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Michael Dougherty appointed to replace Stan Garnett as Boulder district attorney

Feb 22, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday appointed veteran prosecutor Michael Dougherty, a former Democratic candidate for attorney general, to replace Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett, who is stepping down at the end of the month to take a job with a law firm. At the same time, state Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette, the other finalist…
Gov. Hickenlooper tells Flick family: Entire state grieving with you

Feb 11, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper was among dozens of officials and thousands of mourners who gathered Saturday at New Life Church in Colorado Springs to remember El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Micah Flick, who was killed in the line of duty Monday in a shooting that wounded three other law enforcement officers and a civilian. “The entire…
Colorado tilts left in local elections in the year of Trump

Nov 16, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Well past dark on Tuesday, Dan Thomas dropped off his ballot before the polls closed at the Denver Elections Office just across Civic Center park from his office. “It was on my desk,” he said of his ballot. “I saw it walking out, and I don’t want a black mark that says I’m a bad…
Coffman’s switch to governor’s race could boost Democrats’ shot at electing an attorney general

Nov 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Attorney General Cynthia Coffman wasn’t only taking a gamble with her political future Wednesday when she jumped from a run for re-election to a slot in Colorado’s crowded Republican gubernatorial primary – she was creating an open seat a year before the election and throwing another curve into a cycle that’s been full of them.…
Colorado Justice Allison Eid confirmed to replace Neil Gorsuch on federal appeals court

Nov 2, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Senate voted 56-41 on Thursday to confirm Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, filling the vacancy created by Justice Neil Gorsuch’s elevation to the U.S. Supreme Court, with both Colorado senators, Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican Cory Gardner, voting in favor of her confirmation. Eid’s nod means that…
Colorado mayors sign on to national push for parks within 10 minutes

Oct 16, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado mayors will help advance a nationwide mission to put a high-quality park within a 10-minute walk of every American. The Trust for Public Land, National Recreation and Park Association and Urban Land Institute will launch the nationwide campaign in 2018. The JPB Foundation has donated almost $3.5 million for project. The initiative includes working…
Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser surpasses fundraising record he set last quarter

Oct 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser broke a record he set in the last fundraising quarter, raking in $368,000 for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, his campaign announced Tuesday. It’s more money than any attorney general candidate has raised in a quarter since the imposition of strict campaign finance limits on Colorado races following the…
NFL’s domestic violence investigator Lisa Friel backs Democrat Michael Dougherty in attorney general primary

Sep 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

National Football League Senior Vice President Lisa Friel, a former prosecutor who investigates charges of off-field misconduct by players, has endorsed prosecutor Michael Dougherty, one of five Democrats running for Colorado attorney general in next year’s primary. Friel, the former chief of the Manhattan sex crimes prosecution unit, was recruited by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in…
Bernie Buescher backs attorney general candidate Phil Weiser in Democratic primary

Sep 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Former Secretary of State Bernie Buescher threw his support behind Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser Thursday, calling the former University of Colorado law school dean a creative problem-solver with an entrepreneurial spirit. Buescher, a former state lawmaker from Grand Junction who also served as deputy attorney general, said he’s been a fan since Weiser…
Tom Tancredo asks ‘the base’ whether he should jump in Republican gubernatorial primary

Sep 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo is seeking advice from conservatives as he weighs whether to join Colorado’s crowded Republican primary for governor in next year’s election. “Here we are, once again looking at this possibility, and I assure you it is, in my own mind, the possibility – the possibility of running for governor,” said Tancredo…