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Is it legal for a Colorado school board to name just...

In a case similar to the Boulder Daily Camera’s lawsuit against the University of Colorado regents, an El Paso County District Court judge will...

New data provides a glimpse into Colorado’s county jails Several counties,...

On Jan. 1, there were at least 9,802 people locked up in Colorado’s 57 jails. At least 409 of them were held in solitary...

It’s a race to win over independents in this El Paso...

COLORADO SPRINGS — It’s a Wednesday morning and the line outside the El Paso County Judicial Building wraps around the block. The entrance is...

ACLU gets ‘class action’ status in ICE lawsuit against El Paso...

A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado challenging the way the El Paso County Sheriff works with federal immigration officials and...

CO Supreme Court denies El Paso sheriff’s appeal in ICE detainer...

The Colorado Supreme Court has denied the El Paso County Sheriff's appeal of an order demanding that he stop detaining inmates for immigration authorities. Sheriff...

El Paso County sheriff vows to fight judge’s order blocking him...

A sheriff in Colorado is pledging to fight a judge’s recent order that stops him from holding individuals beyond their release dates for immigration...

ACLU suit accuses El Paso County sheriff of illegally detaining prisoners...

The ACLU of Colorado on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit against El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder, accusing him of illegally detaining prisoners...

As GOP El Paso County Commissioners redraw their own district lines...

UPDATE: Members of the El Paso County Commission are set to vote on the new district lines today Democrats in Colorado’s heaviest Republican county are...

Bernie backer Electra Johnson elected new Democratic Party chair in El...

COLORADO SPRINGS — El Paso County Democrats, who live in one of the most heavily Republican parts of Colorado, have elected Electra Johnson as their...

Bernie Sanders to rally in Colorado Springs for Hillary Clinton

  Bernie Sanders plans to campaign in Colorado Springs on Saturday to rally support for Hillary Clinton. "At an afternoon Get Out the Vote rally in Colorado Springs,...