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Updated: District Attorney, federal attorney deny GOP chairman Steve House filed...

Update June 23, 2015 1:24 p.m.: Lawyers for the Colorado GOP are, in fact, in communication with the Denver District Attorney's office, according to...

Littwin: Secrecy and self-destruction in Colorado’s GOP

Before we dig too far into the details of the Colorado GOP's dance with extortion and dysfunction, I think we can first all agree...

Colorado lawmakers take aim at booming mugshot-peddling industry

At least 80 websites across the country post mugshots and charge on average $400 to take them down. That means someone could be shelling out $32,000 to insure that a mugshot isn't the first thing a potential employer sees when they do a little googling. Two Colorado legislators have found a way to make the practice illegal.