Tag: Phil Weiser
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Republican state lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer set to launch campaign for Colorado governor
Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer filed paperwork Monday to run to be Colorado’s next governor, making the Brighton lawmaker’s long-anticipated campaign official. Kirkmeyer, who lost a close race for Congress in 2022, plans to make a formal announcement Tuesday evening in Fort Lupton, her campaign said in a release. The 66-year-old dairy farmer and fourth-generation…
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Mesa Sheriff’s office sues Polis, Weiser for ‘vague’ law banning police cooperation with ICE
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mesa County Sheriff’s Office officials filed a federal lawsuit against Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser earlier this month, claiming that being unable to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement impacts their ability to do their jobs and has kept their office…
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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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Reports of bullying, school safety rise in Colorado schools
Colorado students reported more concern for school safety and bullying incidents in February than the month prior, according to the Safe2Tell. The hotline received 2,854 reports last month — a 12.3% increase from January. Reports of school safety and staff reports led the majority of the reports with 18.6% of all submissions. Reports of bullying followed…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver Health resume gender-affirming hormone therapy for minors
Children’s Hospital Colorado and Denver Health announced Wednesday that they will return to providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to minors after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration. President Donald Trump’s Jan. 28 order said medical professionals are “maiming and sterilizing” impressionable young children by performing irreversible surgical and…
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Colorado joins more legal battles against Trump’s orders
Colorado will join two more lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders. This brings the total to nine the total lawsuits Colorado officials or entities have pursued against Trump since the new president took office in January. Separately, at least one lawsuit has been filed against the state of Colorado, seeking to reverse its “sanctuary”…
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Are we barreling toward a constitutional crisis? | Vince Bzdek
Two words I heard and read repeatedly in the past week: “Constitutional Crisis.” I’ve heard TV pundits say it, columnists, Congress members, even the White House press secretary, all speculating that we are near or already in the throes of a constitutional crisis. As President Donald Trump issues an unprecedented number of executive orders, a…
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Colorado woman sentenced after stealing more than $700,000 in real estate scam
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A Colorado woman will spend four years in prison after stealing more than $700,000 from locals in a real estate investment scheme. Michelle Boyer, 58, was sentenced on Feb. 3 after pleading guilty to felony securities fraud. She was also ordered to pay $706,000 in restitution, according to a news release from the Colorado Attorney…
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Colorado, other states, reach $7.4 billion settlement over opioid crisis
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The Colorado Attorney General’s Office, along with 14 other states, helped secure a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over its role in fueling the ongoing opioid crisis. The resolution comes on the heels of a previous settlement that was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2024. The new agreement…
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Jefferson County contractor found guilty of defrauding elderly woman
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A Jefferson County District Court jury on Thursday found a contractor guilty of defrauding an 82-year-old woman and exposing a neighborhood to asbestos. Lance Slayton was found guilty of criminal exploitation and theft of an at-risk person, intentionally causing and contributing to a hazardous substance incident and two other charges related to the Air Quality…