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UPDATE: Since this story was posted, 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who is running for governor as a Republican, said after thinking about...
As a sprawling field of Republicans quietly lay the groundwork— and begin to file official paperwork— for a potential run for governor in 2018, George Brauchler...
A year ago, then-state Senate President Bill Cadman, a Colorado Springs Republican, told a gathering of the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity that...
NOTE: This story, originally posted on Nov. 17, has been updated to reflect the changing field.
In Colorado it’s never too early to start thinking about the...
Lawyers say Colorado’s judicial branch has unlawfully removed a well-respected judge from presiding over the appeal of an Aurora man’s death sentence.
After years on the...
Colorado's most high-profile district attorney, George Brauchler, has put the phrase "mass incarceration" on trial in the court of public opinion.
The conservative prosecutor who...