Author: Colorado Politics
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Gazette newspapers win 28 awards in Colorado journalism contest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Gazette family of newspapers won more than two dozen awards in the Colorado Press Association’s annual best in journalism competition. Colorado Politics took home 13 awards, The Denver Gazette hauled in three, and the…
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CO PO Calendar | Aug. 18-24
MONDAY, AUG. 18 Arvada City Council: Business Meeting, 10-10:30 a.m., 8101 Ralston Rd., Arvada (R) Jefferson County Republican Party: Men’s Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 389 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood (D) Jefferson County Democratic Party: Liberal Libations, 4-6 p.m., 11911 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood, RSVP at arutkofsky@hotmail.com (D) Denver Democratic Party: Tech Office Hours, 5-6 p.m.,…
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Federal judge orders release hearing for torture victim in ‘abhorrent’ immigration custody
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday found a “real risk” that the government would try to unlawfully deport a man who was tortured in his home country, and ordered a hearing to determine if he should be released from immigration custody while his case proceeds. Two…
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Federal judge dismisses some claims in ex-RTD police chief’s discrimination lawsuit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed some of the claims brought by the former police chief of the Regional Transportation District in his employment discrimination lawsuit. Joel Fitzgerald Sr. led RTD’s police department after his August 2022 hiring until his termination in September 2024. Fitzgerald…
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Judge dismisses challenge to field trip policy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a constitutional challenge to the overnight field trip policy of Jeffco Public Schools, filed by multiple families who objected to rooming assignments based on students’ gender identities as opposed to their sex assigned at birth. U.S. District Court Judge…
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Defendant’s ‘train wreck’ of a statement prompts appeals court to order new trial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court ordered a new trial on Thursday for a defendant whose 16-minute statement mid-trial, which had no basis in criminal procedure and was described by one judge as a “train wreck,” resulted in a constitutionally unfair proceeding. Jefferson County prosecutors charged Riddick Amoako-Asiamah with…
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Appeals court overturns $850K+ in sanctions Douglas County judge imposed without explanation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday reversed a Douglas County judge’s decision to impose more than $850,000 in sanctions on a pair of litigants and their lawyer without explaining why the amount was justified. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel noted there are multiple legal tools…
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by Club Q survivors at parties’ request
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge last week dismissed a consolidated lawsuit brought by survivors of a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub shooting, but permitted the plaintiffs to refile certain claims in state court. In November 2022, Anderson Aldrich murdered five people and injured more than two dozen others…
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Despite prevailing at SCOTUS, 10th Circuit again rejects man’s age discrimination lawsuit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six months after the nation’s highest court ruled that a man could theoretically reopen his age discrimination case to contest an arbitrator’s unfair decision, the Denver-based federal appeals court determined he could not actually do so under the procedural rules. As a result, plaintiff Gary…
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Appeals court directs Jeffco judge to reconsider releasing man’s car from Lakewood police custody
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court last week directed a Jefferson County judge to reconsider a man’s request for Lakewood police to return his car, which the city declined to release even after his criminal case was resolved. Police arrested Kameron Murphy in September 2022 and charged him…