Tag: Bill Ritter
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How deep is Colorado’s rural-urban divide? 10 takeaways from the Rural Reckoning series | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save How bad is the rural/urban divide in Colorado? That’s what a team of reporters at Colorado Politics and The Colorado Network, our statewide collective of freelancers, set out to measure and understand. Through extensive interviews, data analysis and community voices, our journalists have documented the…
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Former governor Bill Ritter endorses Kelly Brough for Denver mayor
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter endorsed Kelly Brough for Denver mayor. Ritter, a Democrat, served as governor from 2007 to 2011. He was also the Denver District Attorney from 1993 to 2005. He called Brough “masterful” at bringing diverse people to the table in order to find solutions for tough problems, according to a release…
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Why grand jury probes – such as Denver’s LoDo shooting investigation – are highly unusual
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Highly rare in Colorado, Tuesday’s decision by Denver District Attorney Beth McCann marks only the third time in three decades that a Denver grand jury investigation into an officer-involved shooting has been convened. Denver’s two previous grand jury investigations, one in 1992 and the other…
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Video of LoDo shooting alone not enough for grand jury to decide culpability: Forensic analyst
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a case as complex as the LoDo shooting incident, video footage alone is not enough for a grand jury to make a determination as to the culpability of the three officers in the injuries sustained by the suspect or bystanders, a forensic analyst said.…
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Prosecutors scramble to fill void after San Luis Valley DA’s resignation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save District attorneys in Denver, Boulder, Adams, Broomfield and Jefferson counties are loaning their prosecutors to San Luis Valley to help shoulder the caseload after Wednesday’s sudden resignation of District Attorney Alonzo Payne. Payne left office with just one full-time and a part-time attorney swimming in cases.…
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Q&A with Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg | At the end of 16 years of public service
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, is the only one of 100 lawmakers in the 2022 session who has served for a full 16 years: four consecutive two-year terms in the House followed by two consecutive four-year terms in the Senate. First elected in 2006 to…
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Chasing progress: Colorado Hispanic high school graduation rate shows marked upswing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Rosa Beltran was going through high school in the late 1990s in a small town in southern Colorado, she never expected to graduate. “My parents were very concerned about just working and trying to put food on the table. I don’t think I ever…
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Metro Moves: Colorado Livestock Association names new CEO
Welcome to The Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to dennis.huspeni@gazette.com. New hire Zachary Riley, former senior director of public policy and federal affairs at Colorado Farm Bureau, will be chief executive of the Colorado Livestock…
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Energy, innovation and distrust collide in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One thing partisans on both sides of the continental divide on Colorado energy can agree on is that innovation will power the future. Innovation for renewable energy and oil and gas have another thing in common. They will depend on evolution, not revolution, as they…
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Colorado’s legislative session experiencing a rising tide of law enforcement bills
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s a buzzing undercurrent in the legislative session: the volume of law enforcement bills working their way through the General Assembly like a river carves a canyon. One law enforcement official said he’s monitoring 40 bills, including about two dozen — more are coming —…