2022 Archives

Statewide report details at least 63 fatal domestic violence-related deaths in 2020

January 5, 2022

By Emily Wenger

With critical mass of local government support reached, Colorado set to receive $385 million from opioid settlements with Johnson & Johnson and major drug distributors

January 4, 2022

By Emily Wenger

New state database launched to provide public transparency on peace officer certification, training compliance, and misconduct

January 2, 2022

By Lawrence Pacheco

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Attorney General Phil Weiser wins court order blocking unlawful SNAP food benefit pilot project in Colorado

Jan. 28, 2026 (DENVER) – Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following statement after a federal court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins from requiring Colorado to comply with a so-called pilot program […]

Attorney General Phil Weiser challenges federal order keeping Craig coal-fired power unit open

Jan. 28, 2026 (DENVER) – There is no emergency justifying the U.S. Department of Energy’s order to keep the coal-fired Craig Unit 1 in Moffat County available until March 30, and the order should be rescinded because it is an […]

Adams County man sentenced to 12 years in cocaine trafficking ring

Jan. 21, 2026 (DENVER) – An Adams County district court judge last Thursday sentenced Julio Gutierrez-Hernandez to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for drug crimes related to a cocaine trafficking ring prosecuted by the attorney general’s special […]