declined to move forward with their legislation after all 22 elected district attorneys registered…
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Former DPS candidate Tay Anderson withholds gubernatorial endorsement pending answers to ‘tough questions’
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Tay Anderson, the 19-year-old who lost an election for a Denver Public Schools board seat last month, says in a Facebook video posted Wednesday that he hasn’t picked a gubernatorial candidate yet – because none of the Democrats running have enunciated a specific set of progressive positions Anderson says are required to get his endorsement.…
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A less-than-unanimous board sworn in at Colorado’s largest school district
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It had been smooth sailing for the nationally recognized education-reform agenda at Denver Public Schools, thanks to a more or less unified school board. The district, under the leadership of Superintendent (and reformer-in-chief) Tom Boasberg, has been charging ahead with its years-long efforts at expanding educational options like innovation schools and charter schools. It all…
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19-year-old Denver Public Schools board candidate Tay Anderson: ‘I’ll continue to fight’
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Soon after the first round of results had posted at about 7 p.m. Tuesday, Auontai “Tay” Anderson, a candidate for a northeast Denver school board seat, spoke to the crowd gathered to watch election night returns at a popular food incubator in Denver’s trending RINO neighborhood. Anderson, a May graduate of Manual High School –…
