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New Colorado congressional district map approved
A new set of Colorado congressional districts was adopted by an independent panel Tuesday night minutes before deadline. The map now goes to the state Supreme Court for approval. The map includes an eighth district, added to Colorado’s previous seven following a decade of population growth. The map features three safe Democratic districts, three safe […]
Biden nominates Denver lawyer Cole Finegan for Colorado U.S. attorney
A longtime member of the Colorado political community is President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. attorney for the state. Biden announced the nominee, Cole Finegan, on Tuesday as part of a slate of nine federal prosecutor nominees. Finegan is the managing partner at the Denver office of law firm Hogan Lovells. His […]
Officials seek to boost low demand for COVID tests at Colorado schools
Schools in Colorado have free access to COVID-19 tests, but only a small fraction of students and staff have taken advantage of the program, and state public health officials are encouraging more members of the school community to sign up for tests. A little more than 5,200 Colorado K-12 students have provided consent to be […]
Lowest ICU bed availability in Colorado since pandemic began
Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients are causing extraordinary stress on Colorado hospitals, and fewer intensive-care unit beds are available in the state than at any time since the pandemic began, Gov. Jared Polis and state public health officials said during a Friday news briefing. As of Thursday, available ICU beds in Colorado dropped below 200 to 197, […]
‘Worrisome’ letter defending Tina Peters sent to Colorado county clerks
Multiple county clerks in Colorado recently received a letter that they found alarming because of its tone and due to the context of intensifying efforts by activists who say, despite the absence of evidence, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The one-page letter, dated Aug. 27, is typed, and, at least for some of […]
Aurora police officers face manslaughter charges in Elijah McClain death
Three Aurora police officers and two paramedics each face charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, among other charges, in the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Wednesday during a news conference. The indictments, 32 in all, were issued by a Colorado grand jury that had investigated […]
Mesa County to court in Peters lawsuit: No one can appoint Williams but us
On the same day that Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold filed a lawsuit against the Mesa County clerk, the county’s board of commissioners jumped in to have a say. They didn’t oppose what Griswold asked the court to do. They just wanted to be the ones who did it. Griswold filed the suit Monday […]
Colorado secretary of state files lawsuit to strip Tina Peters of election authority
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has filed a lawsuit as part of an effort to prevent the Mesa County clerk and recorder from maintaining her authority over elections. The lawsuit was filed Monday in state district court in Mesa County. The lawsuit seeks to remove Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters as the […]
Colorado attorney general involved in Tina Peters investigation
The office of Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is involved with the investigation into a reported election-system security breach in Mesa County, a spokesperson for Weiser confirmed to Newsline. Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters is accused by Secretary of State Jena Griswold of participating in activity that led to the release of election-system […]
After-hours access of Mesa County election equipment revealed in Griswold investigation
The Mesa County clerk and recorder, Tina Peters, and two other people entered a secure room that contained county election equipment after normal work hours on May 23 — the day that one of the election system hard drive images that were later shared online is believed to have been taken, according to the Colorado […]
‘Serious breach’ of voting security at center of investigation of Mesa County clerk’s office
The Colorado secretary of state is investigating a potential security breach related to Mesa County’s voting system, Secretary Jena Griswold announced Monday. Griswold’s office sent an order to Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters requesting an inspection of “election equipment and other relevant materials,” according to a press release from Griswold. The release says […]
Dick Lamm, former 3-term Colorado governor, dies at 85
Richard D. Lamm, a former three-term governor of Colorado, died at 85 on Thursday, according to a statement from his wife, former Colorado First Lady Dottie Lamm. Dick Lamm, as he was best known, died surrounded by family members following complications from a pulmonary embolism earlier this week, the statement said. He would have turned […]