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In his first week on the job, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser officially opposed The Colorado Independent’s petition before the U.S. Supreme Court to...
Note: This story has been updated to include comments from 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler.
Opponents of the death penalty — hoping to capitalize...
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Democrats seized control of Colorado's attorney general and secretary of state offices Tuesday as Phil Weiser claimed victory over Republican...
Many of the nation's biggest news organizations, some of its top legal scholars and a squadron of Colorado newsrooms have joined The Colorado Independent...
George Brauchler, the Republican running to be Colorado’s next attorney general, says he disagreed with the federal government's policy of separating immigrant families at...
Colorado’s judicial branch has spent a year stonewalling The Independent’s quest for court records, and I’m proud that we have stepped up our fight.
As...
The Colorado Independent on Friday took its fight for open records to the United States Supreme Court.
The Denver-based nonprofit news outlet, represented pro-bono by...
The state Supreme Court today denied The Colorado Independent's petition for a rehearing of its request to unseal records related to prosecutorial misconduct in...
The Colorado Independent is asking the state Supreme Court to re-hear its request to unseal records about prosecutorial misconduct in the capital case against...