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No indictment for mishandling of Taser in Denver excessive force case

A grand jury has chosen not to issue indictments against four Denver sheriff's deputies and a sergeant in connection with the handling of the...

Harassed for filming: Denver man says police violated his civil rights

The incident that set Levi Frasier's high-profile lawsuit in motion took place August 14, last year. The 30-year-old saw four Denver police officers — two uniformed and...
The Colorado Independent's editor, Susan Greene, was handcuffed and detained by Denver police officers on Colfax Avenue on July 5, 2018. (Screenshot via body-cam footage provided by city of Denver)

Denver police agree to First Amendment training in settlement with Indy editor they wrongfully...

Update: The Denver City Council, without comment, approved the settlement agreement at its Monday, Sept. 30, 2019 meeting.  Denver’s Police Department has agreed to a...

“Beyond Reform”: What Michael Hancock has – and hasn’t – fixed in Denver’s troubled...

Late last August, Mayor Michael Hancock and his top safety officials held a news conference to celebrate what they called “a major milestone” in...

Video: Denver district attorney justifies another killer cop

Denver's District Attorney Mitch Morrissey will not prosecute Michael Traudt, the police officer who gunned down Paul Castaway, a Native American man holding a...

Climate is changing for the better, Colorado state senator says He adds: "The planet...

Climate change has led to “massive improvements” and “the planet is a thing that heals itself,” state Sen. Ray Scott argued Thursday morning. Scott, a...
Students work on a redistricting project in GIS lab on the campus of Colorado College on July 2, 2019 )Photo by Corey Hutchins)

The High Court punted on partisan gerrymandering. Colorado’s new redistricting laws could offer a...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Earlier this week, in a Colorado College library computer lab, three students and a math professor hovered over a glowing screen...
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Media Lawyer Will Petition SCOTUS to Hear Records Case

Longtime Colorado media lawyer Steve Zansberg, who has represented national news organizations in cases connected to the Aurora theater shooting, the Oklahoma City bombing...

Denver Mayor Hancock in fight for political life against “Team of Rivals” The run-off...

Michael Hancock is fighting for his political life. Denver’s two-term mayor gleaned almost 39 percent of the vote in last week’s election – failing...

Reporter let go: ‘I’ll be rooting for The Greeley Tribune’  Your weekly roundup of Colorado...

Recent downsizing is re-shaping another northern Colorado newspaper, this time the Swift Communications-owned broadsheet in Greeley. The newsroom is down a handful of people, from around 13...
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