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Despite being part of Senate health care work groups, Colorado’s Cory Gardner still hasn’t seen bill
DENVER – U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, who is one of a handful of Senate Republicans working in small groups to craft the Senate’s version of the American Health Care Act, said Wednesday he has still not seen a text version of the bill just a week before the full chamber is set to vote on it. Continue reading
Gardner reneges on transparency concerns as Colo. Dems, bipartisan governors call for AHCA changes
DENVER – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday joined several other Republican and Democratic governors in criticizing the House-passed version of the American Health Care Act, saying it does not adequately protect millions of Americans and needs fixing.
Hickenlooper, a Democrat, joined Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D), Massachusetts Gov. Charles Baker (R), Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R), Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) in signing the letter criticizing the House version of the bill. Continue reading
Colorado’s Republican House Minority Leader seemingly uses congressman’s shooting to raise money
DENVER – Colorado’s Republican House Minority Leader is under fire for what some are saying was a thinly-veiled attempt to raise money for a conservative political action committee off of Wednesday’s shooting of a U.S. congressmen, several aides and police officers.
Denver Daily Beast contributor Dave Maney first raised the issue, tweeting out an email from Colorado Liberty PAC signed by House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock, in which Neville says that the Virginia shooting was an “attack tantamount to political terrorism aimed at shutting up Conservatives, Republicans, and Americans like you.” Continue reading
Family identifies alleged Munich train station shooter as 37-year-old from Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The man accused of shooting a police officer at a train station near Munich, Germany is a 37-year-old man from Fort Collins, identified as Alexander Bischof by multiple family members.
German media had only identified the alleged shooter at “Alexander B,” but Denver7 has confirmed with several of Bischof’s family members that Alexander had been visiting family in the area, and that Alexander had been arrested in connection with the Tuesday shooting. Continue reading
ICE will continue immigration roundups at courthouses despite pleas from Denver officials
DENVER – A U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement official respectfully declined to order a stop to his agents’ ongoing presence at Denver courthouses—something Denver’s officials called for in a letter to the agency in early April.
Matthew T. Albence, the Executive Associate Director at ICE, replied to the April 6 letter from Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and other city officials on May 25. The mayor’s office received the reply Monday. Continue reading
LIVE BLOG: Fired FBI director James Comey testifies on Trump-Russia in front of Senate intel committee
Replay former FBI director James Comey’s testimony in an open hearing of the Senate intelligence committee regarding the Russia probe and his firing. Click here for the full wrap-up. Continue reading
Longmont police say ‘misinformation’ from housing authority led to apartment search presence
LONGMONT, Colo. – The Longmont Police Department on Wednesday laid the blame for its officers and K-9 units being involved in apartment inspections on a letter the Longmont Housing Authority sent to residents, and said officers were only present at the housing authority’s request.
“It was incorrectly reported that the police were conducting illegal searches,” a statement from the police department Wednesday said. “The source of this misinformation can be traced back to a letter that the Longmont Housing Authority sent to residents stating, ‘Please note that we will occasionally have K-9 units with LPD accompany us for purposes of training and compliance.’” Continue reading
Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid nominated to fill Gorsuch seat on 10th Circuit
DENVER – President Donald Trump has nominated Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison H. Eid to fill the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals seat vacated when Neil Gorsuch was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Washington Times first reported Eid’s nomination, saying the judge was also on the president’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees. The Denver Post was able to confirm that was the case shortly afterward, citing two congressional sources. Continue reading
Colorado authorities say election system wasn’t breached after report leaks NSA intel
DENVER – Colorado authorities haven’t received any notice from federal agencies that state voter systems were compromised during last year’s election, they said Tuesday.
On Monday, The Intercept published a leaked National Security Agency classified intelligence document showing that Russian hackers were able to phish their way into some U.S. elections systems, specifically through a company called VR Systems. Continue reading
Day after report, Longmont officers and K-9s stop tagging along during apartment inspections
LONGMONT, Colo. – A day after Denver7 reported that police officers and their K-9 partners were tagging along during apartment inspections, the police department said it was discontinuing the practice.
A Longmont Police Department spokesperson called Tuesday to say the department’s officers didn’t participate in any inspections Tuesday and that they wouldn’t be involved in the future. Continue reading