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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper pauses at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on March 20, 2013, as he talks about the shooting death of Tom Clements, the state corrections chief. Clements was shot at his home in Monument, Colo., the previous night. (Associated Press)

Colorado governor irks gun-rights backers for publicizing prayer

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Colorado governor stuck in ‘nightmare’ ahead of gun bill signing

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sponsors and family members of victims watch as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signs gun-control bills into law at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The bills, which place new restrictions on firearms, thrust Colorado into the national spotlight as a potential test of how far the country might be willing to go on new restrictions after the horror of the Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., shootings. (Associated Press)

Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper: Gun-rights protesters prayed for me

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper pauses at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on March 20, 2013, as he talks about the shooting death of Tom Clements, the state corrections chief. Clements was shot at his home in Monument, Colo., the previous night. (Associated Press)

Colorado governor is friends with father of suspect in prison chief’s slaying

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

**FILE** Workers assemble 30-round capacity ammunition magazines for high-velocity rifles inside the Magpul Industries plant in Erie, Colo., on Feb. 28, 2013. (Associated Press)

Guns accessories manufacturer Magpul leaving Colo. amid new laws

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Newly-assembled 30-round capacity ammunition magazines for high-velocity rifles are stacked awaiting packaging inside the Magpul Industries plant, in Erie, Colo. The company plans to relocate now that gun control bills have become law. (Associated Press)

Gunmaker packs up after Colo. control bill signed

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows its director Tom Clements. Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Kramer says Clements was shot to death around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night March 19, 2013, when he answered his front door in Monument, north of Colorado Springs. Police are searching for the shooter. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections)

Colorado Dept. of Corrections chief fatally shot; police searching for gunman

By Steven K. Paulson - Associated Press

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper pauses at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on March 20, 2013, as he talks about the shooting death of Tom Clements, the state corrections chief. Clements was shot at his home in Monument, Colo., the previous night. (Associated Press)

Colorado shocked by prison chief’s murder

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sponsors and family members of victims watch as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signs gun-control bills into law at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The bills, which place new restrictions on firearms, thrust Colorado into the national spotlight as a potential test of how far the country might be willing to go on new restrictions after the horror of the Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., shootings. (Associated Press)

Colo. governor signs slew of restrictive gun laws

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is applauded by lawmakers as he signs the state's gun-control bill into law at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, Pool)

Landmark gun bills signed in Colorado

By Ivan Moreno - Associated Press

Colorado State Sen. Steve King speaks at the podium during a debate period on gun control bills before the Colorado Legislature, at the State Capitol, in Denver, Friday March 8, 2013. Colorado Senate Democrats advanced an expansion of background checks on firearm purchases as part of a package of bills responding to the shootings in Aurora and Connecticut. (Associated Press)

Colo. passes expansion of firearms checks

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Colorado city opts to ban fracking within its limits

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Fort Collins bans fracking, sets up legal fight with Colorado gov.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Colorado movie theater reopens with ceremony

By P. SOLOMON BANDA - Associated Press

A 30-year-old woman smokes marijuana at a street party after I-502 was approved Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Initiative 502 decriminalizes the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana beginning Dec. 6. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Erika Schultz)

Colorado, Washington blow smoke in feds’ face by OK’ing pot for fun

By Jerry Seper and Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

“Colorado is known for many things — marijuana should not be one of them.” - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (Associated Press)

Governor fights legalizing of pot in Colorado

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Deidra Brooks speaks about the difficulties her family has faced after her son Jarell Brooks was shot in the leg in the Colorado theatre shooting, during a press conference in Aurora, Colo., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Families of some of the 12 people killed in the Colorado theater shooting are upset with the way the millions of dollars raised since the tragedy are being distributed. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

Colo. theater victim families question fundraising

By Dan Elliott - Associated Press

Inside Politics: Democrats pick Hispanic for convention keynote

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Colorado Gov. Jon Hickenlooper talks during a news conference at the Century 16 theatre east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. A gunman in a gas mask hurled a gas canister and opened fire in the sold-out theater during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie Friday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Shootings renew fire at gun-law adequacy

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Napolitano, Boehner, others weigh in on ‘senseless violence’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES