The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 2008 raid of a local tax preparer's office aimed at building identity-theft cases against hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants violated their Fourth Amendment right to privacy.
The 4-3 ruling was the latest and most devastating legal blow against [...]
Stephanie Villafuerte has withdrawn her name from consideration to become Colorado's next U.S. Attorney.
In a letter to President Barack Obama, who nominated her for the post, and Attorney General Eric Holder, Villafuerte said she was confident she would have "served'" [...]
Andrew Romanoff promised a barn burner.
I've seen barn burning. This isn't it.
Despite their president's many problems, despite the angry town hall meetings, the poisonous partisanship in Congress, the Tea Party movement and the "birther" billboards, Democrats continue to gain numbers in Colorado.
Since August, in fact - the month of those town hall near-riots - Colorado [...]
In the comments to my recent post about Dan Maes, “Mike” reminded me about a proposal to expand military lands around Piñon Canyon.
Lynn Bartels writes for the December 10 Denver Post, “Republicans opposed to the military’s Piñon Canyon expansion project are disappointed that property rights weren’t addressed when [...]
"Someone tried to tell you there is only one Republican candidate for governor," conservative GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes told an audience of mostly supporters.
The Evergreen businessman was referring to his opponent in the Republican primary, Scott McInnis, whom he accused of attempting to decide the [...]
From today’s Denver Post editorial page: A golden parachute with four wheels? What do you get as a gift for an ousted union leader accused of nepotism? A Ford F-350 pickup paid for with union dues, of course. 9News reporter [...]
Ever the libertarian wit, Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi highlights some “lessons in capitalism” based on a new USA Today investigation that finds safer meat at your local fast-food restaurant than in the government’s National School Lunch Program for poorer students.
“Doesn’t the USDA care about the children?” Harsanyi [...]
Ever the libertarian wit, Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi highlights some “lessons in capitalism” based on a new USA Today investigation that finds safer meat at your local fast-food restaurant than in the government’s National School Lunch Program for poorer students.
“Doesn’t the USDA care about the children?” Harsanyi [...]
Colorado's two Democratic freshmen appear to be among those willing to support the compromise, which favors a plan where consumers purchase private plans through a federally managed menu, rather than a public option.
With the deal's exact language carefully guarded, there are plenty of "ifs" that [...]
Republicans opposed to the military's Pi?on Canyon expansion project are disappointed that property rights weren't addressed when party leaders unveiled a new platform and rallied around gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis.
Some ranchers and landowners in southeastern Colorado' [...]
Despite this story being the nail in Bob Beauprez's coffin in 2006, the Villafuerete-Voorhis saga is showing some remarkable starying power. The Denver Post reports today that the issue just isn't going away in Stephanie Villafuerte's U.S. Attorney appointment:
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama questioned U.S. Homeland Security secretary' [...]
According to an article by the Denver Post’s Michael Riley, “Feds settle suit over mismanagement of Indian trust land,” the federal government agreed Tuesday to settle for $3.4 billion a lawsuit that claims it badly mismanaged millions of acres in Indian trust land over more than 100 years. … The federal government [...]
In today's Denver Post, there's a story that reads kind of badly for Governor' [...]
A move by gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis to clear opponents from the Republican primary field and unite the state party under one banner has instead driven away some factions he had hoped' [...]
The Denver Post reported yesterday:
The secretary of state on Friday approved two measures for the 2010 ballot that would slash at least $1 billion annually in state taxes and roll back property taxes statewide.
Critics charge that the proposals would destroy services Coloradans rely on, while supporters believe the [...]
Colorado State University may be closer to banning concealed weapons on campus after the school's board of governors this morning voted unanimously for a weapons policy.
However, the nine-person body is leaving the nuts-and-bolts of a weapons control policy up to the school's three campus presidents.
"We" [...]
From the Denver Post:
Student leaders at Colorado State University voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night in favor of a resolution asking school president Tony Frank to continue to allow people with concealed-weapon permits to go armed on campus.
"I feel students have a right to have a measure of self-defense [...]
A proposal to create a Denver commission to study visitors from outer space will go before voters this summer after supporters gathered the required signatures to get it on the ballot.
City Clerk and Recorder Stephanie O'Malley sent a letter on Monday to Jeff Peckman, who submitted the signatures,' [...]
Update, 12/2: More valuable insights from Joshua Sharf.
First, the Denver Post’s Dan Haley weighed in on the Republicans’ “Platform for Prosperity.” Today, the story went national with coverage from Wall Street Journal reporter Stephanie Simon, and a quote from from one of my favorite grassroots activists [...]
Update, 12/2: More valuable insights from Joshua Sharf.
First, the Denver Post’s Dan Haley weighed in on the Republicans’ “Platform for Prosperity.” Today, the story went national with coverage from Wall Street Journal reporter Stephanie Simon, and a quote from from one of my favorite grassroots activists [...]
Newly elected board member Andrea Merida caused immediate controversy when she refused to wait until after the reform vote to be sworn in with two others.
Instead, Merida went to a district court judge hours before [...]
