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Colorado lawmakers are introducing legislation today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations and labor unions to make unlimited independent expenditures advocating for political candidates or issues.

Six attorneys have left Denver law firm Kamlet Reichert to join Washington, D.C.-based Wilkinson Barker & Knauer, a firm that does not currently have a Denver office.

Bernie Buescher said Gov. Bill Ritter and the legislature will likely ask the state Supreme Court to issue a ruling to clarify what Citizens United will mean for Colorado election law.

The Colorado Cold Case Task Force was created in 2007. Some report that it’s making progress; others leveled sharp criticism. READ THE REPORT.

Does Colorado’s indoor smoking ban apply to actors performing in plays? The Colorado Supreme Court will tell us Monday.

The ballot initiative to extend the Boulder DA’s term limits from two terms to three passed. Barely.

Chantell Taylor, the attorney who heads up Colorado Ethics Watch, has ruffled the feathers of some bigshots in state politics who she’s accused of ethical violations. Now her opponents are using the state Supreme Court’s attorney regulation system to return the favor.

Is Amendment 54 a valid way to fight pay-to-play politics or an unconstitutionally overbroad limit on political speech? The state’s highest court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in a case that will resolve that controversy.

The Colorado Judicial Department is proposing to cut 266 full-time positions in courts and probation offices across the state.

A search of a Greeley tax preparation firm was not unreasonable because warrants allow officers to search an entire location, an attorney for Weld County DA Ken Buck and Sheriff John Cooke argued today at the Colorado Supreme Court.