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Fourth Judicial district attorney requests $50,000 salary increase ahead of election
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coloradopolitics.com, Local

Fourth Judicial district attorney requests $50,000 salary increase ahead of election

By Savannah Eller | Colorado Politics Fourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen is asking El Paso County for a $50,000 salary increase for his own position, spokesperson Kate Singh said Tuesday. The request is part of a department budget that the El Paso Board of County Commissioners will decide on at the end of the year. Allen made a presentation this week on budget critical needs for his office, which included creation of two new District Attorney's Office jobs and an ongoing $100,000 operation expenses increase for its 2025 budget. The presentation did not discuss changes to existing salaries, including his own.  READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Who are King Soopers’ real competitors? Merger trial picks apart Colorado grocers
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denvergazette.com, State

Who are King Soopers’ real competitors? Merger trial picks apart Colorado grocers

By Bernadette Berdychowski | Denver Gazette The parent companies of King Soopers and Safeway, Kroger and Albertsons, have stressed throughout the merger process they need to join forces to compete against behemoths like Walmart, Costco and Amazon. On Monday, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen testified in Denver District Court about the multi-format stores taking customers from the traditional grocer. The number one threat? Walmart, he said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Safeway would be owned in state by two companies post merger, neither would be Albertsons
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State, The Colorado Sun

Safeway would be owned in state by two companies post merger, neither would be Albertsons

By Tamara Chuang and Olivia Prentzel | The Colorado Sun If the supermarket megamerger goes through as proposed, Safeway stores in Colorado would be owned by two companies. Neither would be the current owner Albertsons, which would fade into acquirer and King Soopers parent, Kroger Co. But while Kroger plans to take over 14 Safeways, the other 89 in the state would find a new owner in C&S Wholesale Grocer, a wholesale distributor that aspires to become a major grocery chain. And don’t forget there are two Albertsons in Pueblo and Durango that C&S plans to buy as part of the divestiture and conversion to Safeway. But C&S won’t own the Safeway brand — just a license to use the name in Colorado and Arizona for three years. Kroger plans to keep the other Safeway stores it’s...
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U.S. Supreme Court justices weigh whether ghost guns can be regulated
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kdvr.com, National

U.S. Supreme Court justices weigh whether ghost guns can be regulated

By Maddie Biertempfel | Fox 31 News The Supreme Court heard its first arguments of the new term Tuesday.  In a case about whether gun-making kits can be regulated the same as traditional guns, Supreme Court justices turned to questions about omelets and meal kits.  “I put out on a counter some eggs, some chopped up ham, some chopped up pepper and onions. Is that a western omelet?” Justice Samuel Alito asked.  “No, because again, those items have well-known other uses…to become something other than an omelet,” U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX31 NEWS
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Supreme Court to weigh legality of 2022 Biden Administration’s ghost guns rule
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CBS Colorado, National

Supreme Court to weigh legality of 2022 Biden Administration’s ghost guns rule

By Melissa Quinn | CBS Colorado The Supreme Court will convene Tuesday to consider a challenge to the Biden administration's efforts to regulate untraceable firearms known as ghost guns, as major American cities report the measure seems to have caused a reduction in the use of these weapons within their borders. The court fight involves a 2022 regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that sought to ensure the difficult-to-trace weapons known as ghost guns are subject to the same requirements as commercial firearms sales. The issue before the justices is not whether Second Amendment rights were violated, but rather if the Biden administration went too far when it issued the rule. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear case on elephants’ rights, captivity at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
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CBS Colorado, State

Colorado Supreme Court to hear case on elephants’ rights, captivity at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

By Michael Abeyta | CBS Colorado The Colorado Supreme Court will soon decide whether animals have bodily liberty and whether a "next friend" can file a lawsuit on their behalf. A lawsuit filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project will be heard by the court on Oct. 24. "Next friend" refers to a person or organization who represents another party in court. "I was just there yesterday. It's such a small exhibit on the side of the mountain," said Courtney Fern of the NhRP. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Albertsons brand would no longer exist in Colorado after merger with Kroger
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State, The Colorado Sun

Albertsons brand would no longer exist in Colorado after merger with Kroger

By Tamara Chuang | The Colorado Sun As week two of the State of Colorado v. Kroger trial begins Tuesday (Monday is a state holiday), last week’s testimony gave onlookers a peek behind the corporate grocery curtain in Colorado. If the merger moves forward, Albertsons would no longer exist in Colorado, as it hands most of its local stores, which include mostly Safeways, to a little-known grocer and food distributor called C&S Wholesale Grocers in New Hampshire. Lawyers with the state Attorney General’s Office questioned whether the small company with a spotty history managing acquisitions can handle the $2.9 billion divestiture. But C&S, whose chairman also cofounded Symbotic, a warehouse robotics company, has big plans to invest in the stores, lower prices and grow overnight f...
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[UPDATED] Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters given 9-year sentence by judge
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Local, Rocky Mountain Voice

[UPDATED] Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters given 9-year sentence by judge

By Lindy Browning | Contributor, Rocky Mountain Voice Judge Matthew Barrett has sentenced Tina Peters, once the Mesa County clerk and recorder, to serve eight and a half years in prison with the Department of Corrections, and six months in the Mesa County Jail as a result of being found guilty on various election charges related to her former capacity. In a scathing rebuke of her defiant behavior after a guilty conviction, Barrett listed all the reasons that probation was not a possibility for Peters: “You are no hero… Yes, you are a charlatan… Incarceration is appropriate when a person is a danger to us all, by sword or by pen,” he said from the bench. Peters' attorney, Michael Edministor, asked the judge to consider a probated sentence, considering his client had exhibited a his...
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Support Amendment I: Constitutional bail exception [of] first-degree murder
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Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Support Amendment I: Constitutional bail exception [of] first-degree murder

By Editorial Board | Editorial, Rocky Mountain Voice Ballot language: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution concerning creating an exception to the right to bail for cases of murder in the first-degree when proof is evident or presumption is great? How it reached the ballot: House Continuing Resolution 24-1002, supported by a 59-5 vote of the House and 35-0 vote of the Senate. Not only did the bipartisan measure carry unanimous support in the Senate, but it also was sponsored by almost every member. The measure was opposed in the House by the most extreme, far-left Democrats. Background: The authors of the measure seek to prevent those charged with first-degree murder from being eligible for bail "if proof is evident or presumption is great." When bail is grante...
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Federal prosecutors urge indefinite delay in second Trump assassination attempt case
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Just The News, National

Federal prosecutors urge indefinite delay in second Trump assassination attempt case

By Misty Severi | Just The News Federal prosecutors on Wednesday requested the trial of former President Donald Trump's suspected shooter Ryan Wesley Routh be indefinitely delayed, because of a massive amount of evidence they've uncovered in the past two weeks. Routh allegedly attempted to assassinate Trump last month at his resort in Florida, but the plot was foiled by Secret Service agents. Routh has been charged with attempted assassination, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and assaulting a federal officer. He has pleaded not guilty. The prosecutors argued in a court filing on Wednesday that new details in the case have emerged, which have resulted in more than 100 outstanding subpoena returns, thousands of videos to review, and the sei...
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