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Colorado Supreme Court accepts 3 cases, including on racial bias in jury selection
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will decide whether a person’s belief that racial bias exists in policing is an acceptable reason to remove them from a jury, or whether doing so violates the longstanding prohibition against race discrimination in jury selection. At least three of the court’s seven members must consent to…
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12 years in City Hall: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s triumphs and failures
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Outgoing Mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, sits down with Denver Gazette for exclusive interviewTom HellauerTomHellauertom.hellauer@denvergazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a3dc80c0a9d47d671f1f3da872cc0a06?s=100&d=mm&r=g Denver Mayor Michael Hancock knows what he’ll regret most from his three terms as the most powerful elected leader in Denver: Thanksgiving, 2020, when Hancock was caught traveling in the thick of a raging pandemic despite having urged the public to…
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New look marijuana products threaten Colorado kids
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A Colorado committee recently considered how to regulate a new generation of marijuana-based products that illustrate just how far commercialization has extended since the comparatively innocent days before the legalization of recreational marijuana. The official state work group considered what to do about radically new ways to deliver intense amounts of THC, the main psychoactive…
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Republican AGs roll out big for Brauchler
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The champagne from Democrat Phil Weiser’s victory party had barely lost its fizz when the national Republican Attorneys General Association rolled out the tanks for George Brauchler Wednesday morning. Brauchler, the district attorney for Arapahoe and surrounding counties, had no challenger in Tuesday’s GOP primary to succeed Republican Cynthia Coffman. Weiser fended off state Rep.…
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Denver councilman calls for independent probe into allegations against Denver mayor
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“To remove the cloud” forming over the city’s top office, a Denver councilman is calling for an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Mayor Michael Hancock. In a pointed letter sent to the mayor’s office earlier this week and obtained by Westword, Councilman Rafael Espinoza asked the city attorney to commission an independent investigation…
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Denver buses its homeless out of town, but it’s not what you think
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OK, yes, the City of Denver does bus some of its homeless out of town, but don’t jump to conclusions. Westword’s Chris Walker explains what’s really going on in a report this week. Walker follows up on a mention of the Mile High City by the British newspaper the Guardian in a piece it had done…
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Former 420 rally organizer sues Denver, claiming city conspired against him
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The former organizer of Denver’s 420 rally is taking his grievances against the city to court, alleging officials mounted a public relations campaign to remove him as host of the event. The city banned Miguel Lopez from organizing the marijuana event after Denver’s Civic Center Park was left littered with trash following an April rally.…
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Washington Post, ’60 Minutes’ investigate opioid distribution case with Colorado at its center
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As the Colorado legislature and Attorney General Cynthia Coffman has tried to stem the addiction to opioid drugs, a major pipeline of painkillers was flowing out of a small drugstore in Brighton for years, the Washington Post and “60 Minutes” report this weekend. Before top brass at the Justice Department and DEA started cutting deals…
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Nothing new about sexual harassment, but is there a new course ahead?
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Sexual misconduct, inappropriate behavior and even assault are, of course, not new experiences for women or men. Reports show that 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused by age 12, and it’s usually by someone they know well. These stats are incomplete and inaccurate as they represent the number of…
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It’s all about Douglas Bruce — this time, in a way that actually enlightens
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It’s not that much of a stretch to say the history of Colorado fiscal policy over the past quarter-century is synonymous with the biography of Douglas Bruce. That’s by and large because of the one groundbreaking policy Bruce authored and relentlessly championed into law in 1992, the voter-approved Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights in the state…
