The News

Lawmaker to face penalty - confidentially - for sexual harassment
September 1 Face The State

Process that is shrouded in secrecy obscures even the outcome of McKinley probe

LaCabe’s back, and he doesn’t come cheap
August 27

This time, Denver's former safety chief is an expert witness

Guv to patch hole with pot proceeds; GOP says he 'guessed wrong'
August 26 Colorado News Agency

Lower-than-anticipated payments from the federal government for Medicaid has the state backpedaling a bit on some spending while dipping into cash funds again and also tapping into a new source of dough: projected revenues from the budding industry of medical marijuana.

Criminal probe widens at state housing authority
August 25 Face The State

The criminal investigation into possible financial fraud at the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority has been widened to include at least two additional individuals whom authorities suspect were involved in the illegal transfer of roughly $250,000 in funds earlier this year.

Denver safety manager resigns
August 24 The Denver Daily News

Perea leaves following police brutality allegations controversy

Rural school chiefs wary of new federal ed standards
August 19 Colorado News Agency

The good news is that Colorado could be getting an infusion of cash into K-12 education. The bad news, say some local school officials, is that school districts will have to relinquish even more local control–long protected in the state Constitution.

Gun flies away at Denver International Airport
August 13 The Denver Daily News

How did a locked firearm case - and its potentially dangerous contents - go missing between Denver and Houston?

Hick’s camp kicks out reporter, refuses comment on sale of tax credits
August 9 Face The State

High-level staff members at Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's gubernatorial campaign today refused to answer questions about the amount of money the mayor received from three prominent local businessmen from the sale of tax credits from 2003 to 2005.

Hick conserves land - and keeps the change
August 5 Face The State

Public documents show Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper sold "conservation easement tax credits" to Starz Entertainment Group founder John Sie as well as John and Thomas Gart of the Gart Brothers family fortune.

Pot and booze alleged
August 4 The Denver Daily News

Denver's golf director reprimanded for drinking excessively with subordinates; also possibly smoked marijuana