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Colorado’s GOP AG clears key Democratic budget plan as legal
By saying a plan to reclassify a billion-dollar hospital program is constitutional, Colorado's Republican attorney general today bolstered a key strategy by the Democratic...
Cynthia Coffman’s Columbine Tweets blasted as ‘ignorant,’ ‘insensitive’
Cynthia Coffman doesn’t get it.
That’s one Columbine dad’s response to Colorado's Attorney General’s office deriding one of the killers’ mothers for speaking publicly about...
Lawyers for two ex-Colorado governors say Hickenlooper hospital plan is legal
As Coloradans wait for an opinion from Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman over what's become the biggest political debate in Colorado, two former executive branch lawyers are weighing in with their...
Colorado’s biggest political battle hangs in legal limbo
DENVER — More than a month has passed since the Democratic governor here asked the Republican attorney general to help clear up a legal question involving...
Long lines and scams plague immigrant driver’s license program
Colorado's Attorney General is going after scammers selling undocumented immigrants spots in line at the DMV. But Democratic lawmakers say that's not enough.
Undocumented immigrants applying...
Conflicts of interest for Ethics Commission? Lawmakers seek fix.
Lawmakers hoping once again to try and rid the state's anti-corruption agency from its own conflicts of interest might have an unlikely ally in...
Planned Parenthood rallies after shooting and Republican attack
Cecile Richards, national president of Planned Parenthood, spoke at a Saturday rally in the wake of the Colorado Springs mass shooting and a Republican attempt...
High Court to Hickenlooper: We’re not getting involved
Can the attorney general of Colorado file a lawsuit on behalf of the state if the governor doesn't want her to? That's something a majority...
Why are Western attorneys general going rogue?
This story first appeared in High Country News.
When Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced in September that the greater sage grouse would not be listed...
Colorado GOP heavyweights cheer on candidates, slam media
The highlight of Wednesday night’s debate for Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina? The finish, she told the audience, somewhat tongue-in-cheek.
But...