Mark K. Matthews

Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece ...

Where does Colorado baker Jack Phillips’ religious freedom end and discrimination begin? Here’s what legal experts say.

June 6, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado baker Jack Phillips wants to start making wedding cakes again, but court experts are far from united on what kind of legal landscape he would face if he once...

It’s a make-or-break moment for Mike Coffman and other Republicans who want to force an immigration vote

June 6, 2018 at 12:44 a.m.

Colorado U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman said he and about two dozen like-minded Republican lawmakers have built enough support to force a vote in the U.S. House on a raft of...

Colorado baker Jack Phillips says he’s ready to make wedding cakes again

June 5, 2018 at 8:28 a.m.

A day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor, Colorado baker Jack Phillips said he hopes to get back into the business of making wedding cakes.

U.S. Supreme Court hands victory to Colorado baker in landmark clash over religion, civil rights

June 4, 2018 at 9:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday聽that a Colorado baker had the legal right to refuse to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because of his own...

Arvada girl makes top 20 at National Spelling Bee, but is undone by a word for smoked sausage

May 31, 2018 at 4:45 p.m.

Seventh-grader Lauren Guo of Arvada was on a roll for several rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday -- knocking down 鈥渃osmopoietic鈥� and 鈥渃hrystocrene,鈥� but was stumped by...

Torah Smith, 13, from Fitchburg, Mass., ...

In National Spelling Bee, a Denver student and 2 other Coloradans are among 41 who advance to Thursday鈥檚 finals

May 31, 2018 at 1:12 a.m.

Seven Colorado students will get a chance to advance to finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee after each knocked down the word they were given on Wednesday in the...

Democratic candidate for Governor Cary Kennedy ...

New governor鈥檚 race attack ad by pro-Cary Kennedy group targets fellow Democrats on education

May 30, 2018 at 4:22 p.m.

A new attack ad is making waves in the Democratic race for governor -- and not just for its message. The spot, purchased by an ally of Cary Kennedy, blasts...

Lucky shoes, root words and lots of practice: 8 Coloradans gear up for this week’s National Spelling Bee

May 29, 2018 at 6:22 p.m.

The 2018 running of the bee will boast a record number of participants -- 516 in all. That抖阴ap a huge jump from the 291 students who competed last year

Cory Gardner backs White House decision to cancel summit with North Korea

May 24, 2018 at 9:22 a.m.

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said he supports President Donald Trump's cancellation of a聽planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Candidates for Colorado's Sixth Congressional District ...

A secret recording, a Bronze Star and “The Royal Tenenbaums” — the Democratic race to unseat Mike Coffman is flush with personality, politics

May 23, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

Jason Crow has money, experience in a war he now condemns and establishment support. Levi Tillemann has a lineage steeped in politics, leaked a tape of a top party official...

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