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Six far right facts about Tim Neville, Colorado’s latest possible GOP...

Last week, state Sen. Tim Neville posted on Facebook that he will be kicking off a "listening tour" to decide whether to run for...

Homebrew: Colorado’s death penalty in the crosshairs

Dying penalty Juries sentencing mass killers Dexter Lewis and James Holmes to life in prison suggests to many that the days of Colorado’s death penalty are...

Aurora theater shooting prosecutor George Brauchler ready to mull Senate run

Today – if all goes as scheduled -- is the last day of the James Holmes trial. It’s also the first day of the...

Does Colorado’s death penalty have a race problem?

James Holmes killed more people during his movie theater massacre than Nathan Dunlap, Sir Mario Owens and Robert Ray combined. Dunlap, Owens and Ray,...

Homebrew: EPA slow to clean up its own mess in Animas...

Not-so-mellow yellow The EPA accidentally released 3-million-plus gallons of polluted water from the Gold King Mine near Silverton last week. Waste flowing downstream reached the confluence of...

Littwin: Let Colorado’s death penalty conversation begin

What should have been obvious to everyone from the start of the Aurora theater trial was that no good ending was possible. Which is why...

Homebrew: Former Dem strategist files complaint against Brauchler for tweeting during...

#ethics Now that the jury has issued a verdict in the Aurora theater trial, a former spokeswoman for the Colorado House Democrats went public with...

Experts: Penalty phase of Aurora shooting trial will be “gut-wrenching”

Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is guilty of all 165 charges against him, a jury found Thursday. Judge Carlos Samour read the long list of...

Prosecution gets last word in Aurora theater shooting trial

Judge Carlos Samour told the Aurora theater trial audience to go outside to cry. Emotional outbursts are prohibited in the courtroom, and the man who...

Michael Bennet rakes in campaign donations as GOP continues candidate search

Heading into a closely watched 2016 reelection campaign, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet has more cash on hand than any Democratic congressional candidate in the country....