CSBJ Daily

In its May foreclosure overview released this week by RealtyTrac, Nevada seized the No.1 spot “at an unbelievably high percentage of foreclosure filings: One filing for every 166 households.”
Second place went to Colorado with one filing for every 290 households. Third and fourth places fell to California and Florida, who led the […]

The Colorado Springs Police Department is one of 30 law enforcement agencies in the state that has been asked to provide security services during the Democratic National Convention, set to take place this August in Denver. An estimated 5,000 extra city, county and federal security officers will be required.
But they […]

The Colorado House of Representatives has approved legislation that will phase out the use of veal and gestation crates.
The Senate has already approved the bill, and Gov. Bill Ritter has indicated he will sign it.
If the bill becomes law, it will join three other animal welfare bills signed into law by Gov. […]

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers this week confirmed the indictment of 10 people for mortgage real estate fraud.
Those indicted are mostly from the Denver metro area and include a real estate broker, a mortgage broker, an administrative assistant, a buyer and several income property investors, all operating as a group […]

A bill that would have authorized up to $25 million per year in tax credits to attract movie and TV productions to the state has died in committee.
The House Finance Committee voted 6-5 against House Bill 1355. Despite initial bipartisan support, the bill was opposed by all three Republicans on the […]

The U.S. Census Bureau will open a regional management center in Lakewood for the 2010 census.
The temporary center, at 6750 W. Jefferson Ave., will be one of several bases of operation around the country.
The office will run field census operations in Colorado as well as Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New […]

More people need legal assistance than ever before in Colorado – but there are fewer resources.
That’s the word from a yearlong Colorado Access to Justice Commission study.
The commission reports that Colorado’s vulnerable populations – which include people with disabilities, mental illness, AIDS and the elderly – need […]

Three candidates have been nominated to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Colorado Court of Appeals.
The vacancy will be created by the retirement of the Hon. José D.L. Márquez, effective March 31.
Nominees are the Hon. Angela Arkin, Nancy Lichtenstein and David Richman. They were selected by the commission during meetings in […]

Congress.org released its annual Congressional “power rankings” today, and it wasn’t particularly good news for the Colorado delegation.
Colorado Democrats, with the exception of Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Denver), were judged to be at best mediocre, while Colorado Republicans were at or near the bottom of the list.
Criteria used in compiling the list […]

Attorney General John Suthers announced today the settlement of a civil law enforcement action against drug company Barr Pharmaceuticals.
The suit charged Barr Pharmaceuticals and Warner Chilcott with antitrust violations that prevented generic versions of a prescription oral contraceptive, Ovcon, from reaching the marketplace.
The lawsuit was filed jointly by thirty-three […]