Colorado Watch
Denver police reopen 13 sex assault cases after retesting Missy Woods’ CBI work
Updated 2 months ago
Thirteen previously closed Denver sexual assault cases have been reopened after the city’s crime lab retested DNA evidence once analyzed by former Colorado Bureau of...
Disgraced ex-CBI analyst Missy Woods sentenced to prison in DNA scandal
Updated 2 months ago
A Jefferson County district court judge on Tuesday sentenced a disgraced former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA analyst to a decade in prison for altering...
Regulators knew this marijuana product was harming people. It stayed on shelves for more than a year
Updated 2 months ago
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the...
Colorado judge blasts state forensics lab in dismissing child sex case
Updated 2 months ago
In a potentially widely consequential action, a Weld County district judge dismissed a child sexual assault case, citing the continuing scandal at the Colorado Bureau...
Colorado judge blasts state forensics lab in dismissing child sex case
Updated 2 months ago
Aurora church tied to group that exploited homeless people is under scrutiny
Updated 3 months ago
Medicaid suspends agency behind ‘The Program,’ citing ‘credible’ fraud allegations
Updated 4 months ago
Missy Woods accepts plea deal, avoids trial on 102 felony counts
Updated 4 months ago
‘The program’: Caretakers got millions, some homeless were evicted
Updated 5 months ago
‘The program’: Using the homeless to reap Medicaid millions is not new
Updated 5 months ago
‘The program’: Church’s cash ‘donations’ are an anomaly; requests to attend services were ignored
Updated 5 months ago
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Colorado Watch series that looked into how homeless people were offered housing and “donations” from a church in return...
Free housing, cash and a catch: Investigation finds Colorado program targeting homeless clients, billing millions to Medicaid
Updated 5 months ago
Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series. Read about how home health in Colorado is a complex setup and about the group On...
‘The program’: On Going HHC roots deeply intertwined with others
Updated 5 months ago
Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series. Read about how “the program” exploits Colorado’s homeless using housing and cash, and how home health...
‘The program’: Medicaid for home health in Colorado is complex setup
Updated 5 months ago
Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series. Read about how “the program” exploits Colorado’s homeless using housing and cash and about the group...
Dismissal sought in Michael Clark’s second trial
Updated 6 months ago
Colorado marijuana regulators pledge crackdown on intoxicating hemp
Updated 7 months ago
‘Worse than the assault’: Colorado women say reporting rape deepened their trauma
Updated 8 months ago
Why Colorado rape cases rarely result in an arrest and prosecution
Updated 8 months ago
State audit: Rape kit backlog reduced but more work needed to hit goal
Updated 8 months ago
Judge: CBI ordered to provide access to thousands of DNA cases
Updated 8 months ago
Boulder County District Judge Nancy W. Salomone on Monday ordered the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to provide access to thousands of cases where past DNA...
Colorado marijuana regulators consider major changes to how labs test for contaminants
Updated 9 months ago
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Missy Woods pleads not guilty; trial set for fall
Updated 9 months ago
The former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA expert charged with more than 100 felonies entered a plea of not guilty to all of them Wednesday...
Colorado’s charitable gaming board to study Denver Gazette’s findings
Updated 9 months ago
Colorado’s freshman board overseeing the state’s $110 million charitable gaming industry on Friday created a committee to tackle issues raised in a Denver Gazette investigation...
Colorado campaign finance penalties ‘a runaway train without an off-ramp’
Updated 10 months ago
Colorado campaign debt collection efforts aren’t much of an effort
Updated 11 months ago
Judicial discipline changes moving at a slow pace
Updated 12 months ago
New charitable gaming board meets following Gazette series
Updated 1 year ago
Colorado charities pay bingo volunteers despite law prohibiting it
Updated 1 year ago
Winning a raffle in Colorado doesn’t always mean someone actually wins
Updated 1 year ago
Felons engaged in Colorado’s charitable gaming industry
Updated 1 year ago
Colorado bingo night: It’s all about the prizes, not so much the charity
Updated 1 year ago