Colorado residents lost a staggering $24 million to personal data scams in 2024, quadrupling the $6 million reported in 2023 and setting a record high.
A Colorado district attorney is facing backlash and an active recall effort after announcing plans to drop attempted kidnapping charges against a convicted sex offender deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial. The case centers on Solomon Galligan, 33, who was arrested in April for allegedly trying to abduct an 11-year-old boy from Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a coalition of 23 Democrat-led states backing lawsuits filed by National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aimed at blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut federal funding to public media. The lawsuits argue that eliminating taxpayer support will harm emergency broadcasting services and educational programming, particularly in rural and tribal areas.
Anti-ICE activists in Colorado tipped off ICE agents while they were attempting to detain Jose Reyes Leon‑Deras, an undocumented Salvadoran national wanted for child rape in Italy.
Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), a unique constitutional limit on state revenue, faces renewed threats from Democrat lawmakers aiming to undo its restraints. Despite voter support, state legislators have passed dozens of bills sidestepping TABOR’s restrictions, raising alarm among fiscal watchdogs and conservatives.
