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Colorado parole board members have just under two weeks to finalize a parole plan for Tina Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk who was convicted for her role in a breach of her office’s election system. Peters will be released from La…
WASHINGTON — After voting no seven times, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., flipped and cast the deciding vote to advance a War Powers Resolution to rein in President Donald Trump’s war in Iran without authorization from Congress. In a 50-47 vote,…
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Democratic attorneys general and governors sued the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday over forthcoming regulations that will impose new borrowing limits for students pursuing certain advanced degree…
It is too late for another candidate to get on the June primary ballot in Colorado, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to back a primary challenger against longtime ally U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Boebert, a Windsor Republican, joined…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis urged future lawmakers to avoid a “heavy hand” when considering regulations on emerging technology during a panel with business leaders Tuesday. “We obviously value protecting consumers here, but we want to also…
When the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map to take effect in December, its conservative majority wrote that a lower court had “improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign” when it blocked the…
Conversations with survivors of sexual abuse left Missouri state Sen. Tracy McCreery wondering what could have prevented the harm, leading her to sponsor a bill that would require clergy and religious workers to report suspected child…
This commentary was originally published by The Conversation. In western Colorado, home to the treasured Palisade peach, cytospora canker is one of the most economically consequential fungal diseases faced by growers. A recent survey…
A Denver District Court on Friday shut down a last-minute effort by three Republican candidates to keep unaffiliated voters from participating in Colorado’s June primary election. The lawsuit seeks a ruling that Colorado’s semi-open…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday a new “anti-weaponization” settlement fund as a condition of President Donald Trump voluntarily dropping his multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service for…
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Children’s Hospital Colorado should restart gender-affirming care for transgender children, about five months after the hospital stopped providing such treatment in the face of threats to…
A broad coalition of Colorado labor unions and faith groups brought the two Democratic candidates for governor to the stage at a church in Lakewood Sunday for a forum with an unusual twist. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General…
Regulation of technology was an expected topic of the Colorado legislative session this year, as lawmakers had a deadline to rewrite a controversial law governing use of artificial intelligence. That two-year saga came to an end on…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, an election denier who was convicted and sentenced for her role in a breach of her office’s election system. Polis cut Peters’ sentence from…
WASHINGTON — Democrats and advocacy groups urged a quick rejection of President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on compiling citizenship lists and creating traceable mail-in ballots in a federal court hearing Thursday. Lawyers for…
As fortune-seekers continued to flock towards the gold and silver mining camps of San Juan Mountains, word reached the Colorado Territory that its non-voting congressional representative was petitioning to shift one of its U.S. Army…
Two of the three candidates vying for the chance to carry the Republican Party’s torch into the 2026 Colorado governor’s race faced off Thursday in the GOP primary’s first televised debate. State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer of Weld County and Rep.…
The Colorado Legislature approved a bill that would require social media companies to comply with search warrants within 24 hours of receiving one, though a potential veto from Gov. Jared Polis looms. House Bill 26-1255 would also require…