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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.

Obama in Colorado Looks to Bolster Support in Gun Violence Debate

By | 04.03.13 | 7:11 pm

DENVER– President Obama traveled to Colorado Wednesday looking to generate new momentum for the effort in Washington to pass national gun-control laws.

Colorado Muslims Disgusted with Biased Clements Murder Coverage

By | 03.22.13 | 10:11 am

News surrounding the murder Tuesday of Colorado Department of Corrections Chief Tom Clements centers now on white supremacist suspect Evan Ebel, who was captured clinically dead yesterday afternoon in a hail of bullets after a 100 mile-per-hour car chase ended in a wreck near Fort Worth, Texas.

Slain Colorado Corrections Chief Clements No Friend to Prison Culture Inertia

By | 03.21.13 | 9:21 am

Prison work is an insular occupation. Corrections officials tend to inhabit a culture unto themselves– tight-lipped, low profile and tough as nails. Tom Clements was an exception.

Udall Endorses Brennan for CIA Director, Underlines Need for Greater Oversight

By | 03.07.13 | 3:15 pm

In the wake of an historic Senate filibuster over the murky U.S. laws governing drone strikes, Colorado Senator Mark Udall on Thursday urged his colleagues to confirm John Brennan as the new director of the CIA.

Feds Probe Denver for Violating Deaf Prisoner Rights

By | 03.04.13 | 11:27 am

The federal Justice Department is investigating Denver for failing to provide sign-language interpreters for deaf prisoners. Investigators are seeking to determine whether Denver – which touts itself as “one of America’s most accessible cities” — is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Attorneys, Scholars Raise Questions about Constitutionality of Colorado Death Penalty

By | 02.27.13 | 6:55 am

Colorado’s death penalty is not only massively expensive, critics say it is also unconstitutional because it is so randomly sought.