Tag: Julie Gonzales
Effort to repeal Colorado’s death penalty reaches new milestone Lawmakers have...
Update: This story was originally published on Jan. 30. On Friday, Jan. 31, the Senate gave final approval to the bill by a vote...
Reformers double down on death penalty repeal Abolishing the death penalty...
Helen Griffiths stood beside a wooden podium inside the Second Baptist Church in Boulder on Monday and delivered a well-rehearsed presentation to about two...
Her case helped change Colorado immigration law. But she could still...
Claudia Valdez, a domestic violence survivor and undocumented single mother of three, helped bring about enormous changes to state immigration law.
Valdez, 40, was arrested...
Colorado vaccine skeptics heartened by ‘pro-choice’ Jared Polis The state ranks...
When Gov. Jared Polis told reporters last week that he’s “pro-choice” on vaccines, “that was music to my ears,” said Philip Silberman.
Silberman, the leader...
Capitol review: 4 key immigrant bills passed, but a big one...
Editor's note: The Indy is publishing a series of short stories reviewing the 2019 legislative session in Colorado. Here, we focus on immigration. We...
Where’s Leroy Garcia? Supporters of Colorado’s Senate president tout his hands-off...
When one of your first jobs involves collecting several dead bodies every day for six months in the 110-degree heat of an Iraqi war...
Colorado was set to repeal the death penalty this year. What...
A few weeks ago, in preparation for what she knew would be an emotional debate on the state Senate floor over whether to repeal...
‘From rage to heartbreak’: How a landmark immigration bill fell apart...
A landmark immigrant rights bill that sought to limit federal immigration enforcement in Colorado imploded before it was ever introduced, leaving advocates, lobbyists and...
When policy becomes personal: Statehouse friends take opposite sides on Colorado...
Jovan Melton and Rhonda Fields are good friends. He ran her campaign for the state House in 2010, and now they’re both representing Aurora...
Jared Polis, longtime advocate for immigrants, could now stand in way...
Gov. Jared Polis, who ardently supported immigrants’ rights as both a philanthropist and Congress member, may be the biggest obstacle to immigration reform measures...