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Susan Greene

   

Greene: Clarence Moses-EL’s innocence ordeal nears its end

Finally. Finally, Clarence Moses-EL gets some measure of closure. Finally, Colorado’s justice system ends 32 years of elected officials seeing to it that whatever could go...

Feds set urgent deadline on Colorado River drought plan Interior Dept. to Arizona and...

LAS VEGAS – Reforming western water policy has always been an exercise in political maneuvering, stop-and-start negotiations and bureaucratic delays. Progress comes slowly and...

Greene: Douglas County’s cynical investigation of Tyler Sanchez

Back in 2009, a rash of thefts and burglaries in Douglas County’s Stonegate neighborhood had residents stressing out. Pressure on the sheriff’s department intensified...
Susan Greene and Tina Griego

Susan Greene and Tina Griego on their partnership at The Indy The two Colorado...

Hello from the news desk of our women-run newsroom. By way of introduction, we are Colorado Independent Editor Susan Greene and Managing Editor Tina...

Attorney General-elect Weiser will seek settlement in Moses-EL’s $1.9M wrongful-conviction claim Outgoing AG Coffman...

Colorado’s incoming attorney general says he hopes to settle a lawsuit filed by a Denver man who spent 28 years in prison on a...

Philanthropies to Polis: “Fund Colorado’s water plan.” John Hickenlooper's water strategy has languished without...

A group seeking to jumpstart Gov. John Hickenlooper’s state water plan is asking Gov.-elect Jared Polis to support ways to fund it. Convened by...

PARCHED: Climate change and growth pushing CO toward a water crisis Gov. John Hickenlooper's...

Editor's note: This story is the latest in The Colorado Independent's ongoing series, PARCHED, which tracks Colorado's water plan and water supplies in the...

GREENE: What, in all its secrecy, is Colorado’s justice system hiding? The Colorado Independent...

Colorado’s judicial branch has spent a year stonewalling The Independent’s quest for court records, and I’m proud that we have stepped up our fight. As...

Latest Kavanaugh accuser aided domestic violence victims in Boulder "She was a very private...

This story was updated Monday afternoon. The second woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct knows what women risk by coming...

Greene: In memory of High Country News’ Ed Marston

Colorado, the West, and western journalism have lost a treasure in Ed Marston. And I have lost a dear friend. The former longtime publisher...