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Amanda Pampuro
Amanda Pampuro is the Denver reporter for Courthouse News, covering the Mile High City, purple politics, breaking science and the 10th Circuit. Follow her stories on Twitter @Bright_Lamp.
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Colorado Democrats unite behind AG for governor as Republicans split on senator, controversial minister
One the last day of June, 1.5 million Colorado voters chose which candidates will run to fill the state’s term-limited executive branch in November.
10th Circuit revives Utah journalist lawsuit over denied statehouse credentials
Political journalist Bryan Schott was given press credentials while working for The Salt Lake Tribune, then denied access after he launched his own publication — and made jokes at the expense of staffers.
Colorado won't see proposals for congressional map changes on upcoming ballots
In the wake of Donald Trump’s call to redraw congressional districts to favor Republicans last year, a Colorado group proposed several measures to change how the state draws its political map.
Republicans sue Colorado over election policy allowing overseas voters
The RNC says the Colorado secretary of state dilutes their vote by allowing overseas voters who have never resided in the state to participate in state elections.
Denver judge dismisses burnt out public defender’s free speech claim
A former public defender says the state office fired him after he moved to drop three cases from a workload covering 130 clients.
10th Circuit revives review of Biden’s Utah monument expansion
Upon taking office in 2021, President Joe Biden reversed his predecessor’s shrinking of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Arizona and Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
Former Colorado crime lab scientist accused of misreporting DNA pleads guilty to reduced charges
Prosecutors filed more than 100 charges against former crime lab scientist Yvonne Woods after an internal investigation uncovered irregularities calling into question a decade’s worth of lab test results.
Unhoused Colorado man sues Wheat Ridge police officers who killed his dog
David Richardson rescued Boss from a gas station in Mesa, Arizona.