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Funding the felony DUI
With only $5 million in new spending available to each legislative chamber because of this year's expected TABOR (Taxpayer Bill of...
This time, it's the sheriffs.
Led by Larimer County's Justin Smith, sheriffs in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska say they're facing a "crisis of conscience" brought...
An infringement of constitutional rights; stricter legal controls that criminals will break anyway; a registry that could make specific citizens vulnerable to a hostile government...
Politics, suspicion foil effort to secure in-house legal counsel for state ethics commission
Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, was a portrait of frustration. Last week...
Rural development conundrum in the pipes:
Despite early support and positive reviews, Vail Democrat Sen. Kerry Donovan's rural development bill went down with little comment from...
We've hounded the experts while on holiday to bring you an invaluable list drawn from the nation's latest greatest experiment in permissibility: Here's a dozen Colorado-legalized-it...