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Tag: Free Speech
Wiretap: As Puerto Rico reels after Hurricane Maria, Trump calls his...
The people in Puerto Rico may not agree, but Donald Trump believes he merits an A+ for his administration's relief work following Hurricane Maria....
How Trump’s budget could affect public radio in Southwest Colorado
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting makes up about .01 percent of the nation's nearly $4 trillion federal budget, which, The Durango Herald pointed out this...
Colorado just banned ‘free speech zones’ on campus. Here’s what that...
Maybe you went to a candidate rally on a Colorado university campus this campaign season and spotted a sign with an arrow directing you...
How a Libertarian plans to challenge Colorado’s ‘ballot-selfie’ law
Caryn Ann Harlos, the pink-haired spokeswoman for Colorado’s growing Libertarian Party, wants to make a video of herself filling out her mail-in ballot and...
Former instructor prevails in free speech lawsuit against Adams State
In 2015, Danny LeDonne published a series of articles criticizing his former employer, Adams State University. The school retaliated with a “No Trespass Order”...
Wiretap: GOP debates what conservative means
Defining conservative
The real debate among those competing in the GOP presidential sweepstakes: What it means to be a conservative. If you watched the Milwaukee...
Sexual-orientation discrimination may cost Twin Peaks’ school charter
Twin Peaks Charter Academy blocked senior and valedictorian Evan Young from giving his graduation speech because he refused to remove his gay identity from the script....
Candidate Lucero ‘cleaned up that Churchill mess’… or not
Conservative Colorado University Regent Tom Lucero is sure to mention on the stump in the Fourth District where he's campaigning for Congress that he...
Early Bird Special: Unions picket Ritter, Colorado to get tourism bump
A daily roundup of some of our favorite news from around Colorado.
• Dozens of union members -- including some who flew in from Colorado -- picketed Gov. Bill Ritter on Wednesday outside two fundraisers the first-term Democrat attended in Washington, D.C., 9News' Adam Schrager reports. Firefighters and grocery workers are angry with Ritter for vetoing two bills this year. "It's a matter of integrity and I believe he's failed in that category," said an Aurora firefighter. The governor supprts firefighters, but "sometimes leadership means having to say no to your friends," Ritter's campaign manager wrote in an e-mail to Schrager.
Denver Pair Won’t Settle Without Proving White House Wrong
If the U.S. Justice Department wants to talk about settling lawsuits filed by two of three people thrown out of a March 2005 Denver...