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A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado challenging the way the El Paso County Sheriff works with federal immigration officials and...
The Colorado Supreme Court has denied the El Paso County Sheriff's appeal of an order demanding that he stop detaining inmates for immigration authorities.
Sheriff...
A sheriff in Colorado is pledging to fight a judge’s recent order that stops him from holding individuals beyond their release dates for immigration...
The ACLU of Colorado on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit against El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder, accusing him of illegally detaining prisoners...
UPDATE: Members of the El Paso County Commission are set to vote on the new district lines today
Democrats in Colorado’s heaviest Republican county are...
COLORADO SPRINGS — El Paso County Democrats, who live in one of the most heavily Republican parts of Colorado, have elected Electra Johnson as their...
Bernie Sanders plans to campaign in Colorado Springs on Saturday to rally support for Hillary Clinton.
"At an afternoon Get Out the Vote rally in Colorado Springs,...