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Colorado AG Cynthia Coffman wants concealed carry for guns across state...

Days after it was reported that Cynthia Coffman, who is running for governor in Colorado, was one of only two Republican attorneys general who hadn't signed...

Libertarians, Latino activists, sheriffs union members unite: Elect Denver’s sheriff

The Denver Sheriff Department has long been a mess. Some of its deputies have kicked and clobbered inmates without provocation. Other deputies have booked the...

Aurora shooting elicits calls for tighter gun control

While many politicians are playing it safe, saying it is too soon to talk about gun laws or saying they don’t want to “politicize” the Colorado and now Wisconsin shootings, Democratic U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Ed Perlmutter have been outspoken about their desire for more stringent regulation.

Virginia health reform ruling bolsters case made by Suthers

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers took a lot of heat when he joined with nearly 20 Republican attorneys general to file a lawsuit against the national health care reform legislation just days after it passed. Detractors saw the suit as a bitter move less about law than about political spectacle. Defenders of Suthers told the Colorado Independent that Suthers was vindicated on Monday when a federal judge in Virginia declared a key provision of the health care law unconstitutional.
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