Corrections officials are understandably defensive about a controversial Bureau of Justice Statistics survey that indicates a high incidence of prisoner sexual abuse in their facilities. But is that any reason for jail bosses to claim that inmates are concocting fake stories of prison rape in order to get cookies, or…
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s proposed 2012 budget was released yesterday and revealed that city government can continue business as usual as long as city employees keep taking furlough days without pay. The complete budget breakdown is shown below…..
Last week, we reported on the mounting criticism of Aaron Million’s proposed 550-mile pipeline to deliver water to the Front Range. The opponents’ campaign is just beginning, though — as new billboards take that message to the public and to water officials considering the Flaming Gorge pipeline at a meeting…
When powerful development forces in metro Denver conspire to drain more water from already depleted Western Slope rivers, there’s only one thing for a self-respecting environmentalist to do: Grab your gear and head to Boulder for The World’s Largest Kayak Drum Circle. At least, that’s what protesters hope a large…
Nederland’s official website declares that the funky mountain burg is a “town like no other.” And the abrupt resignation of Mayor Sumaya Abu-Haidar eighteen months into her two-year term, amid what she describes as a hostile political climate and “extraordinarily rude, insulting and disparaging” e-mails from opponents, seems to underscore…
Will President Obama’s new jobs plan save the country from a double-dip recession or burden our sliding economy with another $400 billion of deficit spending? Below, an easy-to-read chart explains the president’s entire economic stimulus plan in a nutshell…..
As the man in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the 2005 period when Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, Michael Brown knows a thing or two about hurricanes, and the media’s coverage of them. So what kind of grades does the current KOA talk-show host give to…
Chasing wild horses with helicopters has long been a controversial but accepted method in the roundups of mustangs by the Bureau of Land Management. But a federal judge has blasted the BLM after seeing video of a contract pilot hovering over an exhausted horse and appearing to strike the horse…
The Larimer County Republican Party faced massive fines for not filing campaign-finance reports in 2010 — but last month, the Secretary of State’s office reduced the bill from $48,000 to $15,000, leaving critics agog. Now, Colorado Ethics Watch has issued a complaint about what it sees as additional violations…
Politics junkies are already so discouraged by the prospects in the 2012 presidential campaign that they’re looking ahead to 2016, proposing all kinds of unlikely candidates — including Governor John Hickenlooper, who was being measured for a White House run even before his inauguration eight months ago. Yet the buzz…
Pushing a tax hike during difficult economic times might seem like the political equivalent of a suicide mission. But Senator Rollie Heath has taken on the challenge anyway — and this week, Proposition 103, which would earmark the extra funds for schools, was officially approved for the November ballot. Moreover,…
A lesbian woman from Mexico who was facing deportation after a 2008 traffic stop revealed that she was an undocumented immigrant has been granted a reprieve, advocates report. A Denver immigration judge has delayed a ruling in Sujey Pando’s case for five months in light of a new deportation review…
Aurora mayor Ed Tauer’s eight-year, term-limited reign will come to an end later this year, and the race is on to replace him, with a vote coming up on November 1. Six candidates filed to run, all with different backgrounds and different takes on what they believe is important to…
Update: CSU professor Catherine Keske was jailed after being found in contempt of court in relation to a case brought by her ex-husband, Jeffrey Handley. Among other things, he accused her of interfering with his ability to communicate with one of his sons by failing to provide the boy with…
The Colorado Democratic Party has its sights set on a growing demographic — young Latinos — and has launched an initiative called the Latino Youth Council in order to organize and connect with those it sees as crucial to the future of the party. “We are seeing politically that this…
Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer’s eight-year, term-limited reign will come to an end later this year, and the race is on to replace him, with a vote coming up on November 1. So far, six candidates have filed to run (the deadline is August 23), all with different backgrounds and different…
In May, we told the stories of two GLBT immigrants living in Colorado and seeking asylum to stay in the United States forever. Their stories of discrimination and abuse in their home countries tested the limits of asylum law. On Friday, another local GLBT immigrant, a lesbian woman named Mrs…
Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer’s eight-year, term-limited reign will come to an end later this year, and the race is on to replace him, with a vote coming up on November 1. So far, six candidates have filed to run (the deadline is August 23), all with different backgrounds and different…
In the stampede of controversy over efforts to remove thousands of wild horses from public lands, few states have sent out more mixed messages than Wyoming, which features a bucking bronc on its license plate and urges tourists to take a “wild horse scenic loop tour” — while pushing the…
Appearing as a guest star on the lineup of upcoming reality TV shows might give new Denver mayor Michael Hancock the national media attention he craves…..
Governor John Hickenlooper has walked a taut tightrope on energy issues since taking office, pushing for more natural gas drilling in a state already leading the region in drilling starts, while at the same time nudging the industry toward greater disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”…
This weekend’s Western Conservative Summit at Colorado Christian University attracted four announced or prospective Republican presidential candidates, including high-profile Texas governor Rick Perry. But while long-shot Herman Cain’s victory in a straw poll may have startled outsiders, it hardly came as a shock to Summit co-chair John Andrews…
