The Justice Department is suing Colorado for its large-capacity magazine ban.
But when I was at 9NEWS, I found that people can easily circumvent the law and that gun stores sold the banned magazine as "parts kits."
This is our story from 2019:
youtu.be/XNjdRNNgx8E?...
Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was found guilty by a jury of 4 felonies & 3 misdemeanors. www.cpr.org/2024/08/12/t... It was not as VP Vance says "at worst...committed misdemeanor trespassing." #copolitics
Zack Newman
Happy Local News Day! I feel so grateful that I have the chance to report on and for my community in Colorado - as well as support local journalists in the state through my work at @theconversation.com.
Local news is crucial to building the connective fibers of society.
Subscribe or donate to your favorite local publication today. This work is important but isn't free.
Photo by Tanya Fabian, who I had the pleasure of working with in the field for an upcoming story: www.tanyafabian.com
Caitlyn Kim
Zack Newman
Zack Newman
This attorney has lived in her car for a decade. The community offered help, which she largely rejected. In March, police, neighbors, advocates and city hall tried to force her to move her indoors. This story is about what happened after she refused. denverite.com/2026/05/04/d...
Tina Peters’ lawyer told us today that she wasn’t expressing contrition for her crimes and that she was unjustly targeted by a “globalist judge” in a “captured state,” as VP Vance said Peters should qualify for a share of the DOJ’s new $1.77 billion settlement fund:
Kyle Harris
youtu.be
Seth Klamann
This month, I got to write about an urgent issue that needs more attention: the US has a wage problem. Full-time work should be enough to support a family, but too often, it leaves workers relying on safety net programs like SNAP instead. Wages need to be higher—full stop. How do we get there?
“There's no possible way you could survive off what they feed you,” said Bailey, who is currently incarcerated in Georgia. He and other people behind bars in the state recount seeing rats in the kitchen and insects in the food, and being served meals on trays caked with mold.
Hundreds of Colorado Democratic elected officials, volunteers and voters have asked the state party to formally censure Gov. Jared Polis over his decision to commute Tina Peters’ prison term.
Colorado’s minimum wage has increased, but not nearly enough to cover the rising cost of food.
NEW: A federal lawsuit by state AGs to stop the acquisition of TEGNA (9NEWS) by Nexstar (FOX31) is expanding and newly bipartisan. Five new AGs have joined the effort today, including Republican AGs from Indiana, Kansas, and Pennsylvania.
