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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…
For the second year, the Democratic-controlled Colorado Legislature played defense against actions coming down from the federal government and the Trump administration. “The world around us shaped, at times, what our agenda might have…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Thursday rejected a proposal to rein in President Donald Trump’s months-long military actions in Iran that have left more than a dozen U.S. military members dead, while killing thousands of civilians and…
Student health centers at colleges and universities in Colorado will need to keep abortion medication in stock if Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs a bill passed by the Colorado Legislature into law. House Bill 26-1335 passed both the House…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Thursday that will prevent lawmakers in that chamber from receiving their paychecks during any government shutdowns that begin after this year’s midterm elections. The voice vote on the…
A growing number of incarcerated people across the country now have access to free phone calls and other communication services, a shift some advocates say is strengthening family connections, improving prison conditions and easing reentry…