Author: Marianne Goodland

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved two large claims related to the killing of livestock by wolves relocated to Colorado from Oregon in December, 2023. The claims paid were not paid in full, and a third claim never made it onto the agenda. Two of the three known claims came from…

A bill that won a party-line vote from a Colorado House committee aims to cap the price insurers pay urban hospitals for health services for state employees and those insured in the small group market. As introduced, House Bill 1174 would set reimbursement rates that health insurance carriers pay to mostly urban hospitals for covered…

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced it will review the Colorado case that led to the prosecution of former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, who was convicted in May 2021 of multiple felonies and misdemeanors related to a security breach at her office involving election equipment. The Justice Department’s intervention is connected…

As the number of incidents mounted, state lawmakers asked Denver Mayor Mike Johnston to help provide security due to growing criminal activity and harassment around the Colorado state Capitol. On Tuesday morning, a body was discovered on Colfax Avenue, about a block away from the state Capitol. Last week, police responded to an assault in…

The Colorado Department of Law said it will investigate a campaign finance complaint against Secretary of State Jena Griswold tied to a website proclaiming a run for governor. The Jan. 14 complaint from The Public Trust Institute, which is represented by Suzanne Taheri of West Group Law, alleged that Griswold “expended funds on a gubernatorial…

While it’s been around for at least a decade, it hasn’t been official until now. That’s 303 Day, which celebrates everything in Colorado and, more importantly, promote Colorado-linked goods and services. The state Senate passed a joint resolution on Monday naming March 3 as Buy Colorado Day and the inaugural day of Buy Colorado Week, which runs…

A bill seeking to repeal a portion of the 2021 Farmworkers Bill of Rights cleared its first hurdle last week when the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee advanced the measure. Senate Bill 128 won a bipartisan 5-2 vote, with two Democrats and three Republicans in favor and two Democrats voting against it. It now…

Next week, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to review more than $343,000 in claims submitted by ranchers for damage caused by the state’s reintroducing wolves to their livestock herds. It’s one of more than $453,000 in claims the commission will consider during its March 5-6 meeting. The other $100,000 concerns damage caused…

A Boulder County Democratic vacancy committee will convene on March 18 to select a successor to former Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis of Longmont. Jaquez Lewis resigned on Feb. 17 after allegations surfaced that she had submitted a fabricated letter of support to a Senate ethics committee investigating a complaint charging she mistreated aides and interns.…