Tag: Lawsuit
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Colorado joins California in lawsuit to restore federal clean energy funding
Colorado has joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s termination of more than $600 million in congressionally approved clean energy grants for Colorado projects, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by a coalition…
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Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ sues state, alleges discrimination
Riverstone Academy, a public elementary school that opened last fall in Pueblo as a tuition-free option with Christian-based instruction, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over alleged religious discrimination. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, claims that Colorado law violates the free exercise clause of the…
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Colorado Springs officials oppose Space Command lawsuit; AG won’t back down
As Colorado Springs and El Paso County officials oppose a lawsuit against the Trump administration over relocating Space Command to Alabama, the state Attorney General’s Office says it won’t back down. “Some elected officials may choose to accommodate the Trump administration and its illegal intimidation efforts against states with which it disagrees — that is…
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6 victims of Denver rapist sue parent company of Tinder, Hinge
Six women who were drugged and sexually assaulted after matching with a Denver man on online dating apps are now suing the apps’ parent company. The plaintiffs, all victims of Stephen Matthews, a Denver cardiologist found guilty in 2024 of sexually assaulting 11 women, allege that IAC and its subsidiary Match Group Inc., which owns…
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Family files lawsuit over 2023 Jeffco inmate death
The family of 27-year-old Ashley Jo Raisbeck filed a lawsuit against the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office nearly two years after the woman died in custody. Jaime Raisbeck, Ashley’s mother, stood outside of the Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse Wednesday morning, a line of family holding memoriam signs behind her. “I don’t want another parent in my…
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Plaintiffs win $10M settlement against CU Anschutz School of Medicine over COVID-19 vaccine exemption denials
Eighteen plaintiffs will receive more than $10 million in damages after settling with the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine on Monday over claims the school denied religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The $10.3 million settlement ended more than four years of litigation after the school denied religious exemptions to the vaccine…
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Multiple family members file civil suit against former Pueblo County coroner
Multiple family members have filed a civil lawsuit against the former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and associates. The complaint, which was filed in a Pueblo County civil court Thursday, comes before criminal charges have been filed against Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris Cotter, who ran and operated the Davis Mortuary in Pueblo. The…
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Colorado sues Trump administration over disaster relief funding
Colorado joined 11 other states in a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency over grant funding for emergency and disaster relief. The lawsuit, which also named DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and acting FEMA administrator David Richardson, alleged the agencies and the Trump administration imposed “illegal and impossible-to-meet” terms…
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Attorney General files lawsuit to block Space Command move
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Wednesday he is seeking a court order to block Space Command from moving to Alabama from Colorado Springs. The decision to pursue legal action, arguing that President Donald Trump’s decision is unconstitutional, concerned the Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC and Colorado Springs Republican Congressman Jeff Crank, while the state’s…
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Colorado joins 22-state lawsuit to restore SNAP benefits amid government shutdown
Colorado joined a lawsuit filed by states against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to attempt to force the restart of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Those benefits are set to expire on Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown. That could leave 600,000 Coloradans — 10% of the state population — without the…