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10th Circuit agrees ex-coroner employee fired for performance, not medical leave
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has concluded the coroner for Adams and Broomfield counties had legitimate performance-related reasons for firing an employee and did not, as alleged, retaliate against her for taking medical leave. Tiffany Litzsinger, who worked for the coroner’s office between 2013 and 2018, claimed that Chief Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan terminated Litzsinger…
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10th Circuit dismisses lawsuit challenging validity of TABOR
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has dismissed the long-running lawsuit seeking to void Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights, finding in a 7-2 decision that a collection of local governments has no basis to challenge the 1992 constitutional amendment. Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, writing for himself and six of his colleagues, concluded that the…
