Former Edgewater police officer McKinzie Rees hopes to serve and protect again, but first she must get her name removed from a so-called “bad cops list” maintained by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. It landed there, she said, as retaliation after she reported sexual assaults by a supervising sergeant. That sergeant went on to work for another police department until this year, when he pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and misconduct and was sentenced, more than four years after the assaults and retaliation against Rees. She testified to the state’s House Judiciary Committee thi ..read more

At this time last year, Colorado lawmakers were preparing to gut Gov. Jared Polis’ massive and marquee land-use bill that would have reshaped zoning across the state, spurring a stalemate that preceded the proposal’s death. Now, after reviving most of that proposal in smaller pieces as part of a new strategy, reform supporters see a finish line in sight. Hurdles remain, but backers hope to avoid brick walls like the one that doomed last year’s effort. One measure, a ban on most occupancy limits, has already being signed into law. Other legislation has crossed between chambers, including bills ..read more

By JACQUES BILLEAUD, JONATHAN J. COOPER and JOSH KELETY, Associated Press Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press file Jenna Ellis, a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others — including two attorneys with Colorado ties — for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The indictment released Wednesda ..read more

Defendants in Colorado sexual assault cases soon will be prohibited from using what a victim was wearing or a victim’s hairstyle as evidence of consent. Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, who is the acting governor this week, signed House Bill 1072 Wednesday afternoon. The bipartisan legislation is aimed at strengthening protections for sex assault victims in court by expanding the rape shield law. It will take effect July 1. The law also includes provisions severely limiting, in court hearings, the use of a victim’s or witness’ sexual history along with accusations of a prior history of false reporti ..read more

All eight of Colorado’s congressional districts will have candidates on the June 25 primary ballot. And in three of those districts — the 3rd, 4th and 5th — the seat is open, providing the ingredients for a more boisterous fight than normal ahead of November’s election. Here is a look at who will be on the ballot in the state’s congressional primaries, district by district. Listed are major-party contenders who qualified by petitioning onto the ballot, by winning support at party assemblies, or by taking both routes. This story may be updated when the final ballot is certified April 26 by the ..read more

Josephine Stratman | New York Daily News NEW YORK — New York Courts will be posting the transcripts of Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial. Each day’s transcripts will be posted online and publicly available before the end of the following business day, “to ensure broad and continuous public access to this extraordinarily high-profile case,” according to a release. Trial proceedings are not broadcast and space inside the courtroom for members of the public is extremely limited, making the transcripts the best, most direct way for the public to follow along the first crimina ..read more

Nine years ago, one of Silverthorne’s few income-restricted housing properties was sold to a private firm. The sale — at a price that was double the property’s assessed value — raised worries in the high-cost mountain community that the new owner of the Blue River Apartments might lift rent caps that had kept its 78 units affordable when the requirements lapsed. That expiration had been set for this year, and local officials were sufficiently concerned that they struck a deal with the new Greenwood Village-based owners to extend the affordability protections through at least the end of 2025, i ..read more

A defunct provision of the Colorado Constitution that limits marriage to between a man and a woman may finally be stripped from the state’s guiding document under a proposed amendment introduced in the state Senate. The resolution, filed late last week by Sen. Joann Ginal, a Fort Collins Democrat, requires support from two-thirds of state senators and representatives. Should that happen, Colorado voters would then decide in November whether to nix the same-sex marriage ban that was approved by voters in 2006. The landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized s ..read more

Fresh off a historic vote to advance a ban on many high-powered, semi-automatic guns, the Colorado House approved three more gun-related bills over the weekend — sending them across the Capitol for another round of debate. Those votes on Saturday were followed Monday by the state Senate’s final approval for two other gun reform bills dealing with concealed-carry permits and firearms storage in vehicles. The House’s Saturday votes — on bills concerning gun dealer licensing, insurance requirements for gun owners, and taxes on sales of guns and ammunition — relied on support only from Democrats ..read more

Gov. Jared Polis will travel to Costa Rica this week for the 2024 Biennial of the Americas Summit. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, with Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, left, and Mark Ferrandino, executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue, right, speaks during a press conference at the Carriage House at the Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion on Nov. 1, 2023, in Denver. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) The gathering runs from Tuesday through Saturday, and Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera will serve as the acting governor while Polis is away. Polis plans to promote Colorado agri ..read more