By Quentin Young | editor
“Today’s victory affirms that Trump’s DOJ has no right to Coloradans’ sensitive voter information.”
— Jena Griswold, Colorado secretary of state
A ballot drop box is seen at Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library on Welton Street in Denver, Nov. 4, 2025. (Photo by Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump administration on Monday that sought to compel Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to hand over sensitive voter information to the federal government. Colorado was one of 30 states the administration sued for a refusal to supply unredacted voter information. So far, the U.S. Department of Justice has lost 20 of those cases.
Firearms for sale are displayed at the Centennial Gun Club in Centennial on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
Coloradans who live in Montezuma County and want to buy certain types of guns will not be able to get a newly required eligibility card from their local sheriff, the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. Instead, they will need to travel to another county and likely pay an out-of-county resident fee to get that card. Sheriff Steven Nowlin, a Republican, cited financial and staffing capacity concerns for the decision, as well as a constitutional consideration.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, whose nomination advanced in the Senate on Tuesday, told faith leaders in a call on July 30 that he would take action to restrict mail-order access to abortion medication. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is one step closer to confirmation after the Republican Judiciary Committee voted to advance his appointment on a party-line vote on Tuesday, and based on promises he made to faith leaders around the country last week, that means national anti-abortion actions may be one step closer as well. In a conference call hosted by the White House Faith Office on July 30 with thousands of religious leaders around the country, Blanche said he was committed to achieving policy solutions so that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision “becomes permanent in every single state.”
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