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Settlement reached between family of Elijah McClain and city of Aurora
The city of Aurora has reached a settlement agreement with the parents of Elijah McClain, the 23 year-old Black man who died in August 2019 after police officers detained him and paramedics sedated him with ketamine while he was walking home. “Sheneen McClain confirms that a settlement in principle has been reached with the city […]
Lotteries did not encourage COVID-19 vaccinations, new study finds
The chance to win $1 million did not lead to increased vaccination rates against COVID-19, according to a new study published Friday that examined the states that held vaccine lotteries earlier this year. There was a “near zero” association between those cash drawings and additional vaccinations in states like Colorado, which held five drawings among […]
Judge rules Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is barred from supervising November election
Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters will not oversee November’s election, a district court judge ruled Wednesday after reviewing evidence that Peters allegedly allowed a breach in the county’s election system during a major software update. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold filed a lawsuit in August to remove Peters as a designated elected […]
Colorado secretary of state pursues redistricting complaint against accused GOP lobbyists
Complaints against two Republicans accused of violating redistricting lobbying policy will be considered by a state administrative law judge, following a referral from the Election Division of the Colorado secretary of state’s office. In that Oct. 12 referral to the state’s Office of Administrative Courts, the division explains that it found grounds that justify a […]
Colorado Supreme Court hears oral arguments against new congressional redistricting map
The Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday afternoon from civil rights and advocacy groups who argue that the recently submitted congressional redistricting map doesn’t go far enough to empower the state’s minority voters. Much of the debate focused on a specific section of the voter-approved amendments that established the independent redistricting process. Section 44.3 […]
Protesters turn out as Rep. Boebert speaks during Columbus ceremony in Pueblo
Rep. Lauren Boebert spoke on Monday morning in the shadow of Colorado’s last remaining monument to Christopher Columbus, a sandstone bust that sits in the median of a busy commercial street in Pueblo. The bust has been a political flashpoint as Indigenous activists and the Italian Americans who support the monument are at a stalemate […]