The arrest warrant and supporting affidavit have been sealed in the Colorado Springs club shooting
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Posted inElection 2022
Amendment D: Colorado’s governor would be empowered to reassign judges to newly created judicial district
The constitutional amendment would let the governor move judges from the 18th Judicial District into the 23rd Judicial District
Posted inOpinion
Silverman: In Colorado men also have the right to not have children, even after conception
One day before women’s reproductive rights diminished in America, Colorado’s appellate court expanded reproductive rights of men. Centennial State males possess cognizable rights to not have children, even after conception, according to the ruling In re: Marriage of Olsen. Mr. and Mrs. Olsen utilized in-vitro fertilization to have children. When they divorced, leftover Olsen frozen […]
Posted inHealth, News
Colorado will get $385 million after Johnson & Johnson, distributors finalize landmark $26 billion opioid settlement
By Geoff Mulvhill, The Associated Press CAMDEN, N.J. — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears the way for $26 billion to flow to nearly every state and local government in the U.S. Taken together, the settlements are […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News, Politics and Government
How Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence could be shortened by the court, and the power Colorado’s governor has to intervene
The 110-year prison sentence imposed on Rogel Aguilera-Mederos for causing a fiery Interstate 70 wreck west of Denver that killed four people has stoked international outrage and prompted calls for Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ to intervene. Jefferson County prosecutors have filed a motion asking the court to reconsider the sentence, which could change the penalty […]
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Federal appeals panel dismisses 10-year-old lawsuit accusing TABOR of being unconstitutional
The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s strict constitutional tax and spending limits. Colorado Politics reports that the court dismissed the lawsuit, filed in 2011 by a group of elected officials who argued that the voter-approved 1992 Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights violates the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees a republican form […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Nicolais: Political violence went on trial. Our republic is under threat.
This year began with an attempted coup d’état and in its final months political violence has been on trial, no more so than over the past week. The outcomes will have existential effects on the future of our country. I do not remember a single week in which so many court cases and congressional hearings […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Dominion Voting’s Eric Coomer files defamation lawsuit against Randy Corporon, Salem Media
A former executive at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against conservative Colorado media figure Randy Corporon and conservative broadcaster Salem Media Group, which owns Denver radio station 710 KNUS, where Corporon hosts a show. The legal action by Eric Coomer over the weekend is similar to a previous lawsuit Coomer filed against […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Officers, paramedics indicted in Elijah McClain’s death make first court appearance
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press Three police officers and two paramedics indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Colorado appeared in court Monday for the first time since being charged. Officers Randy Roedema, Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt and fire department paramedic Jeremy Cooper and fire Lt. […]
Posted inEnergy, News, Politics and Government
$100M lawsuit over smelly Weld County fertilizer plant can go ahead after high court declines to hear appeal
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a $100 million lawsuit against the state’s health department to move forward in a case involving an odoriferous biogas plant in Weld County after the high court declined to hear the state’s appeal. Last year, a split panel of judges from the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed a […]