
Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures
In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until ...

Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot
Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters ...

Colorado ushers in new law with midnight unions
The first gay couple granted a civil union in Colorado said their vows before hundreds of people early Wednesday morning at a downtown Denver ...

Gang member arrested in corrections killing probe
A white supremacist prison gang member was arrested and another was still being sought for questioning Friday in the death of Colorado's prisons chief ...

Colorado governor orders audit of inmate records
Colorado's governor announced a sweeping review of the state's prison and parole operations as more evidence piled up showing how a white supremacist ...

In Colorado, Obama presses for gun measures
Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that recent steps by Colorado to tighten its gun ...

Suspect in Colo. prison chief death got out early
Because of a paperwork error, the suspect in last month's killing of Colorado's corrections chief was freed from prison in January — four years ...

Troubled prison time for Colo suspect
Behind bars, he was known as "Ebel Evil." Within a day of arriving at his first permanent prison, Evan Spencer Ebel, the suspect in last week's ...

From a young age, no one could tame Evan Ebel
His parents sent him to special camps in Utah, Jamaica and Samoa for children with behavioral problems. Neighbors in the middle-class suburbs west of ...
Administrators armed in W. Colo. school district
As lawmakers across the country debate arming teachers and administrators to prevent another deadly school shooting, one Colorado school district has ...
Correction: Guns story
In a story March 25 about the debate on gun control, The Associated Press reported erroneously that military style assault rifles with high-capacity ...

Gun link, but many questions in corrections death
Colorado corrections chief Tom Clements and his wife were watching television when the doorbell rang last Tuesday night. Clements opened the door and ...
Prison chief's death highlights safety concerns
The newest warden was sworn in Friday to oversee South Carolina's Lee Correctional Institution, a prison described by Gov. Nikki Haley as a dangerous ...

Man killed in Texas called suspect in Colo slaying
Colorado investigators on Saturday said for the first time that a former prison inmate who was killed in a gunfight with Texas authorities is a ...

Colorado governor a friend of paroled inmate's dad
Attorney Jack Ebel testified before the Colorado Legislature two years ago that solitary confinement in a Colorado prison was destroying the psyche ...

Civil unions signed into law in Colorado
Civil unions for gay couples got the governor's signature in Colorado on Thursday, punctuating a dramatic turnaround in a state where voters banned ...

Colo. Corrections Dept. chief shot, killed at home
In the weeks before Colorado's top prisons official was fatally shot after answering his front door, he carried out a variety of functions including ...

Colorado governor signs landmark gun bills
Colorado's governor signed bills Wednesday that place new restrictions on firearms, signaling a change for Democrats who have traditionally shied away ...

No assault weapons ban: Not in Dems' Senate bill
An assault weapons ban won't be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban's ...

Colo one of few victories for gun control backers
After a no-holds-barred White House push for sweeping gun control legislation across the country, Democrats have racked up only one victory outside ...

Colo Legislature OKs expansion of firearms checks
A landmark expansion of background checks on firearm purchases was approved Friday by lawmakers in Colorado, a politically moderate state that was the ...

Colorado gun control bills near final passage
Fiercely debated ammunition limits cleared Colorado's Democratic Legislature on Wednesday and were on their way to the governor, who has said he'll ...

Colorado lawmakers OK civil unions for gay couples
Colorado lawmakers took a historic vote to approve civil unions for gay couples Tuesday, delivering on a campaign promise from Democrats who have ...

Colorado Senate give final OK to gun control bills
A gun control package pushed by Colorado Democrats cleared the state Senate on Monday, as sponsors described it as a needed response to Colorado's ...