Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Colorado Theater Victims Say Lawsuit Should Be Heard
Mar 6 2013 // Two witnesses to the July mass shooting inside an Aurora movie theater are arguing their lawsuit against the theater owner should not be thrown out. Chichi Spruel and Derick Spruel say they were with two people when the...
Colorado Wildfire Safeguards, Concerns with Alert System
Mar 1 2013 // New safeguards to prevent state-set fires from going out of control have won unanimous approval in the state Senate, and a new report is noting “serious concerns” with two mass calling systems that were used to...
Colorado Lawmaker Wants Assault Weapons Liability for Sellers and Owners
Feb 28 2013 // Sellers and owners of assault weapons could be liable for damages caused by shootings in Colorado, another response from Democrats to recent mass shootings that has made gun-control one of the biggest issues of this...
Driving Stoned Bill Passes Colorado House Committee
Feb 27 2013 // A bill that sets the legal limit to just how “stoned” drivers in Colorado can be passed unanimously in the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. House Bill 1114 sets the limit for driving under the influence of...
Rojas and Topolosky Join IMA in Colorado
Feb 26 2013 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. added Tara Tongco Rojas as communications manager and Jenny Topolosky as communication specialist to its Denver, Colo. office. Rojas and Topolosky join the team in executing strategic...
Colorado City Moves To Ban Fracking
Feb 21 2013 // Fort Collins city councilors have given initial approval to barring oil and gas exploration, including hydraulic fracturing, in city limits. The Coloradoan reported that councilors listened to nearly two hours of sometimes...
Cinemark Seeks Dismissal Of Colorado Theater Shooting Suits
Feb 14 2013 // Cinemark USA is asking a judge to dismiss lawsuits alleging the company failed to protect its customers from the July shootings at a Colorado movie theater that killed 12 and injured 70. The Denver Post reports Cinemark...
Youth Groups Call for Improved Safety for School Sports
Feb 8 2013 // Student athletes need access to health care professionals, better-trained coaches and up-to-date equipment, a coalition of groups recommended this week in a call to action aimed at protecting the almost 8 million students...
Colorado Politicians Mad Over Sandy Bill Minus Wildfire Aid
Jan 31 2013 // Colorado politicians are steaming that $125 million in aid for last year’s wildfires was removed from the Sandy relief bill. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives stripped that funding from the Sandy...
Catholic Hospital Claims Fetus Not Person in Colorado Malpractice Defense
Jan 25 2013 // Three Colorado bishops said on Thursday they will review a Catholic Church hospital’s defense of a lawsuit that argues fetuses do not have legal status – apparently contradicting the Church’s teaching on...
Wells Fargo Names Lindstrom Managing Director for Colorado
Jan 22 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance named Jon Lindstrom managing director for its Colorado offices. Lindstrom will lead business development, client service and sales, and cross-sell for the company’s insurance operations in...
Widow Sues Psychiatrist in Colorado Theater Shootings
Jan 17 2013 // The widow of a man killed in the Colorado movie theater shootings has sued a psychiatrist who once saw suspect James Holmes as a patient, saying the doctor should have asked police to detain Holmes before the...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Jan 14 2013 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Mom Sues Over Teen’s Skiing Death In Colorado
Jan 11 2013 // The mother of an Ohio college student who died at a ski area in Steamboat Springs, Colo., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. Authorities have said 19-year-old Cooper Larsh suffocated after falling head...
Settlement Reached In Colorado Patrol Shooting
Jan 9 2013 // The Colorado State Patrol has agreed to pay more than $1 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed when he refused to allow troopers into his Mesa County home without a warrant. Mark Silverstein, director of...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Dec 31 2012 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Colorado University Seeks Farmers’ Experience With Drought
Dec 31 2012 // Researchers at Colorado State University want to hear from farmers across the state who have been affected by this year’s drought. The Fort Collins Coloradoan reported CSU agricultural economists want to gauge the...
Fire Codes Getting Tougher After Damaging Colorado Blaze
Dec 13 2012 // Fire codes could be getting stricter in the Colorado Springs neighborhood devastated by last summer’s Waldo Canyon Fire. The Gazette reported that Colorado Springs’ city council has given preliminary approval...
Feds Approve Colorado, Oregon, Washington Insurance Exchanges
Dec 12 2012 // Colorado, Oregon and Washington are among the first six states to get preliminary approval from the Obama Administration to operate a health insurance exchange. The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services announced the...
Earthquake And Drilling Link Prompts Colorado Review
Dec 6 2012 // A new report says earthquakes in Colorado and elsewhere may have been caused by a drilling procedure to dispose of wastewater. In a report announced Wednesday, geophysicists say an increase in earthquakes on the Raton...
