Tag: Department Of Regulatory Agencies
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Hail drives up to 54% of homeowners’ insurance premiums in parts of Colorado
Hail is the largest cost driver of homeowners’ insurance spikes in many parts of the state, according to data collected by the Colorado Division of Insurance. The department requested data from 20 homeowners’ insurance carriers to calculate average premiums and the percentage of those premiums attributable to hail and wildfire risks. “We know that homeowners’…
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Renewed questions of public trust in Colorado funeral homes following Pueblo discovery
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two years after the discovery of almost 200 decomposing bodies inside Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, state inspectors found 24 more neglected corpses hidden inside Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s business, Davis Mortuary. Some of those bodies, investigators said, had been hidden for 15 years, and…
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The state clears Grand Junction nursing home in veteran’s death, leaving widow to decry ‘lack of oversight and accountability’
The state Department of Human Services has cleared two nurses at a Grand Junction nursing home of suspected caretaker neglect, reversing previous findings by Mesa County in connection with the death of an 83-year-old resident from fatal sepsis, according to a letter from the state shared with the Denver Gazette on Thursday. Ernest Griffiths Jr.,…
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Colorado’s controversial parenting evaluators get immunity from civil lawsuits, judge rules
A Boulder County judge has ruled that Colorado’s controversial parenting evaluators enjoy immunity that protects them from lawsuits, bringing an end to plans to hold several evaluators accountable through class-action litigation. The evaluators hold great influence in custody disputes brought to courts and have been the subject of a rash of complaints of bias. In…
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Mother’s complaint against Colorado parental evaluator dismissed
Colorado’s Board of Psychologist Examiners dismissed a complaint filed against the license of Mark Kilmer, a high-profile parental evaluator who has said 90% of abuse allegations he hears in his work are false. The complaint was filed by a mother who had Kilmer appointed as a parental responsibility evaluator in her divorce and custody case,…
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Class-action suit filed against parental evaluator who said he disbelieves 90% of domestic violence allegations
A parental evaluator already under fire for saying he disbelieves 90% of the domestic violence allegations he hears in custody cases faced new legal woes Thursday with the filing of a lawsuit that alleges his evaluations are extremely biased and favor abusive parents. The lawsuit, filed in Boulder County District Court on behalf of six…
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Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler resigned from state veterinary board to protect Polis, email shows
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Records show former state veterinary medicine board member Ellen Kessler resigned to shield Gov. Jared Polis from blowback after she made what ranchers viewed as incendiary remarks about the livestock industry. “The controversy has gotten out of hand and I believe I would be most…
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Ellen Kessler accuses ‘lazy’ and ‘nasty’ ranchers of wolf ‘bait’ to get reimbursement
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, is back in the news with what rural Coloradans and their allies claim is another attack on ranchers. Kessler, appointed to the state vet board in 2020, has earned the…
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Questions raised about Custer County public health director’s education, qualifications
In mid-2020, when the coronavirus pandemic was raging in Colorado, Custer County was about to lose its public health director. It would be one of 12 counties in Colorado at that time without one. But the county got lucky. It found someone who appeared to be qualified in its own backyard: Dr. Clifford Brown, who…
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Colorado Democrat Joe Neguse launches bid for 2nd Congressional District seat: ‘It’s up to us to fight back’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vowing to fight President Donald Trump’s “disastrous agenda,” Democrat Joe Neguse, the son of Eritrean immigrants and a former CU regent, declared Tuesday he’s running for the 2nd Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.…