DOJ files amended complaint against Colorado and Denver over sanctuary policies

Marianne Goodland

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Updated 2 months ago

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an amended complaint against the state of Colorado and the city of Denver over sanctuary policies. The lawsuit was initially filed in May, but the amended complaint, filed last Friday, also targets the...

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Advance Colorado sues the state over 2025 overtime tax law, claims TABOR violation

Marianne Goodland

marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com

Updated 2 months ago

Advance Colorado has filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court, challenging the constitutionality of legislation passed in the 2025 session that they claim violates the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. The lawsuit challenges two provisions contained in House Bill 25-1296, which made...

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Controversial studies spark debate on safety of 7OH kratom

Colorado Politics

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Updated 2 months ago

Two studies examining the potential effects of a synthetic form of kratom have sparked excitement among advocates, who see the drug as a revolutionary treatment for certain mental health conditions. However, some industry experts are warning that the study’s findings...

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Colorado challenges Medicaid data transfer to ICE

Thelma Grimes

thelma-grimes@coloradopolitics.com

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado is joining a multi-state coalition in filing a lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to provide access to individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Filed...

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Coloradans react to SCOTUS ruling limiting courts’ ability to provide nationwide relief

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Updated 3 months ago

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday limited the ability of federal judges to provide nationwide relief from policies they concluded will likely be found unlawful in a case challenging the legality of the Trump administration’s order on birthright citizenship. Colorado is among...

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West Slope protesters hold ‘No Kings’ rally in Grand Junction

Jim Bates

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Updated 3 months ago

GRAND JUNCTION • At Grand Junction’s largest park on Saturday, cars streamed in, drivers honked and hailed people who walked toward the interstate overpass for a Western Slope edition of a “No Kings” rally. The majority of the protestors are men...

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35 arrested in Denver after protesters throw rocks at police, try to enter I-25 following ‘No Kings’ rally

Michael Braithwaite

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Updated 3 months ago

In a series of confrontations, “No Kings” protesters threw rocks and other objects at officers and tried to enter a major thoroughfare in Denver on Saturday night, prompting the police to deploy pepper balls and smoke to disperse the crowd,...

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Thousands march in downtown for ‘No Kings’ rally; several arrested at later demonstrations

Jim Bates

jim-bates@coloradopolitics.com

Updated 3 months ago

Thousands of people marched through downtown Denver on Saturday to protest actions by the Trump administration, notably his campaign to deport foreign nationals illegally staying in the U.S. Hours later, after a majority of the protesters had left downtown, another...

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Edwards protesters denounce Trump at rally

Jim Bates

jim-bates@coloradopolitics.com

Updated 3 months ago

EDWARDS — About 350 people gathered at Freedom Park in Edwards Saturday morning as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests against actions by President Donald Trump, who is participating in a massive peacetime military parade in Washington, D.C. to...

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Colorado’s new economic and cultural hot spot? Believe it or not, it’s Greeley

Colorado Politics

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Updated 3 months ago

GREELEY — John Hall couldn’t be certain, but he had a hunch, an intuition, so to speak, as to how things might play out in front of the Greeley City Council on April 15. Sitting behind his desk on a late...

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Straight outta #copolitics: fake news, ‘fake reporter’…fake pledge?

Dan Njegomir

The Hot Sheet, April 13, 2016

Straight outta #copolitics: Reproductive rights vs. reproductive perks?