Tag: Lawsuit
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Colorado’s haze lawsuit tests coal plant closure | ANALYSIS
Colorado is asking a federal appeals court to overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reject the state’s plan to reduce haze at national parks and wilderness areas. At the center of the fight is a straightforward but difficult question: Can the federal government use air quality rules to force a power plant to…
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DOJ joins challenge to Colorado U-Visa law
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to challenge Colorado’s U-Visa law, arguing it conflicts with federal immigration rules by broadening who qualifies for law enforcement certifications used in visa applications. HB21-1060 was signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis in 2021. The law was designed to create uniformity and fairness for immigrant crime survivors.…
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Appeals Court rules Douglas County violated open meeting laws
The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that Douglas County Commissioners violated Colorado open meeting laws in a series of closed meetings leading up to the county’s failed home rule special election. The Thursday ruling reversed a trial court’s denial of a preliminary injunction, finding the meetings were subject to open meeting laws and plaintiffs demonstrated…
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Lawsuit filed over $19 million sea lion habitat renovation at Denver Zoo
The Denver Zoological Foundation (DZF), the nonprofit organization that operates the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance, filed a lawsuit against the lead design firm and contractor for the zoo’s recently completed $19 million renovation of its California sea lion habitat. The new habitat, Schlessman Shores, opened in June 2025 and replaced Northern Shores, which started housing sea lions in…
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Lawsuit alleges Polis administration is holding juveniles after court‑ordered release
Colorado officials are facing a lawsuit alleging the state kept minors in juvenile detention for days or months after judges ordered them released, largely because appropriate foster or community placements were not available. Two minors facing juvenile delinquency charges sued Gov. Jared Polis and the director of the state’s Department of Human Services, alleging the…
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Ex-Littleton bus aide sentenced in abuse case involving nonverbal student
A video caught a Littleton school bus aide striking a nonverbal student in 2024 — and now she’s headed to prison for more than four years after pleading guilty to 10 child abuse charges. Arapahoe County District Judge Laqunya Latrese Baker-McKay sentenced 29-year-old Kiarra Jones to four-and-a-half years in prison last week after she pleaded…
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Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR
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A consortium of universities filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research is unlawful retaliation against Colorado. The group also argued that the move violates federal law. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, which manages the federally funded Boulder laboratory on behalf of more than…
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Aurora mayor calls settlement in First Amendment lawsuit against city ‘unfortunate’
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman spoke against a lawsuit settlement made between the City of Aurora and activist MiDian Holmes (Shofner) in a City Council meeting Monday night, saying the decision to settle was “unfortunate.” Aurora officials and Holmes announced the settlement in early March almost a year after Holmes filed the lawsuit, which claimed decisions…
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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…