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Please don’t mind our dust 22 Aug 2013 | 12:33 am
Over the next few days, The Colorado Independent is going on a forced hiatus. There are some very smart people unplugging old things and plugging in new things and shining up the widows and doors of t...
Hollister Ordered to Make Faux Surf Shacks Wheelchair Accessible 17 Aug 2013 | 01:29 am
A Hollister "surf shack" porch with stairs. “Dudes” and “Bettys” in wheelchairs have won a legal battle against Abercrombie & Fitch Co. to gain smoother access into its chain of surf-shack style Holl...
Colorado Supreme Court Denies Appeal, Colorado Recall Legal Turmoil Over 16 Aug 2013 | 05:24 am
The Colorado Independent just received a copy of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the appeal filed by Clerk Ortiz of Pueblo and Robert Nemanich regarding the District Court decision e...
Small Protests at Coffman’s Aurora Office Draw Police 15 Aug 2013 | 11:49 pm
Samuel Kraus, a communications coordinator for the Democratic Party, receives a notice of trespass at the edge of the private office building where Rep. Coffman's office is located. DREAMers and telev...
Colo. Republicans Adopt ‘Can-Do’ Attitude Toward Now-Likely Non-Mail Recall Elections 15 Aug 2013 | 04:54 pm
Long way to go: The 2013 historic Colorado Senate recall elections, scheduled for September 10, are facing historic hurdles. A district court judge on Monday ordered the state to redo the ballots, a d...
Speak English: Partisan Politics Strain Link Connecting Immigration, Education Reform 14 Aug 2013 | 10:41 pm
Colorado made national headlines this year when lawmakers passed the ASSET bill providing in-state tuition for many undocumented high school graduates seeking a college education. Now an overhaul o...
As Woman Takes Top Job, Sex Assaults Still Plague Air Force Academy, Crisis Center Says 14 Aug 2013 | 07:34 pm
A decade after a rape scandal rattled the Air Force Academy, reports of sexual assaults involving cadets are surging, according to Colorado Springs’ rape crisis center. “Recently, we’ve seen an incre...
Morse on Giron: She’s Plain Crazy about Pueblo 14 Aug 2013 | 01:40 am
Colorado Democratic state Senate President John Morse speaks his mind and has endured no end of pains recently as a result. But it’s a refreshing quality in a lawmaker — a Colorado tradition that migh...
Libertarian Court Victory Throws Recall Elections into Turmoil 13 Aug 2013 | 06:53 pm
Monday evening, Denver District Judge Robert McGahey ruled that the secretary of state unconstitutionally barred Colorado’s Libertarian party from including the name of its candidates on the September...
Colorado Rep. Coffman Targeted by League of Conservation Voters 13 Aug 2013 | 03:24 am
Mike Coffman, Republican representative of Colorado’s now toss-up Sixth Congressional District, is drawing fire from long-established national environmental group the League of Conservation Voters. A...
