An ongoing debate pitting bail bondsmen against Larimer County's pretrial service program is raging, with a focus on who can better provide services associated with the arrest, bonding, and monitoring of those accused of crimes.
Westminster banker Tim Kauffman has been selected to replace Faye Griffin as Jefferson County's next treasurer and will be officially sworn in today.
Kauffman will be the second person to fill this position since the colorful, controversial, and gleefully acquitted Mark Paschall was indicted and eventually found not guilty not once, but twice, for his role in an alleged 2007 kickback scheme that rocked Jefferson County politics.
Face The State has discovered that some Colorado voters have received ballots for two different precincts, a problem that may lead some to accidentally vote in the wrong state legislative or city council races. While state law provides corrective measures, individuals may unintentionally disenfranchise themselves in lower level races.
Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin, of Alaska, who was in Golden Monday stumping for the second time in little over a week, may be responsible for John McCain's jump in favorability among Colorado voters.
I told you yesterday about Colorado’s crowded ballot, with the most issues presented since 1912. But you’ll vote on retaining judges, too.
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In an interesting front-page Denver Post feature today, reporter Michael Riley focuses on how Jefferson County, the state's second most populous county, decides elections right almost every time.
With independent voters expected to decide the presidential election in swing states like Colorado, Republicans here allege that the Libertarian Party may hand elections to Democrats. Meanwhile, the state's top Libertarian says there is no such thing as a "spoiler effect."
Following the decision of the Jefferson County Sheriff to send deputies to Denver to help provide security for the Democratic National Convention in August, the county's courts are responding by attempting to leave criminal dockets empty during that time.
For the second time in two years, residents of the Foothills Parks and Recreation District have said "no thanks" to a nearly 40 percent increase in the district's property tax rate.
