Following the contentious election of 1904, sitting U.S. Senator Thomas Patterson battled the Colorado Supreme Court over contempt charges for his newspapers’ articles and cartoons criticizing the judicial body.
In case you missed it this week: Four firms added attorneys to Denver offices this week plus the CBA and DBA named a new executive director. Gov. Jared Polis also appointed judges to the state’s new 23rd Judicial District.
Kala Beauvais becomes the first woman to hold the position of District Attorney in Pueblo, and the first Republican to win a district attorney election in the county since 1952.