Federal judge in Texas rules Affordable Health Care Act unconstitutional

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 1:55P Amy Goldstein

A federal judge in Texas threw a dagger on Friday into the Affordable Care Act, ruling that the entire health-care law is unconstitutional because of a recent change in federal tax law. The opinion by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor overturns...

Sweet Leaf cannabis business co-owners hit with $8.8M judgment

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 1:43P Judith Kohler

The embattled owners of a once-thriving string of cannabis businesses along Colorado s Front Range have been ordered by a Denver judge to pay $8.8 million after finding they failed to honor commitments to the owner of properties they were buying...

Sweet Leaf cannabis business co-owners hit with $8.8M judgment

The Denver Post (Marijuana) 12/14 1:43P Judith Kohler

The embattled owners of a once-thriving string of cannabis businesses along Colorado s Front Range have been ordered by a Denver judge to pay $8.8 million after finding they failed to honor commitments to the owner of properties they were buying...

Trump picks budget head Mulvaney to be next chief of staff

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 1:11P Jonathan Lemire, Jill Colvin, Ca

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday picked budget director Mick Mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff, ending a chaotic search in which several top contenders took themselves out of contention for the job. Mick has done an outstanding...

Aurora police ask public’s help in locating 56 missing cows, believed to be stolen

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 1:01P Kieran Nicholson

Aurora police have put out an all-points bulletin on 56 missing cows, and that s no bull. Police on Friday afternoon said the bovines were missing, perhaps stolen, from 1701 S. Powhaton Road. CAN YOU HELP US FIND THESE COWS?! We believe they were...

Colorado gas prices drop to 2018 low, in some places dipping below $2 a gallon

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 12:09P Joe Rubino

Here s a gift to stick in your tank: Gas at less than $2 per gallon . It can be found at several stations along the Front Range, including at the Sam s Club station at 1200 S. Hover Road in Longmont and the Murphy s Gas Station at 7199 Federal...

Denver loses U.S. bid for 2030 Olympics to Salt Lake City

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 11:28A Andrew Kenney

The U.S. Olympic Committee will support Salt Lake City as the nation s potential candidate for the 2030 Olympic Games, rejecting Denver s unusual proposal for a privately funded Games in favor of Utah s simpler and more popular proposal, the...

Aurora police investigating fight after Regis Jesuit-Grandview High School girls basketball game

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 11:25A Sam Tabachnik

Aurora police are investigating an incident between the Regis Jesuit girls basketball coaching staff and other adults that happened Wednesday after a contentious game on the school s campus. The game, which featured a dunk by star player Fran...

Aurora police investigating fight after Regis Jesuit-Grandview High School girls basketball game

The Denver Post (Crime) 12/14 11:25A Sam Tabachnik

Aurora police are investigating an incident between the Regis Jesuit girls basketball coaching staff and other adults that happened Wednesday after a contentious game on the school s campus. The game, which featured a dunk by star player Fran...

Colorado-based media group shutters The Weekly Standard, an influential conservative magazine

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 10:11A Paul Farhi

The Weekly Standard, the conservative political and cultural magazine, will shut down after its last issue appears on Monday, the chief executive of its parent company said Friday. The Washington-based magazine s 35-member editorial staff will be...

GM says it has 2,700 jobs for workers slated to be laid off

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 10:09A Tom Krisher

DETROIT General Motors plans to lay off 14,000 salaried and blue-collar workers might not be as bad as originally projected. The company said Friday that 2,700 out of the 3,300 U.S. factory jobs slated for elimination will now be saved....

Nikola Jokic, Steven Adams redefining what constitutes an NBA center

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 12/14 9:26A Mike Singer

Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Oklahoma City’s Steven Adams stand at opposite ends of the spectrum as to what defines an NBA center. Jokic, a deft distributor equally comfortable leading a break or facilitating a pick-and-roll action, makes his bones...

Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper gives clemency to man sentenced to life as juvenile

The Denver Post (Crime) 12/14 7:56A Noelle Phillips

A man who has served 21 years in a Colorado prison for a crime he committed when he was 15 years old pledged Friday to live a good life after receiving clemency from Gov. John Hickenlooper. I want to live a fulfilling life, but I want to live a...

Cory Gardner will try to pass marijuana banking, other reforms in the Senate next week

The Denver Post (Marijuana) 12/14 6:45A Anna Staver

Marijuana businesses in Colorado and across the country are anxiously awaiting a move by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, next week that could completely transform the way they do business. Gardner plans to introduce an amendment Monday that, if...

Fiancé of missing Woodland Park woman has only spoken with police through his attorney, authorities...

The Denver Post (Crime) 12/14 5:34A Kirk Mitchell

The fiancé of missing Woodland Park mother Kelsey Berreth has yet to speak directly with police about being the last person to see her as an exhaustive search of his cattle ranch near Florissant goes...