Valerie Richardson

Colorado gun control advocates respond to critics with more bills

Colorado Democrats, facing electoral recalls and tourism boycotts, have a response for those outraged by their ambitious gun control agenda: more gun bills.

April 24, 2013

Protected Utah prairie dogs fight for home on the range

For years, residents of Cedar City, Utah, have been waging a losing battle against an infestation of prairie dogs, mainly because the critters have better attorneys.

April 22, 2013

Gunfire at marijuana festival in Denver injures 3

Three people were injured after gunfire pierced the smoky haze Saturday at the nation's largest marijuana celebration here at Civic Center Park.

April 21, 2013

420 Day has whole new meaning in Washington, Colorado

Thousands of pot smokers plan to descend on Colorado and Washington this weekend for what may be the biggest marijuana celebration in U.S. history.

April 17, 2013

Rising GOP star ponders another run in Utah

Utah's Mia Love hasn't exactly announced that she is running for Congress again, but Rep. Jim Matheson isn't taking any chances.

April 17, 2013

Bill aims to ease federal-state clash over marijuana laws

A House lawmaker Friday introduced a bill to end the conflict between the federal government and the states over legalized pot, five months after Colorado and Washington voters approved the first statewide ballot measures decriminalizing marijuana use for adults.

April 12, 2013

House pro-lifers: Abortion trial ignored

Reflecting mounting frustration over the lack of press coverage of inner-city Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell's murder trial, a group of pro-life House members took to the floor to denounce what they call a "national media cover-up" of the sensational case.

April 11, 2013

Bulls-eye: Colorado 2nd Amendment supporters dare gun control crowd to post sign at homes, offices

The Pueblo County Republican Party is offering firearms foes an opportunity to promote their gun-free status.

April 11, 2013

Abortion doctor Gosnell on trial, but media not interested; pro-lifers see bias in Philadelphia case

The trial details are nothing short of sensational: A doctor accused of killing seven newborns and a young woman at a filthy Philadelphia clinic strewn with body parts and described as a "slaughterhouse."

April 8, 2013

Obama faces Colo. sheriffs’ gun bill protest

President Obama received a chilly reception at a stop here Wednesday to promote federal gun control legislation from Colorado sheriffs still fuming over the state's recently approved restrictions on firearms.

April 3, 2013

Obama faces mixed reception in Colorado over gun fight

When President Obama arrives here Wednesday to cheer the state's newly passed gun control laws, don't expect Colorado's county sheriffs to join in the celebration.

April 2, 2013

Holmes faces death penalty in theater shooting

Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty for James Eagan Holmes, the accused shooter in the deadly Aurora, Colo. theater massacre last summer.

April 1, 2013

Lawsuit over health care tax could kill ‘Obamacare’

"Obamacare" looks increasingly inevitable, but one lawsuit making its way through the court system could pull the plug on the sweeping federal health care law.

March 31, 2013

Colorado gun bills spark state hunting boycott; visitors pledge to head elsewhere

A national boycott movement is aimed at Colorado's $1.8 billion hunting industry, launched by gun rights supporters last week after Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law three gun control bills.

March 27, 2013

Colorado recall effort takes aim at Democrats after gun bills

Colorado gun-rights advocates, furious about last week's signing of three hotly debated gun control bills, are launching recall drives against at least four Democratic legislators and possibly the governor.

March 26, 2013

Colorado legislature snuffs bill to repeal death penalty

Colorado may follow Maryland in abolishing the death penalty this year, but the repeal will have to come at the hands of voters, not the state legislature.

March 26, 2013

Colorado governor irks gun-rights backers for publicizing prayer

Colorado gun-rights advocates who met with Gov. John Hickenlooper after a protest rally Saturday may have prayed for him, but that doesn't mean they support his stance on firearms or that they appreciate his making that fact public.

March 25, 2013

Colorado governor is friends with father of suspect in prison chief’s slaying

In a bizarre twist, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper confirmed Friday that he is good friends with the father of a parolee suspected in the murder of the state's corrections chief, but denied intervening on the son's behalf while he was in prison.

March 23, 2013

Gunmaker packs up after Colo. control bill signed

No sooner had Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three gun-control bills into law Wednesday than the economic backlash began.

March 21, 2013

Guns accessories manufacturer Magpul leaving Colo. amid new laws

No sooner had Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three gun-control bills into law Wednesday than the economic backlash began.

March 21, 2013