‘Two different Americas’: States diverge on gun policies after high-profile shootings Two states. Two tragedies. Two different approaches to improving public safety. “We live in two different Americas, in essence,” one scholar says. 04/19/2024 - 7:30 am | View Link
Nevada AG Ford applauds State Supreme Court for ghost gun ruling Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is applauding a State Supreme Court decision that reversed a lower court ruling that a Nevada statute banning ghost guns was too vague. 04/19/2024 - 6:43 am | View Link
Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers after deadliest shooting in state history The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and the Democratic-led Maine Legislature ... 04/18/2024 - 9:50 am | View Link
All-night legislative session ends with sweeping gun control measures in Maine By contrast, Maine is the only state that has ... the legislature took no action on Ross’ proposal during its session Wednesday and Thursday. Opponents of the legislation say that it is “out of step” ... 04/18/2024 - 9:22 am | View Link
General Assembly approves 1 gun safety amendment, sends six back to the governor Glenn Youngkin’s amendments was approved by the General Assembly, six were sent back to the governor’s desk for his signature or veto, and attempts to override the governor's veto on 22 gun safety ... 04/18/2024 - 8:28 am | View Link
A former Poudre School District paraprofessional was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison and two years in jail after pleading guilty to assault on an at-risk person, harassment and child abuse for hitting disabled students as they rode the school bus.
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Gov. Jared Polis signed “for-cause” eviction protections into law Friday, making Colorado the sixth U. S. state to enact the policy that’s aimed at blunting displacement of vulnerable tenants.
The law, passed by the legislature late last month, effectively gives tenants a right of first refusal to renew their leases. That protection, supporters say, will insulate renters from discriminatory or retaliatory nonrenewals from landlords, who may want to rid themselves of a tenant who complained about an apartment’s condition.
“This is the right thing to do,” said Democratic Rep.
After a rash of pitching injuries contributed to last year’s 103-loss season, the Rockies have their first significant health issue on the mound in 2024.
Colorado placed Kyle Freeland on the 15-day injured list on Friday with a left elbow strain, a move retroactive to April 16.
In four starts this season, Freeland is 0-3 with a 13.21 ERA.
8212; College football is ready to put the signs away.
Following a sign-stealing scandal that rocked the sport and hung over Michigan’s championship run in 2023, the NCAA’s football oversight committee approved Friday the use of coach-to-player helmet communications in games for the 2024 season.
The football rules committee last month made a recommendation to allow — but not require — teams at the highest tier of Division I to use radio technology similar to what NFL teams use.
Only one player for each team will be permitted to be in communication with coaches while on the field.
WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday’s vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94.
Coban Porter, the brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for killing a woman in a drunk-driving crash last year.
Porter, 22, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in February on the condition that he would be sentenced to no more than eight years in prison.