J. Adrian Stanley

Manitou Springs mayoral election, city administrator selections get going

Manitou Springs city government is continuing its ill-fated quest to hire a city administrator, which began in January 2018. Multiple candidates have refused the job and the search has been plagued with infighting among councilors and Mayor Ken…

How your doctor gets paid by insurance companies matters

While they have wonky names, health care payment models — how your health insurer pays your doctor, or the group/company that your doctor works for or contracts with — have a tremendous impact on the quality of care patients receive and the bills…

Colorado joins drug price suit

The state of Colorado joined 43 states suing major generic drug manufacturers, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to fix drug prices and drive out competition in the market for drugs that treat common illnesses and diseases, the Colorado Attorney…

Electoral College: Court sides with faithless electors

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that three members of the Electoral College should not have been forced to vote for Hillary Clinton after she won Colorado’s popular vote in the 2016 presidential election. Micheal Baca, Polly Baca and…

Booby trap on trail injures local cyclist

The two avid bicyclists were heading out for a play date — cruising down the Pikes Peak Greenway to the Rock Island Trail, making a U-turn at Powers Boulevard, and heading back. As bike rides go, it doesn’t get a lot tamer than the city’s urban trail…

TABOR special session?

Gov. Jared Polis is considering calling a special legislative session to alter the legislatively-referred 2019 ballot question, Proposition CC. Prop CC asks voters to allow the state to keep tax money collected over a limit set by the Taxpayer’s Bill…

Key changes to short term rentals in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs City Council is set to begin regulating the Springs' short term rentals. The new proposal would: Allow one STR per lawful dwelling unit (LDU), with a maximum of four on a single property. Neighborhoods zoned for single-family homes…

Meteorologists predict a mostly average winter in Southern Colorado

The words “Colorado winter” may bring to mind snow-covered mountains and quilts by raging fires, but southern Colorado winters can be downright balmy some years. Meteorologists say Colorado winters are notoriously difficult to predict. “It’s…

Harriet Tubman was robbed

Harriet Tubman was a badass. Born a slave in 1822, she suffered horrible abuse as a child. Later she escaped, but she returned to the slave states 13 times to rescue some 70 friends and family members via the Underground Railroad. They called her…

How to vote in the 2018 primary election

This is Colorado's first open primary election since voters passed a 2016 ballot measure to allow the state's approximately 1.2 million unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in partisan primaries. That's a big victory, especially since active…

CDOT survey finds lots of people are driving while stoned

Most people know it’s illegal to drive while high on marijuana. But the Colorado Department of Transportation has found that a lot of cannabis users don’t take the law seriously, even though it can result in a DUI, or worse yet, an accident. That…

Tony Wolusky wants to be on University of Colorado's Board of Regents

After the Indy endorsements were released this week, we received a lot of email and phone calls. There were a few thank yous in there, along with some complaints, and a few candidates disappointed that we hadn't made an endorsement in their…

Hickenlooper signs order against family separations based on immigration status

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a June 18 executive order that prevents state funds from being used to separate children from parents based solely on immigration status. The Trump administration's family separation policy has led to more than 2,000…

The Springs looks to regulate Airbnbs, and other short-term rentals

Meetings of the Colorado Springs Planning Commission aren't generally a hit with the general public, but the one held on Aug. 16, in the frigid, air-conditioned Council Chambers of City Hall, was an exception. Nearly every seat was taken, and some…

Justice Reinvestment Crime Prevention Initiative is spurring change in the Southeast

Taj Stokes first heard about the program that would become Transforming Safety Colorado from a straightforward woman named Christie Donner. Donner, the executive director of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, was working on the details…

Senate Bill 223 will hide autopsy records and hurt kids

Alize Vick was 2 years old when her abusive foster mom, Jules Cuneo, threw her head-first into a coffee table and killed her in 2007. No doubt Cuneo, who lived in El Paso County, would have paid for her crime whether the media got involved or not.…

Lamborn does not qualify for the ballot, state supreme court rules

Six-term U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn may not be able to run for his seventh term after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that one of his signature gatherers is not a legal resident of the state and invalidated those petition signatures. Without…

Give! to local charities through Dec. 31

The Indy Give! campaign is in its 10th year and has a lofty goal: raising $1.8 million for 93 local organizations that make the Pikes Peak Region a great place to live. We know, you've been a little busy. It's easy to get caught up in the holiday…

Dependent babies benefit from more health care and less hype, experts say

Back in the 1980s, everyone was talking about crack babies. Even the New York Times predicted a generation of children carrying a horrible legacy of long-term impacts. But you don't hear about crack babies anymore. In 2009, the Times reported that…

Gardner says Trump supports states' rights with legal marijuana; McConnell introduces Hemp Farming Act

Marijuana and hemp supporters have had an exciting week. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, announced that President Donald Trump had committed to him that the Department of Justice's rescission of the Cole Memo, which protected states with legal…