Long Hours, Low Wages and Lawsuits Plague the Federal Au Pair Program
Thousands of former au pairs are part of a class-action suit filed in Denver.
Thousands of former au pairs are part of a class-action suit filed in Denver.
Scarcely eighteen months after Colorado prison authorities began distributing 19,000 “free” electronic tablets to state prisoners, the devices have been confiscated because of “unforeseen security issues.”
There may or may not be a special place in hell for terrorists, but there is a special place in Colorado for them — a place for jihadists, conspirators, failed suicide bombers, and more. Its name is H Unit.
After a six-year battle with federal regulators, Zen Magnets wins some breathing room — and an important court ruling.
A woman who spent ten years in prison before being cleared of any wrongdoing has filed a federal lawsuit against two investigators, claiming that they fabricated evidence to convict her of fatally injuring her 19-month-old son.
An investigation into where the money went provides a glimpse into the backstage feuding and maneuvering among investors in Denver’s premiere hotel.
To battle drugs smuggled in the mail, the Colorado Department of Corrections will no longer allow inmates to receive post cards, greeting cards, or “any items containing drawings.”
The Consumer Product Safety Commission wants to ban Zen magnets, but owner Shihan Qu has powerful forces on his side.
But for most of the instructors at Colorado’s community colleges, the holidays offer not a respite but a time of great anxiety and financial strain.
At the outbreak of World War II, America had no idea how to run a camp for prisoners of war. The troops in Trinidad, guarding thousands of elite Nazi officers, figured it out as they went along.
Family members of Alfredo Chavez, 17, fatally shot outside an Adams County grow house last year, are far from satisfied with the official investigation into this death.
Our guide to the ballot measures Denver voters will see in November 2017, including I-300 and 2A through 2G.
Detective Daril Cinquanta’s memoir offers a glimpse of how dramatically the nature of police work, the internal culture of the DPD, and Denver itself have changed in just a single generation.
Now in new digs, Alan Fantin is confident that he can move out of the shadow of probate court at last.
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a man who suffered numerous seizures during a 20-day stay at the Douglas County jail last year claims that jail officials “purposefully destroyed” video evidence in the case.
If the bond issue passes in November 2017, Mayor Michael Hancock’s transportation team will be able to take their plans for Denver traffic mitigation and prodding people out of their cars to the next level.
Tony Blue’s 64-year prison sentence for armed robbery has been overturned after his attorneys discovered that the state’s star witness in the case had been found mentally incompetent in another criminal prosecution 20 years earlier.
The Colorado Department of Corrections is recalculating the possible parole dates of close to 3000 inmates, in the wake of two court decisions indicating that the state is keeping prisoners behind bars for months or years longer than their intended sentences.
Opponents of the expansion of I-70 through northeast Denver have filed a motion in federal court seeking to halt any further action on the $1.8 billion project by the Colorado Department of Transportation — as well as any further construction work on a series of stormwater diversion measures undertaken by the City of Denver.
A judge’s lengthy decision in the capital case against Sir Mario Owens a good indication of how complex the case has become through more than a decade of legal maneuvering.
An Alamosa judge has dismissed all charges against Krystal Voss, who served more than a decade in prison in the death of her son.
A Jefferson County Public Schools investigation has concluded that a principal and a psychologist at Governor’s Ranch Elementary School violated district policies in their response to one student’s alleged threat to shoot another.