Author: midtcgazette
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Denver lays off 171 employees, eliminates 665 vacant positions
As city of Denver employees brace for the layoffs the mayor ordered to help plug a $250 million budget deficit over the next 18 months, the Johnston administration has not divulged much information about the number or which departments will be affected most. On Monday afternoon, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s office released preliminary information on…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear 2 Denver criminal appeals
The justices may also intervene in an ongoing criminal case to determine if the defendant is entitled to a fifth competency evaluation
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Gov. Jared Polis restricts list of grants worth $250M to ‘pro-affordable housing’ communities
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday followed up on a May executive order that would limit hundreds of millions in state grants to only communities that adhere to new laws on housing, land use and parking restrictions. In May, the governor had threatened to pull at least $100 million in funding from local governments that have…
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‘Fundamentally unjust’: Colorado federal judge’s commentaries on fairness stand out
‘This is a judge who has seen a lot and heard a lot and is doing his best to kind of share what he has learned on the job,’ said Prof. Leah Litman
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Denver judge exceeded his authority in ‘several ways’ in juvenile defendant’s case, state Supreme Court says
The Colorado Supreme Court ordered a Denver judge on Friday to eliminate several of the restrictions he unreasonably placed on a juvenile defendant’s ability to argue that he should not be tried as an adult for his offenses. Lawyers for Clayshjon Eugene Clark-Collins sought the Supreme Court’s intervention after District Court Judge Eric M. Johnson indicated…
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Federal judge, for now, declines to block Colorado’s gas stove disclosure law
A federal judge on Monday declined to block a 2025 Colorado law requiring health disclosures on new gas-fueled stoves, instead suggesting the state work with the challengers to voluntarily halt enforcement in the near-term. In June, Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 1161 into law, which requires retailers of gas stoves to affix a “yellow…
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Colorado grants $250K to religious groups for security upgrades following Boulder attack
A dozen places of worship and religious organizations across the state will receive a total of $250,000, in additional grants from the state’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Gov. Jared Polis unveiled on Monday. The grants, which were initially announced in June, have made available to organizations “at increased risk” of a threat…
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Colorado governor, legislators have yet to agree how to plug $800M deficit | ANALYSIS
Colorado legislators will convene at the state Capitol in about two weeks without first having secured a deal—congress budget discussions are ongoing— with the governor or among themselves — outlining how to plug an $800 million budget deficit, which means the upcoming special session could be more open-ended and the fiscal prescriptions, whatever they may…
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Colorado governor, legislators have yet to agree how to plug $800M deficit | ANALYSIS
Colorado legislators will convene at the state Capitol in about two weeks without first having secured a deal—congress budget discussions are ongoing— with the governor or among themselves — outlining how to plug an $800 million budget deficit, which means the upcoming special session could be more open-ended and the fiscal prescriptions, whatever they may…