Chasing wild horses with helicopters has long been a controversial but accepted method in the roundups of mustangs by the Bureau of Land Management. But a federal judge has blasted the BLM after seeing video of a contract pilot hovering over an exhausted horse and appearing to strike the horse…
The Larimer County Republican Party faced massive fines for not filing campaign-finance reports in 2010 — but last month, the Secretary of State’s office reduced the bill from $48,000 to $15,000, leaving critics agog. Now, Colorado Ethics Watch has issued a complaint about what it sees as additional violations…
Politics junkies are already so discouraged by the prospects in the 2012 presidential campaign that they’re looking ahead to 2016, proposing all kinds of unlikely candidates — including Governor John Hickenlooper, who was being measured for a White House run even before his inauguration eight months ago. Yet the buzz…
Pushing a tax hike during difficult economic times might seem like the political equivalent of a suicide mission. But Senator Rollie Heath has taken on the challenge anyway — and this week, Proposition 103, which would earmark the extra funds for schools, was officially approved for the November ballot. Moreover,…
A lesbian woman from Mexico who was facing deportation after a 2008 traffic stop revealed that she was an undocumented immigrant has been granted a reprieve, advocates report. A Denver immigration judge has delayed a ruling in Sujey Pando’s case for five months in light of a new deportation review…
Aurora mayor Ed Tauer’s eight-year, term-limited reign will come to an end later this year, and the race is on to replace him, with a vote coming up on November 1. Six candidates filed to run, all with different backgrounds and different takes on what they believe is important to…
Update: CSU professor Catherine Keske was jailed after being found in contempt of court in relation to a case brought by her ex-husband, Jeffrey Handley. Among other things, he accused her of interfering with his ability to communicate with one of his sons by failing to provide the boy with…
The Colorado Democratic Party has its sights set on a growing demographic — young Latinos — and has launched an initiative called the Latino Youth Council in order to organize and connect with those it sees as crucial to the future of the party. “We are seeing politically that this…
Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer’s eight-year, term-limited reign will come to an end later this year, and the race is on to replace him, with a vote coming up on November 1. So far, six candidates have filed to run (the deadline is August 23), all with different backgrounds and different…
In May, we told the stories of two GLBT immigrants living in Colorado and seeking asylum to stay in the United States forever. Their stories of discrimination and abuse in their home countries tested the limits of asylum law. On Friday, another local GLBT immigrant, a lesbian woman named Mrs…
Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer’s eight-year, term-limited reign will come to an end later this year, and the race is on to replace him, with a vote coming up on November 1. So far, six candidates have filed to run (the deadline is August 23), all with different backgrounds and different…
In the stampede of controversy over efforts to remove thousands of wild horses from public lands, few states have sent out more mixed messages than Wyoming, which features a bucking bronc on its license plate and urges tourists to take a “wild horse scenic loop tour” — while pushing the…
Appearing as a guest star on the lineup of upcoming reality TV shows might give new Denver mayor Michael Hancock the national media attention he craves…..
Governor John Hickenlooper has walked a taut tightrope on energy issues since taking office, pushing for more natural gas drilling in a state already leading the region in drilling starts, while at the same time nudging the industry toward greater disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”…
This weekend’s Western Conservative Summit at Colorado Christian University attracted four announced or prospective Republican presidential candidates, including high-profile Texas governor Rick Perry. But while long-shot Herman Cain’s victory in a straw poll may have startled outsiders, it hardly came as a shock to Summit co-chair John Andrews…
As we reported yesterday, Doug Lamborn said that being associated with Barack Obama was like touching a tar baby during a Friday radio appearance — a gaffe for which he’s now apologized. But did he need to? An editorial in the Colorado Springs Gazette suggests it was really no big…
Is Michael Bennet the only Washington politician whose reputation has been enhanced by the debt-ceiling debate? Bennet was recently at the center of a Fox News love fest — and this morning, The Early Show’s Chris Wragge introduced him as a “common-sense guy” before inviting to tee off on the…
Friday through Sunday, Colorado Christian University hosts the Western Conservative Summit, an event that’s drawn plenty of the right’s notables. But how to pick who to see? Sexiness, of course! We’ve ranked the twenty main speakers in order of smoulder — and plenty of these guys (and one gal!) definitely…
What? You didn’t get your invitation to the wedding of Asma Hasan, author of Why I Am a Muslim, and Tahir Ali? It’s an extravaganza you won’t want to miss — if Malik and Seeme Hasan, through their Hasan Family Foundation, could pay $300,00 for losing gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis’s…
Yesterday, after being officially inaugurated as Denver’s mayor, Michael Hancock invited locals to come to a Denver Botanic Gardens concert and get-together to celebrate. And thousands accepted. Photographer Stephen Cummings was on hand to capture the lively scene. Page through below to see shots of your friends and neighbors, plus…
Now that Michael Hancock is officially Denver’s mayor, does he already have a mole… who tweets? That’s the political guessing game surrounding 5280 Shadow, a mysterious Twitter feed that purports to offer inside scoop, most of it Hancock-related. Check out some examples…
Michael Hancock is now officially Denver’s mayor — and predictably, the speech he delivered to mark the occasion today was heavier on celebration than specifics. But other than hat tips to mayors from Speer to Hickenlooper and a quote from Plato (“This City is what it is because our citizens…
