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Appeals court overturns orders requiring Huerfano County to better fund DA’s office
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded a trial judge exceeded his authority by ordering Huerfano County to increase funding to the district attorney’s office using the elected DA’s own formula. Henry L. Solano, the district attorney for Las Animas and Huerfano counties, argued Huerfano County commissioners were awarding him less than 50% of what he…
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Colorado Supreme Court, 6-1, clarifies meaning of ‘prior’ DUI offense
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The Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday that if someone is charged with multiple drunk driving offenses, what matters is which incident results in a conviction first, not necessarily which offense happens first. Under Colorado law, each subsequent impaired driving conviction receives a harsher sentence. Consequently, prior convictions are important for determining the severity of…
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Why grand jury probes – such as Denver’s LoDo shooting investigation – are highly unusual
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Highly rare in Colorado, Tuesday’s decision by Denver District Attorney Beth McCann marks only the third time in three decades that a Denver grand jury investigation into an officer-involved shooting has been convened. Denver’s two previous grand jury investigations, one in 1992 and the other in 2004, involved single officers who each shot and killed…
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Q&A with Rep. Alec Garnett | Speaker of the House reflects on his time in the legislature
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At 38, Speaker of the House Alec Garnett, D-Denver, is in his last of eight years in the Colorado House and among the youngest to serve in that position. Garnett is the third Democrat from the Capitol Hill House District to wield the speaker’s gavel. He follows former speakers Mark Ferrandino, the youngest to ever…
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New Kavanaugh accuser is from Colorado
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By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press, and Ernest Luning, Colorado Politics WASHINGTON – As the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing Thursday for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who says he sexually assaulted her as a teenager, a new claim of sexual misconduct emerged from…
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Rep. Mike Foote to talk gun violence in Boulder Monday night
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Rep. Mike Foote plans have a talk about gun violence Monday night in Boulder. A 14-year deputy prosecutor in Boulder County, the legislator is running for district attorney. He’ll be joined by Boulder Mayor Pro-Tem Aaron Brockett and Helen Kamin of the anti-gun violence advocacy organization Moms Demand Action from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Lundberg backs Watson in GOP treasurer’s race
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The recent slew of endorsements has slowed a bit recently, perhaps because the Legislature’s waning days have drawn the focus of Colorado’s political world, perhaps because few bigwigs remain who have not bestowed their blessings during this long political season. Still, some candidates learned in the last week that they won the support of notables,…
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Social-media threats over ‘red flag’ gun bill prompts lawmaker to notify law enforcement
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State Rep. Cole Wist was in the Colorado House Judiciary Committee Thursday night when he left unexpectedly and was soon replaced on the panel by House Minority Leader Patrick Neville of Castle Rock. Wist, a Republican from Centennial, has weathered a barrage of negative posts and tweets all week for his sponsorship of a “red…
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Dougherty makes primary ballot by petition, will face Foote in Boulder DA race
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Democrat Michael Dougherty, the Boulder County district attorney, will be on the primary ballot for the seat after turning in a sufficient number of petition signatures, state officials said Wednesday. Dougherty will face off in the June primary against state Rep. Mike Foote, D-Louisville, who won top line in the primary at the Boulder Democrats’…
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Democrat Michael Dougherty kicks off campaign for Boulder County district attorney
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Days after learning he’d been appointed to the office and just a week before precinct caucuses, Democrat Michael Dougherty, a former candidate for attorney general, declared Tuesday he’s running for Boulder County district attorney. Gov. John Hickenlooper last week named Dougherty to replace Stan Garnett, who is stepping down after 10 years in office to…
