Politics May 20 Colorado Supreme Court orders children's hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors By Colleen Slevin, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Politics May 15 Colorado Gov. Polis commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressure Trump has championed the case of Peters, a 70-year-old former county clerk who was sentenced to nine years behind bars after being convicted in a scheme to make a copy of her county’s election computer system. She gets released June… By Colleen Slevin, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press
Nation May 09 Pedestrian killed after being struck by Frontier Airlines plane taking off in Denver A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said. By Michael Casey, Associated Press
Nation Apr 24 Former Colorado funeral home owner gets 30-year prison sentence in state court A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case that forced the state to clamp down on an industry plagued by repeated scandal and notoriously lax… By Colleen Slevin, Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Nation Apr 22 CBP officer charged with assault over treatment of protester outside Colorado ICE facility An immigration officer has been charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief following an investigation into how he treated a protester in Durango, Colorado, who said the officer put her in a chokehold. By Colleen Slevin, Morgan Lee, Associated Press
Apr 02 Colorado court orders resentencing of Tina Peters for election fraud scheme By Colleen Slevin, Matthew Brown, Associated Press A Colorado appeals court ruled Thursday that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that sought to prove fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced because a judge wrongly punished her for statements protected as free speech. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 7:05 Supreme Court sides with therapist challenging Colorado ban on conversion therapy By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz A Colorado law that bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth hit a potentially far-reaching roadblock at the Supreme Court. In an 8-1 decision, the justices sided with a Christian counselor who argued that the law violated her First Amendment rights. Continue watching
Mar 22 Why Colorado River negotiations stalled and how they could restart By Karen Schlatter, Sharon B. Megdal, The Conversation The current Colorado River negotiations process includes all five of the most common sources of conflict in any process seeking compromise. Continue reading
Mar 16 Colorado ex-funeral home owner sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in pandemic small business aid. Continue reading
Mar 16 3,800 workers are on strike at a massive U.S. meatpacking plant. They want higher wages and better healthcare By Brittany Peterson, Matthew Brown, Associated Press Union officials say the company charges many workers more than $1,000 each to pay for their safety equipment. Continue reading