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DENVER — Leave it to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, fresh off his best political week in months, to say something controversial on stage at Monday’s debate with Republican Bob Beuprez, the fifth debate between the gubernatorial candidates to date. Hickenlooper, a Democrat seeking a second term, withstood pressure from Beauprez over his administration’s ongoing sentencing […]

DENVER — The politicos in the room Thursday night in Pueblo for the third debate between Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and GOP challenger Bob Beauprez haven’t stopped buzzing about the moment when the Republican drew the governor’s ire for alluding to the case of slain former Dept. of Corrections chief Tom Clements with a broad critique […]

DENVER — Roxane White, who has served as chief of staff to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s for nearly five years, will not be sticking around for a second term, should Colorado’s Democratic governor be reelected in November. White, who was hired as Hickenlooper’s mayoral chief of staff in Sept. 2009 and transitioned into the same job […]

DENVER — The inmate who was mistaken released from the Jefferson County Jail on Tuesday was found in downtown Denver Thursday morning and taken back into custody, police confirmed. With the help of citizen tips, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported that officers were able to arrest Damon Slayton near the intersection of Broadway and […]

DENVER — A proposal to keep inmates with mental health issues out of solitary confinement drew strong support at the Capitol on Monday. Democrats and Republicans, the state Dept. of Corrections and the American Civil Liberties Union all came together in support of Senate Bill 64, which cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 5-0 […]

DENVER — New video and pictures of the violent crime spree Evan Ebel went on almost a year ago were released Monday as Stevie Vigil, the woman who provided a gun to the murderer , was sentenced to 27 months in prison Monday. The sentence came down shortly after a Texas sheriff’s deputy, who nearly died after […]

DENVER — Evan Ebel, the parolee believed to have killed former Colorado Department of Corrections head Tom Clements last year, apparently forced one of his other victims to record a statement before killing him as well. In a sentencing memorandum related to the case against Stevie Vigil, prosecutors revealed part of a statement recorded by […]

DENVER — In his fourth annual State of the State address Thursday morning, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper hewed close to his favorite themes of cooperation and recovery, noting that national politicians in Washington could learn a lot from the state’s legislature. Hickenlooper, a Democrat whose poll numbers dipped after a contentious legislative session last year, […]

EDITORS NOTE: The following is the text of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s State of the State address as released by his staff. Good morning. It’s great to be back here, together, in the people’s state Capitol. To the four new members stepping into your first legislative session—I offer you my sympathies. Kidding. Just kidding. Welcome. Fortunately […]

DENVER — The ongoing legal battle over the extradition request of Homaidan al-Turki, a Saudi inmate imprisoned for keeping a maid as a sex slave, is, for now, in the hands of an Arapahoe County district court judge. But documents released in court last week and conversations with attorneys and law enforcement sources reveal the […]

DENVER — A courtroom battle over freeing a convicted Saudi sex offender revealed new information about the murder of Colorado’s corrections chief. A judge is now deciding whether to free Homaidan Al Turki from prison in Colorado and send him back to Saudi Arabia. Friday prosecutors confirmed investigators are still looking at possible ties to […]

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — A Colorado judge could make a decision on whether to release convicted sex offender Homaidan al-Turki from prison and send him back to Saudi Arabia. Al-Turki is serving time for keeping a housekeeper as a sex slave for four years, and has also been loosely linked to the murder of former Colorado […]