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Colorado e-cigarette company settles with FDA, DOJ on unapproved products
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The Center Square, State

Colorado e-cigarette company settles with FDA, DOJ on unapproved products

By Joe Mueller  | The Center Square A federal court ordered a Colorado company to stop manufacturing, distributing or selling unauthorized vaping products. Earlier this month, a complaint against Boosted LLC, which markets itself as Boosted E-Juice, and its owner, Cory Vigil, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint stated the company violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act by introducing or delivering for interstate commerce adulterated products and others misbranded as tobacco, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The complaint alleges the defendants manufactured and sold electronic finished nicotine delivery systems products and e-liquids. The Food and Drug Administration warned the company its products, including flavore...
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Juneteenth flag with Texas star is flying today at the Colorado Capitol
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kdvr.com, State

Juneteenth flag with Texas star is flying today at the Colorado Capitol

By Morgan Whitley | Fox 31 News On a daily basis, the Colorado Capitol flies the American and Colorado flags. Beginning Tuesday, you may notice a new flag flapping in the wind. In honor of the third anniversary of Juneteenth becoming a state holiday, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera and other members of Colorado’s legislature raised the official Juneteenth flag at the Capitol. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, found out they had been freed — two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Along with the holiday comes a special flag. According to CNN, the banner has several symbols that represent the end of slavery in the U.S. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Future of Colorado charter schools could be determined by Democratic primary for a State Board of Ed seat
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State, The Colorado Sun

Future of Colorado charter schools could be determined by Democratic primary for a State Board of Ed seat

By Sandra Fish and Erica Breunlin | The Colorado Sun Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent to affect the primary for a seat on the state Board of Education, a race that could determine the future of Colorado charter schools for years to come.  What’s at stake is the panel’s willingness to overturn local districts when they reject a charter school’s application.  Nearly $685,000 from Progressives Supporting Teachers and Students, a pro-charter school state-level super PAC, has poured into the contest in the 2nd Congressional District to support education consultant Marisol Lynda Rodriguez in her bid against former Boulder Valley School Board President Kathy Gebhardt. Board members are elected to six-year terms in each of the state’s eight congressional distr...
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1st Amendment case of Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop in front of Colorado Supreme Court
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National Review, State

1st Amendment case of Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop in front of Colorado Supreme Court

By NATAN EHRENREICH | National Review America’s favorite baker, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop, is back in front of the Colorado Supreme Court today for yet another round of state-sponsored persecution. The question before the court: Does the First Amendment apply in Colorado, or can the state continue to harass, target, and bully speakers who don’t ascend to the state’s view of cultural issues, in direct contradiction of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings? That is not hyperbole. The Supreme Court already ruled once that Colorado unconstitutionally targeted Phillips for his religious beliefs. It also ruled a year ago that the application of Colorado law to compel speech violates the 1st Amendment. One might believe that Colorado didn’t get the message, but that’s false. It did ...
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Colorado Dems applaud Biden’s latest immigration order, while Republicans call it ‘madness’
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coloradopolitics.com, State

Colorado Dems applaud Biden’s latest immigration order, while Republicans call it ‘madness’

By Marissa Ventrelli | Colorado Politics Colorado Democrats on Tuesday applauded President Joe Biden's executive order to shield from deportation hundreds of thousands of individuals who are living in the country illegally and are married to American citizens.   Some Republicans, meanwhile, denounced the move as "madness."   The new policy would provide a path to citizenship to some 500,000 people, as well as the ability to legally work in the country. The Biden administration characterized the latest move — one of the most sweeping actions in several years — as aiming to help some immigrant families to stay together. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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10.5% of ballots have been cast in primary election statewide; 12.7% in 4th District
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State

10.5% of ballots have been cast in primary election statewide; 12.7% in 4th District

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice About 12.7 percent of all registered primary voters in Colorado's 4th District have cast a ballot and among those 34.1 percent are unaffiliated voters, the Secretary of State's first daily report of the election reads. There are 538,291 active voters in the 4th District, with 252,546 registered as unaffiliated. Additionally, there are 187,769 Republican, 88,818 Democrat and 9,158 minor party voters.The Secretary of State's office did not release voting totals specific to any other congressional district. Election Day is Tuesday, June 25. Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.In the 4th District, the turnout of Douglas County could be a decisive factor in the U.S. House races. The county holds the largest total of registered voters ...
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Report finds more Colorado 4th-graders struggle with reading, 8th-graders with math than those who don’t
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State, The Center Square

Report finds more Colorado 4th-graders struggle with reading, 8th-graders with math than those who don’t

By Joe Mueller | The Center Square Colorado’s fourth-grade students are struggling to read and its eighth graders are having trouble with math, according to this year’s KIDS COUNT Data Book published by The Annie E. Casey Foundation. The report stated 62% of fourth graders weren't proficient in reading in 2022. In 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, 60% of fourth graders weren’t proficient. Nationally, 68% of all fourth graders aren’t proficient in reading, compared to 66% in 2019. Eighth graders not proficient in math increased to 72% in 2022, an increase in nine percentage points since 2019. The national percentage for the category is 74%, an increase of seven percentage points since 2019. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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Legal battle heating up from the killing of a Trump supporter by 9News’ unlicensed, contracted security guard
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Legal battle heating up from the killing of a Trump supporter by 9News’ unlicensed, contracted security guard

By Rocky Mountain Voice Staff The Colorado Court of Appeals has found Denver’s 9News could potentially be held liable in a fatal shooting of a Trump supporter during a 2020 protest in Denver. Matthew Dolloff, an unlicensed security guard allegedly acquired by a contractor 9News used, was accompanying a 9News producer at a protest between the group "Patriot Muster" and a "BLM-Antifa Soup Drive" when he shot and killed Trump supporter Lee Keltner, according to CBS News. Denver District Attorney Beth McCann refused to prosecute at the time of the shooting: "Under Colorado's law, Matthew Dolloff had no duty to retreat and was legally justified in his actions. While I do not agree with Mr. Dolloff's decision to use lethal force, the fact remains he had the right to...
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Why is Democrat Adam Frisch running TV ads in 3rd District primary? To boost his chances in November
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State, The Colorado Sun

Why is Democrat Adam Frisch running TV ads in 3rd District primary? To boost his chances in November

By Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun Democrat Adam Frisch is spending at least $100,000 to air a TV ad in the Republican primary in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in an apparent attempt to shape the race and give himself a better chance to win in November. The ad attacks Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd for “ducking Republican debates” and for refusing to say who he voted for in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, as well as for being the beneficiary of corporate super PAC money. It’s a clear call to GOP primary voters in the Republican-leaning 3rd District to back a different candidate in the six-way race — someone Frisch believes will be easier to beat in November. Someone like former state Rep. Ron Hanks, an election denier who attended Donald Trump’s rally on Jan. 6, 2021,...
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Shooting of man standing at door not covered under ‘Make My Day’ immunity, Colorado Supreme Court rules
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coloradopolitics.com, State

Shooting of man standing at door not covered under ‘Make My Day’ immunity, Colorado Supreme Court rules

By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics A defendant cannot avail himself of the immunity Colorado law affords those who use lethal force against home intruders, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday, because his victim was not inside any "dwelling" when he fired the shots. Joseph M. Howell stands accused of attempted murder and other charges. In February 2023, a man allegedly came to the ground-floor apartment in Denver where Howell lived with his mother. The man was reportedly acting "wild" and "threatening." At one point, the man stepped onto the concrete pad separating apartment complex's yard from Howell's door. From the apartment, Howell shot the man in the face through a barred, closed security door. In response to the criminal charges, Howell invoked Colorado's "Make My Day...
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