Tag:LINDSEY TOOMER

Colorado voters will decide if first-degree murder defendants should be denied right to bail

Colorado lawmakers approved legislation that will send a question to voters asking if people charged with first-degree murder should be denied bail “when proof is evident or presumption is great” that the person will be found guilty. 

Colorado’s Neguse eyes No. 4 spot in Democratic House leadership

A Colorado congressman is vying for the fourth highest-ranking position in Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Bill in Colorado to provide cash assistance to people leaving prison dies

Colorado lawmakers killed a bill that would have provided direct cash assistance for daily expenses to support people recently released from incarceration. 

IRS won’t tax Colorado’s 2023 TABOR refunds

Coloradans don’t have to worry about paying taxes on their Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds this year. 

Experience in criminal justice system should inform Colorado policy, stakeholders say

People who have been affected by the criminal legal system should have more opportunity to influence the formation of criminal justice policy in Colorado, stakeholders said during a meeting Monday.