Crime and Courts
Activists want details on 27-year-old criminal investigation into Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant
The government built plutonium triggers at the Rocky Flats plant from 1952 to 1989. It was shut down after a two-year grand jury investigation into environmental violations.
Top Stories
Colorado child abuse hotline receives record number of calls last year
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Death of boy, 7, found in Denver storage unit, could spark new rules about following up on kids at risk who are pulled from school
By Karen Augé Education Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s new attorney general plans legal action against Trump administration over health care, citizenship question
By Jesse Paul Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Unemployment claims by federal employees up in Colorado as government shutdown drags on
By Tamara Chuang Business Primary category in which blog post is published
The top 10 issues to watch in Colorado’s 2019 legislative session
Colorado lawmakers will focus on everything from oil and gas and health care to education and immigration when the 2019 term begins Friday
Gov. Hickenlooper pardons one murderer who committed crime as juvenile, cuts short the sentence of six other killers
Over the past two weeks outgoing Gov. John Hickenlooper has exercised more clemency authority than he has since 2013
Colorado baker, central in U.S. Supreme Court case, back in court over 2nd LGBT bias allegation
Lawyers for Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver, are suing to try to stop the state from taking action against him over the new discrimination allegation
Hickenlooper commutes life sentences of 6 men convicted of murder, including in high-profile Curtis Brooks case
Curtis Brooks was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the slaying of 24-year-old Christopher Ramos in Aurora in 1995
The legislature denied them four times, so transgender people found another way to rewrite Colorado law on birth certificates
Current Colorado law -- the one transgender advocates have tried to change the last four years -- requires a person to have gender-reassignment surgery and prove it to a judge before asking to change the gender marker on a birth certificate
Six years after marijuana legalization, Colorado still hasn’t figured out what to do with pot-sniffing dogs
The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday about whether an alert from a dog trained to smell marijuana creates probable cause for a search
El Paso County sheriff can’t hold people for immigration authorities, judge rules
Courts in several states have ruled that sheriffs cannot hold people on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without violating the 4th Amendment
Denver officials want to clear some 10,000 low-level marijuana convictions, following in Boulder County’s footsteps
San Francisco, San Diego and Seattle announced their similar efforts early this year. Boulder County prosecutors just days ago made their plans public.
Security tighter as Colorado’s first Jewish governor takes office amid rising threats, hate crimes
An LGBT organization is also on alert for a rise in harassment in Colorado
