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COVER STORY: Taking on human trafficking — Colo. is ramping up response, but a key measure stalled
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Imagine a young child – a baby, really, barely graduated from a bassinet to a crib. Imagine that same baby being sold into sexual slavery just shy of her first birthday. It’s a vision too horrible to imagine. But it’s real, and it happened in Colorado. Kelly Dore is a former Elbert County commissioner, a…
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‘It’s in the judge’s hands’: Ruling on Lamborn’s political fate expected soon
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A federal judge in Denver said Monday he plans to issue a ruling “soon” on a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in an attempt to get his name on the Republican primary ballot. U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer listened to several hours of testimony and arguments Monday morning as an attorney representing…
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Judge denies Hill’s bid to intervene in Lamborn’s lawsuit over ouster from primary
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A federal judge ruled over the weekend that state Sen. Owen Hill and a group of fellow Republicans won’t be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in the six-term GOP incumbent’s bid to get back on the primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court removed him. It’s the latest…
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Lamborn lawsuit over spot on primary ballot headed to federal court
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has his day in court Monday in Denver, when a federal judge has scheduled a hearing over a lawsuit that could determine whether the six-term Republican can appear on the June primary ballot. Lamborn sued Secretary of State Wayne Williams in U.S. District Court this week in response to a unanimous…
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Rep. Mike Coffman wants to rein in president’s war authority
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman wants to reign in the power of the president to use military force – and not necessarily just the current president, but him, too. “What I have confidence in is the people around the president,” Coffman said Thursday when Colorado Politics asked him if he had confidence in President Trump’s war-making judgment.…
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Owen Hill wants to intervene in federal lawsuit that could keep Doug Lamborn off ballot
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Owen Hill, a Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, wants to oppose Lamborn in federal court in a case that could keep the six-term incumbent off the June primary ballot. Hill, a Colorado Springs state senator and one of four Republicans trying to unseat Lamborn, plans to file a motion to intervene in the U.S.…
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Lamborn files federal lawsuit to secure spot on GOP primary ballot
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn filed a lawsuit in federal court late Wednesday asking a judge to overturn a Colorado law that could keep the Colorado Springs Republican off the ballot in his bid for a seventh term in Congress. The move follows a unanimous ruling Monday by the Colorado Supreme Court that ordered Secretary of…
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Two weeks, 315 bills left in 2018 legislative session
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Well, at least the count went down a little. With 14 days left in the 2018 General Assembly session, the count for bills that are still pending some form of action has gone down, but not by much. There are now 174 bills in the House awaiting decisions ranging from committee hearing to governor’s decision…
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What’s next for Lamborn? Questions & answers on Colo.’s ballot mess
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So what lies ahead for U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn? The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ordered state officials to leave the Colorado Springs congressman’s name off the Republican primary ballot, causing jaws to drop and heads to spin. Almost immediately, attorneys for the six-term representative vowed to take their case to federal court, where they…
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Democrat Amy Padden drops out of AG’s race, endorses primary rival Phil Weiser
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Democrat Amy Padden, a former state and federal prosecutor, on Tuesday suspended her campaign for attorney general and threw her support in the primary behind Phil Weiser. “It is not because I am afraid of the fight ahead – I have never backed away from a fight and never will,” she said in a statement.…