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Legislature
Bill Clears a Path to Public Guardianship Program
For nearly two years, a state program to provide guardianship services for at-risk adults has been stalled by fundraising hurdles. A bill nearing the...
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Legislature
Equal Pay Bill Clears First House Hearing
The Equal Pay for Equal Work Act cleared its first hurdle in the Colorado House Wednesday evening. The bill seemed to have an easier...
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Features
A Process for Healing
Litigation’s adversarial nature can take a punishing emotional toll on the parties involved, especially when it involves a traumatic incident. But sometimes for a...
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Legislature
Capital Punishment: An Effective Deterrent or Failed Public Policy?
Colorado’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced a controversial bill to repeal the death penalty after nearly six hours of testimony, and the measure...
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Corporate Counsel Insight
‘Equal Pay’ Bill Set for Hearing
This year’s version of a pay equity bill is scheduled to undergo its first test at the Colorado General Assembly this week.
Introduced Jan. 18...
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News
Kavanaugh Appears Headed for Confirmation
Following lengthy days of questioning last week by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court appears...
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Legislature
Bill Aims to Align National Standards for Municipal Courts
A bill introduced in the Colorado Senate aims to expand state-regulated public defense attorneys to municipal courts for indigent defendants. The Senate Judiciary Committee...
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