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Colorado adopts eyewitness-testimony standards

Eyewitness identifications in criminal investigations are notoriously unreliable, as Nat Stein wrote about in The Colorado Independent in February. Old-fashioned lineups lead to false convictions; innocent...

State GOPers put distance between themselves and Lamborn remarks

  "I know better." "There's no room for that." "He's an embarrassment." Those are some of the phrases with which state Republicans are putting space...

NRA Coffman campaign in gun-rattled Aurora could backfire

  If you live in Aurora, chances are you found a glossy mailer on your doorstep last week. (In a Congressional district as tight as...

Xcel Energy makes an honest mistake, you guys

  Xcel Energy, the utility giant that serves much of Colorado, was ousted by Boulder voters last year in favor of a city plan to...

Deadend Democrats

  Colorado’s 5th Congressional District is about as red as they come. It’s home to the conservative Christian non-profit Focus on the Family, multiple military...

Lamborn says no problems at local VA, others beg to differ

Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado’s 5th Congressional District has been taking some heat in connection with the shortcomings of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system.

Lamborn ekes out GOP primary win in 5th Congressional District

In Congressional District 5, the election was so close that it wasn’t until 10:45 p.m. Tuesday that retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn finally called to congratulate incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn.