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Gessler Alerts Colorado District Attorneys Of Suspected Noncitizens
DENVER (AP) – The names of 155 suspected noncitizens who have cast ballots in Colorado elections are being sent to prosecutors, Secretary of State Scott Gessler said Monday, continuing a contentious...
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Judge: Redacted Execution Protocol Can Be Released
DENVER (AP) — A Denver judge has ordered the Colorado Department of Corrections to release a redacted version of its latest protocol for carrying out lethal injections, as the public conversation about...
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Judge Overturns Englewood Sex Offender Law
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has overturned an Englewood ordinance that restricts where convicted sex offenders can live. Ina a ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said the...
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Englewood Reviews Options After Ruling On Sex Offender Ordinance
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) — The city of Englewood could go from having one of the toughest sex offender ordinances in the state to having none at all after a judge ruled this week that what they have on...
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Drug Abuse Groups Say Pot Stance Of Feds Is Wrong
SEATTLE (AP) – Drug abuse prevention groups asked the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday how it will know whether its acceptance of recreational marijuana laws in Washington and Colorado affects...
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ACLU Worried About Hancock’s Proposed Pot Ordinance
DENVER (CBS4) – There’s more controversy over legalized marijuana after some members of the Denver City Council want to limit open consumption. Marijuana advocates say the city may be violating the...
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Ordinance Would Allow Arrests Of Pot Smokers On Their Own Property
DENVER (AP) – After a string of pot giveaways and public smoking following the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is trying to crack down on where people can light up....
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Proposed Marijuana Law Revised To Allow Backyard Smoking
DENVER (CBS4) – Those who felt the proposed marijuana law in Denver went too far have gotten their way — in part. The draft ordinance has been revised so that people don’t have to worry about being...
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ACLU: Durango Hospital Illegally Bans Abortion Discussion
DENVER (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union accused a Durango hospital Wednesday of illegally telling doctors they cannot discuss abortion with a patient, even if pregnancy threatens her life. The...
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Colorado Court Hears Discrimination Case Over Wedding Cake
DENVER (AP) – A Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony should not be forced to violate his religious beliefs, his attorney told a judge deciding whether the...
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Judge Orders Colorado Cake Maker To Serve Gay Couples
DENVER (AP/CBS4) – A baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony must serve gay couples despite his religious beliefs or face fines, a judge said Friday. The order from...
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Mentally Ill Won’t Be Put In Solitary Confinement In Colorado
DENVER (AP) – Colorado prison officials are being directed to stop placing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement as the corrections department seeks to decrease the number of people it keeps in...
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Lakewood Cake Maker Appeals Order To Serve Gays
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP/CBS4) — A conservative Christian organization is appealing a ruling against a Lakewood baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony. Alliance Defending Freedom...
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First Hearing On Bill Addressing Jail For Fines
DENVER (AP) – Colorado lawmakers will debate a bill that tries to address concerns over poor people being jailed for failing to pay court fines. The proposal was prompted by research from the American...
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Colorado Court To Hear School Voucher Appeal
DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to review a Court of Appeals ruling that allowed one of Colorado’s first school voucher programs. The Supreme Court said Monday constitutional issues...
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Lawsuit Filed Over Grand Junction Panhandling
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging an anti-panhandling ordinance passed by the Grand Junction City Council. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says...
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Grand Junction Rethinks Panhandling Law
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) – City councilors have unanimously approved changes to their panhandling ordinance after a legal challenge. The Daily Sentinel reports that at a meeting Wednesday, councilors...
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How A Wedding Cake Became A Cause
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The encounter at Jack Phillips’ Masterpiece Cakeshop lasted less than a minute. Phillips stepped out from behind the counter in his small, pastry-crammed shop to meet customers...
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Revenge Porn Penalties Considered In Colorado
DENVER (AP) – Using intimate photos or videos of significant others to humiliate them would be a crime under a bill being considered by lawmakers in Colorado, which is joining a growing number of...
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Lawmakers Trying To Restrict Solitary Confinement
DENVER (AP) – A year after a Colorado inmate held in solitary confinement allegedly gunned down the state prisons chief upon being released, lawmakers are moving to restrict use of the punishment for...
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