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Proposed Bill Would Allow Wire Taps In Sex Trafficking Cases
DENVER (CBS4)– A committee at the state Capitol will consider a bill designed to crack down on human sex trafficking. The measure would allow law enforcement to use wire taps while investigating sex...
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State Threatens To Sue Boulder County For Oil-Gas Moratorium
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is threatening to sue Boulder County if it doesn’t repeal a moratorium on oil and gas development in unincorporated areas by Feb. 10....
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Lawmaker Says Colorado Attorney General Acting For Oil, Gas Industry
DENVER (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker on Friday accused Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman of acting “at the behest of oil and gas companies” when she threatened to sue Boulder County over...
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Fight Over Fracking Leads To Funding Question For AG’s Office
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – State lawmakers are wading into a fight over fracking in Boulder County with threats of withholding funding from a state agency. Budget requests typically pass the state...
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Boulder County Keeps Drilling Moratorium Despite Warning
DENVER (AP) – Boulder County did not drop its moratorium on oil and gas drilling Friday as Attorney General Cynthia Coffman demanded, a county official said, potentially setting up a court battle....
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Colorado Attorney General Sues County On Drilling Moratorium
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s attorney general is asking a court to overturn Boulder County’s moratorium on oil and gas drilling, saying it violates state law and a state Supreme Court ruling. The suit was...
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Lawmakers Deny AG Office’s Budget Request Following Fracking Lawsuit
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman has filed a lawsuit against the City of Boulder to lift its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, and now state lawmakers are not...
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Gorsuch Supporters Rally At State Capitol
DENVER (CBS4)– There was a show of support for Supreme Court nominee and Colorado Judge Neil Gorsuch at the state Capitol on Thursday. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman was joined by state...
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Boulder County Asks Judge To Toss Drilling Moratorium Suit
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Boulder County is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman over the county’s moratorium on oil and gas drilling in unincorporated...
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Democratic US Rep. Perlmutter Running For Colorado Governor
DENVER (AP) – Six-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter is entering Colorado’s race for governor in 2018, saying he can do more for Colorado at home than he can in Washington. Perlmutter formally...
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Colorado Oil-Gas Regulators Take Rules Dispute To High Court
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado attorney general asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to settle a dispute over how much weight public health and the environment should have in regulating the booming...
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Colorado To Receive $280,000 From Data Breach Settlement
DENVER (AP) — Colorado will receive nearly $280,000 from a multimillion-dollar settlement reached between retailer Target and 47 states and the District of Columbia. The $18.5 million settlement...
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Race For Colorado Attorney General Heats Up
DENVER (CBS4) – The top assistant prosecutor in the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office has announced his candidacy in the race for Colorado attorney general. Michael Dougherty (credit: CBS)...
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Colorado’s AG Focuses On Opiod Epidemic
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado’s Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is taking a new approach to combating the opioid epidemic. Coffman, along with dozens of attorneys general across the country,...
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Coffmans Split: Colorado Political Power Couple Makes ‘Painful Decision’
DENVER (CBS4) – A prominent couple in Colorado politics has decided to divorce. Republicans Mike and Cynthia Coffman filed for divorce over the weekend after 12 years of marriage. They called the...
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‘Operation Toker Poker’: Drug Bust With Thousands Of Pounds Of Pot
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado’s attorney general, the Denver Police Department and the DEA teamed up for a major drug bust that involves thousands of pounds of marijuana grown in Colorado to be sold out of...
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Colorado AG Teams Up To Stop Scamming Of Immigrants
DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is teaming up with Colorado’s top federal prosecutor to fight immigrant fraud. The effort is to try and help the immigrant community from...
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Immigration Activists Urge Support For DACA Program
By Jeff Todd DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado’s immigration activists say there is a very real threat coming from Washington and they want Colorado officials to show their support. “I carry this fear, this...
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Colorado Responds To Sessions’ Concerns About Legal Pot
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4)– Gov. John Hickenlooper and Colorado’s Attorney General Cynthia Coffman respond to the Trump Administration’s criticism of marijuana in Colorado. Earlier this month, the...
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Colorado AG: Sex Crime Registry Protects Public
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s attorney general says she is considering next steps after a federal judge’s ruling that the state’s sex offender registry is unconstitutional. 1:34 p.m. Attorney General...
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New Human Trafficking Law ‘About Protecting Most Vulnerable Victims’
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado recognized Labor Day this year with a new law aimed at ending slave labor. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman pushed for the law that allows law...
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Colorado To Appeal Ruling Against Sex Offender Registry
DENVER (AP) — Colorado has decided to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the state violated the constitutional rights of three men by requiring them to register as sex offenders, the state’s attorney...
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Colorado Attorney General Appeals Sex Offender Registry Court Decision
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is appealing a controversial ruling over the state’s sex offender registry. (credit: CBS) For 15 years, people convicted of sex...
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Colorado Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s DACA Decision
By Stan Bush DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado will join the lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s plan to end the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. New York, Washington and...
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High School Students Learn About Dangers Of Prescription Drugs
By Tori Mason DENVER (CBS4)– Prescription and over-the-counter medications are the most commonly abused drugs among high school seniors after marijuana. Many believe that because prescription drugs are...
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Cynthia Coffman Joins The Race For Governor
DENVER (CBS4) – After considering a run for months, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman says she’s joining the crowded Republican race for governor. Cynthia Coffman (credit: CBS) “I would love to...
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Tancredo’s Entry Into Governor’s Race Was ‘Motivating Factor’ For Coffman
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman’s announcement that she’s joining the crowded Republican race for governor comes only a week after Tom Tancredo announced his candidacy. “It...
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Colorado Governor’s Race: Who’s Running?
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado voters will elect a new governor on Nov. 6, 2018. The Colorado Association of School Boards hosted a gubernatorial forum on Oct. 13, 2017, at Denver Marriott South at Park...
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‘Stand Up Colorado’ Takes On Domestic Violence
By Shawn Chitnis DENVER (CBS4)– A new statewide campaign launched Friday called “Stand Up Colorado” takes on domestic violence by focusing on survivors, pushing the blame back toward the people...
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State Leaders: Rescinded Pot Policy Throws Colorado ‘Into Limbo’
By Shawn Chitnis DENVER (CBS4) – State leaders and the cannabis industry responded Saturday to the decision by the Department of Justice to end a policy of not interfering with legal marijuana laws...
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Republican, Democrat Gubernatorial Candidates Take On Big Issues
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4)– For the first time, many of the people who want to be Colorado’s next governor stood on the same stage together. Four Republicans and four Democrats attended a forum hosted...
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AG Plans To Fight $1.9M Claim For Overturned Conviction
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s attorney general is fighting a claim for $1.9 million in compensation filed by a man who spent 28 years in prison for a rape conviction that was eventually overturned. Clarence...
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AG Opposes Compensation For Man Acquitted After Serving 28 Years In Prison
By Melissa Garcia DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced late Friday her decision to oppose awarding nearly $2 million to a Denver man who was wrongfully convicted...
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Johnston Qualifies For Colorado Gubernatorial Primary
DENVER (AP) – Former Democratic state Sen. Mike Johnston has qualified for the party’s June 26 primary for governor. Mike Johnston (credit: CBS) Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Friday...
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Colorado Springs Businessman Enters GOP Race For Governor
DENVER (AP) — Barry Farah, a Colorado Springs businessman, has joined the Republican race for governor. Farah announced Wednesday he wants to appeal to the party’s core conservatives. He advocates...
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Colorado’s AG Part Of Group Demanding Answers From Zuckerberg
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado’s Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is among the 40 attorneys general who want answers from Facebook about user’s privacy. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman (credit:...
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Stapleton, Lopez Knock Out Coffman In GOP Race For Governor
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – State Treasurer Walker Stapleton and businessman Greg Lopez are advancing to the Republican gubernatorial primary. Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is not, getting just 5 percent...
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2 Colorado Residents Indicted In International Cocaine Ring, 134 Kilos Seized
DENVER (CBS4)– A huge international cocaine bust netted 134 kilos of cocaine with a street value of more than $5.3 million. The cocaine trafficking organization was headed by two Colorado residents....
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Details In Colorado Lawsuit Against Big Pharma Now Released
By Karen Morfitt DENVER (CBS4) – The state of Colorado is going after a major pharmaceutical company for its role in the opioid epidemic which is plaguing communities. (credit: CBS) That lawsuit,...
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Wells Fargo Pays $575 Million To Settle State Investigations
NEW YORK (AP/CBS4) — Wells Fargo will pay $575 million in a settlement with attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia that are investigating fake accounts opened without the...
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Catholic Dioceses In Colorado To Pay Reparations To Sex Abuse Victims
DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Archdiocese has agreed to open its records for an investigation into allegations of abuse by members of the clergy. The probe was announced by the Colorado Attorney General...
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