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Gessler Pays Back Travel Cash, Seeks an End to Ethics Flap

By | 05.23.13 | 6:28 pm

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler on Monday cut a personal check to the Department of State for $1,278.90, looking to put an end to an ethics investigation that has stretched on since the middle of October and that seemed likely to continue attracting headlines and draining public funds for months to come.

Gessler Taps Auditor to Examine Spending at Heart of Ethics Complaint

By | 05.22.13 | 7:21 am

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler appears to have had himself audited. In a witness list he sent Tuesday to the parties involved in an investigation of his discretionary spending last year, Gessler included the name of accountant Kevin Collins.

Colorado Officials Decline to Detail How Dunlap Would Be Executed

By | 05.21.13 | 4:46 pm

While political observers speculate on the factors shaping Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s thinking on whether or not to prevent the execution later this summer of convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap, civil libertarians are demanding to know how the procedure would be carried out.

Denver Judge: Abercrombie Brand Hollister Violating Disabilities Act

By | 05.16.13 | 2:34 pm

Denver-based U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel has ruled that the entrances to hundreds of Hollister stores nationwide violate the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Colorado ‘Treatment’ Facility Held Mentally Disabled Teen in Solitary for 25 Days

By | 05.09.13 | 12:31 pm

Fourteen-year-old Kiondre Davison had a habit of acting up in school and running away from home. Social services officials stepped in to help. They sent him to El Pueblo Boys and Girls Ranch, a teen treatment center that touts its “environment of safety and loving care.”

Weld County Board Renews Decision to Ban Plan B at Health Clinics

By | 05.08.13 | 6:28 pm

Colorado’s Weld County Board on Monday renewed a 2010 policy that prevented county health clinics funded by the federal Title X women’s health program from dispensing Plan B emergency contraception to their mostly young and low-income patients.

Colorado Supreme Court Punts on Fetal Rights, Rejects Catholic Health Case

By | 05.06.13 | 3:23 pm

DENVER– The national media storm came and went. The Colorado bishops issued their condemnation. And the state Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

Same-Sex Celebration: Opening Day in Colorado for Civil Unions

By | 05.01.13 | 12:35 am

Almost a year ago, Erika Highstead and Sarah Musick rented a party space, dressed in their finest and vowed their commitment to each other in front of a hundred friends.

On Hot-Button Election-Reform Bill, It’s Gessler Versus the Clerks

By | 05.01.13 | 12:14 am

DENVER — Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler arrived late to testify at the Senate committee hearing, but he came prepared. A practiced courtroom lawyer, he began slowly. He threw in folksy asides. He answered his own rhetorical questions. And he smiled at the majority-Democratic committee members as he railed against the election-reform bill they all support and that he wants desperately to derail. It was a dramatic moment in Colorado politics that had been building since Gessler took office two years ago.

Clements Murder Suspect Ebel Was Anxious about Walking Free, Documents Show

By | 04.26.13 | 3:17 pm

Evan Ebel, suspected murderer of Prisons Chief Tom Clements, filed a series of grievances with the Department of Corrections shortly before his release from prison that document his concerns about transitioning directly from years in solitary confinement to the free world.