Author: Colorado Politics
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Colorado gun rights group sues over state’s safety training mandate
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado arm of the National Rifle Association announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new law requiring individuals to complete a safety training course through Colorado Parks and Wildlife to be eligible to buy or sell semiautomatic rifles, shotguns…
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Gov. Polis unveils new Colorado River information hub at annual Water Congress
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eugene Buchanan/Special to Colorado Politics Colorado Gov. Jared Polis opened the 2025 Summer Colorado Water Congress Conference at the Steamboat Grand Hotel by leading a panel titled “Our Washington Leadership’s Forecast for Water’s Future.” …
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Water conservation takes center stage at 2025 Colorado Water Congress in Steamboat Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Story By Eugene Buchanan/Special to Colorado Politics As the Lee Fire tears through more than 137,000 drought-parched acres in northwest Colorado—now the fifth largest wildfire in state history—more than 500 water experts and policymakers have…
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Federal judge advances retaliation-related claims of Castle Rock employee
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday largely declined to dismiss multiple retaliation-related claims from a Castle Rock employee, while cautioning that the discovery of evidence would shed light on the circumstances surrounding the town’s actions. Matthew…
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Gazette newspapers win 28 awards in Colorado journalism contest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Gazette family of newspapers won more than two dozen awards in the Colorado Press Association’s annual best in journalism competition. Colorado Politics took home 13 awards, The Denver Gazette hauled in three, and the…
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Federal judge orders release hearing for torture victim in ‘abhorrent’ immigration custody
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday found a “real risk” that the government would try to unlawfully deport a man who was tortured in his home country, and ordered a hearing to determine if he should be released from immigration custody while his case proceeds. Two…
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Federal judge dismisses some claims in ex-RTD police chief’s discrimination lawsuit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed some of the claims brought by the former police chief of the Regional Transportation District in his employment discrimination lawsuit. Joel Fitzgerald Sr. led RTD’s police department after his August 2022 hiring until his termination in September 2024. Fitzgerald…
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Judge dismisses challenge to field trip policy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a constitutional challenge to the overnight field trip policy of Jeffco Public Schools, filed by multiple families who objected to rooming assignments based on students’ gender identities as opposed to their sex assigned at birth. U.S. District Court Judge…
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Defendant’s ‘train wreck’ of a statement prompts appeals court to order new trial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court ordered a new trial on Thursday for a defendant whose 16-minute statement mid-trial, which had no basis in criminal procedure and was described by one judge as a “train wreck,” resulted in a constitutionally unfair proceeding. Jefferson County prosecutors charged Riddick Amoako-Asiamah with…
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Appeals court overturns $850K+ in sanctions Douglas County judge imposed without explanation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday reversed a Douglas County judge’s decision to impose more than $850,000 in sanctions on a pair of litigants and their lawyer without explaining why the amount was justified. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel noted there are multiple legal tools…