David Migoya

Denver

Senior Investigative Reporter at The Denver Gazette

David is sr investigative reporter @ The Gazette in Denver and CoSprings. He was 22 yrs @ Denver Post after working in NYCity, Detroit & St Louis for ~20 more

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Bill limiting grocers from selling hard liquor passes, heads to Colorado governor next

3 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

Colorado’s independently owned liquor stores, reeling from voter-approved wine sales in grocery stores, landed a significant victory with the passage of a bill that stops more grocery stores with pharmacies from getting into the booze-selling game. Senate Bill 25-33, passed the full Colorado House of Representatives this week, 55-8, and now heads to Gov.
Colorado judges made campaign contributions despite rules prohibiting the practice

3 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

More than a half dozen judges in Colorado — each of them specially appointed and paid to oversee a divorce case since 2019 — has made at least one political campaign contribution while serving in that capacity despite a prohibition against the practice and an affirmation to uphold it, The Denver Gazette has found.
Private judges suppress cases at greater rate than regular courts

3 weeks ago | gazette.com | David Migoya

Private judges hired to handle divorce cases in Colorado suppress them from public view at far greater rates than in cases that rely on district court judges, leaving some legal experts wondering whether affluent clients are simply buying their way into secrecy. The newspaper found that some private judges have suppressed cases nearly routinely, while having barely utilized that tool when they served on the district court bench.
Private judges suppress cases at greater rate than regular courts

3 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

Private judges hired to handle divorce cases in Colorado suppress them from public view at far greater rates than in cases that rely on district court judges, leaving some legal experts wondering whether affluent clients are simply buying their way into secrecy. The newspaper found that some private judges have suppressed cases nearly routinely, while having barely utilized that tool when they served on the district court bench.
Private judges suppress cases at greater rate than regular courts

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | David Migoya

1 hour ago(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of Denver announced on Sunday that it arrested Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza, a citizen of Mexico who has been removed from the United States, or voluntarily returned to Mexico, 16 times since 2002. Most recently, Cruz-Mendoza was sentenced for …
Private judges suppress cases at greater rate than regular courts

3 weeks ago | coloradopolitics.com | David Migoya

Private judges hired to handle divorce cases in Colorado suppress them from public view at far greater rates than in cases that rely on district court judges, leaving some legal experts wondering whether affluent clients are simply buying their way into secrecy. The newspaper found that some private judges have suppressed cases nearly routinely, while having barely utilized that tool when they served on the district court bench.
Colorado's private, often secret justice system exclusively for the wealthy

3 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

For nearly two decades Colorado has quietly maintained two judicial systems: One that the public makes use of regularly, and the other a lesser known, almost secret variety relied on by the rich, famous and well-to-do. Specifically for civil cases — the criminal justice system is unaffected — the systems, on paper, are designed to be virtually identical and indiscernible.
Colorado's private, often secret justice system exclusively for the wealthy

3 weeks ago | coloradopolitics.com | David Migoya

For nearly two decades Colorado has quietly maintained two judicial systems: One that the public makes use of regularly, and the other a lesser known, almost secret variety relied on by the rich, famous and well-to-do. Specifically for civil cases — the criminal justice system is unaffected — the systems, on paper, are designed to be virtually identical and indiscernible.
Bill to stop growing number of grocers from selling booze passes key House committee

1 month ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

Colorado’s independent liquor stores won a resounding victory Thursday as a state House committee unanimously approved a bill that would freeze any increase to the number of grocery stores selling hard booze. The House Business Affairs and Labor Committee passed Senate Bill 25-33 by a 13-0 bipartisan vote, virtually assuring a smooth path for legislation that would put hard brakes on the quickly expanding sale of spirits outside of local liquor stores.
Colorado pays $325K to settle judicial department employees' discrimination claims

1 month ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

Colorado’s judicial branch paid $325,000 to a pair of longtime female employees to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit they filed in 2023 that claimed they were fired two years earlier while less-experienced male colleagues were kept in their place.