Colorado Watch: Investigative Journalism- Page 2 of 23

Colorado Watch: Investigations

Homeless recruits of 'The Program' say they were told to sign NDAs amid investigations in Colorado

Updated 3 days ago

Several formerly homeless people — each drawn into an Aurora-based enterprise known as “The Program” that promised free housing and cash in return for letting...

Medicaid suspends agency behind 'The Program,' citing 'credible' fraud allegations

Updated 4 days ago

The agency overseeing Colorado’s federal Medicaid program has suspended an Aurora home-health agency that is the focus of an investigation into an enterprise that lured...

Missy Woods accepts plea deal, avoids trial on 102 felony counts

Updated 4 days ago

The former top Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist accused of altering and deleting DNA evidence in scores of criminal cases across the state for...

'The program': Church's cash 'donations' are an anomaly; requests to attend services were ignored

Updated 3 weeks ago

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Colorado Watch series that looked into how homeless people were offered housing and "donations" from a church in return...

'The program': Using the homeless to reap Medicaid millions is not new

Updated 3 weeks ago

'The program': Caretakers got millions, some homeless were evicted

Updated 3 weeks ago

Using housing and cash, 'the program' exploits Colorado's homeless for Medicaid millions

Updated 3 weeks ago

'The program': On Going HHC roots deeply intertwined with others

Updated 3 weeks ago

'The program': Medicaid for home health in Colorado is complex setup

Updated 3 weeks ago

Marijuana cultivator files class-action lawsuit over state 'distortions' in excise tax collections

Updated 1 month ago

In private meeting, Colorado marijuana regulators acknowledge extent of illegal hemp sales

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado legislators pass bill that sponsors say would strengthen sex crime victim protections

Updated 1 month ago

Dismissal sought in Michael Clark's second trial

Updated 2 months ago

Assisted-living facility in Colorado faced minimal fine after death of 73-year-old man

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado marijuana regulators pledge crackdown on intoxicating hemp

Updated 2 months ago

Citing potential tax avoidance, 'serious risk to public safety,' Marijuana Enforcement Division warns companies about swapping illegal chemically converted hemp for marijuana This article was...

New rules for private judges in Colorado include discipline oversight, campaign contributions

Updated 3 months ago

The Colorado Supreme Court recently determined the state’s private judges — retired jurists appointed to oversee civil cases that rarely get public scrutiny — can...

WATCH: Sexual Assault, The System & Colorado

Updated 4 months ago

For many survivors of sexual assault in Colorado, their cases can get lost in a complex justice system, with alleged perpetrators unpunished. Several women detail...

Toll to sexual assault survivors rises if they feel blamed and disbelieved

Updated 4 months ago

Natalie, a single mother, dropped off her son at daycare, went to therapy and then returned home. She swallowed a fistful of pills, washing them...

Colorado rape cases rarely result in an arrest and prosecution

Updated 4 months ago

State audit: Rape kit backlog reduced but more work needed to hit goal

Updated 4 months ago

Judge: CBI ordered to provide access to thousands of DNA cases

Updated 4 months ago

Colorado marijuana regulators consider major changes to how labs test for contaminants

Updated 5 months ago

Missy Woods pleads not guilty; trial set for fall

Updated 5 months ago

Cherry Creek school board was warned four years ago that superintendent's marriage could be a problem

Updated 5 months ago

Colorado's charitable gaming board to study Denver Gazette's findings

Updated 5 months ago

A year of developments in the CBI forensic lab scandal

Updated 6 months ago

Colorado campaign debt collection efforts aren't much of an effort

Updated 6 months ago

Colorado campaign finance penalties 'a runaway train without an off-ramp'

Updated 6 months ago

Judicial discipline changes moving at a slow pace

Updated 8 months ago

Colorado’s judicial system is barely closer to fixing what some have called a broken process of disciplining judges a year after voters approved a new...

Judicial discipline changes moving at a slow pace

Updated 8 months ago

Colorado’s judicial system is barely closer to fixing what some have called a broken process of disciplining judges a year after voters approved a new...

Michael Clark murder defense seeks to link case to JonBenét investigation 'mistakes'

Updated 8 months ago

In new legal filings, Michael Clark, now facing a second trial for a 1994 murder, seeks to link alleged Boulder police missteps in his case...

New charitable gaming board meets following Gazette series

Updated 8 months ago

The latest iteration of Colorado’s long-defunct advisory board for charitable gaming met Friday for the first time since legislators revived it more than 18 months...