Colorado officials reject Tina Peters prison transfer request by Trump administration
The DOC statement suggests federal officials aren't eligible to request transfers of inmates in state prison under Colorado's rules.
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Pressure mounts on Gov. Jared Polis to deny Tina Peters prison transfer request: ‘The silence is deafening’
"There was a lot of pressure coming from the (Trump) administration and from the right, and the governor was being silent on it," the clerks association director said. "And the...
Federal judge orders ICE agents in Colorado to follow law, stop ‘pattern’ of illegal arrests
The 66-page decision came three weeks after four immigrants testified that ICE agents had arrested them without warrants and without first checking to see whether they were likely to flee.
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"There's a lot of fear," said Cathy Alderman of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. "The chaos they intend to inflict on us, it's very real."
Colorado attorney general, Mesa County prosecutor urge Gov. Polis not to transfer Tina Peters
The letter called the transfer request "a transparent attempt to bypass the president's inability to pardon Ms. Peters or commute her sentence."
Denver prosecutors add forgery charges to former lawmaker’s legal woes in fake letters case
Denver prosecutors have charged a former state senator with three counts of forgery after she allegedly faked letters of support to a legislative committee that was investigating her.
Colorado reaches settlement with landlord giant Greystar in price-fixing lawsuit
The proposed settlement with Greystar was filed Tuesday and still needs final approval from the federal judge overseeing the case, which was initially filed last year.
Colorado ethics commission votes to investigate complaints against 17 state lawmakers
Colorado's ethics commission voted unanimously Tuesday to advance 17 complaints against a group of state lawmakers, nearly all of whom attended a private Vail retreat funded in part by a...
Denver officials defend decision to pour bleach on unlicensed taco vendor’s food
The health department provided images from the inspection showing a thermometer in meat that read 54 degrees and a trash can filled with water, which the inspector said was the...
Storage unit bought at Colorado auction contained 1.7 million fentanyl pills, police say
A Coloradan who purchased an abandoned Douglas County storage unit found that it contained 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills, plus several pounds of meth and fentanyl powder, law enforcement officials...