Congressman Scott Tipton has signed on as co-sponsor of  a new federal version of Katie’s Law that was introduced this week in the House.  This measure will authorize the Attorney General to award grants for states to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes.  Tipton initially introduced Katie’s Law in Colorado when he was a [...]

A bill regarding felony DNA recently passed the Senate. NewsChannel 5 reports that Colorado Senator Steve King backs a clarification surrounding a bill branched off of Katie’s Law, which states that all people arrested in the state for a felony must submit a DNA sample to be matched against a statewide database. With the new [...]

Results of DNA collection to be released. A crime fighting tool that has raised privacy concerns has been fully implemented in Colorado. Under Colorado’s Katie’s Law, DNA samples are collected from suspected felons when they’re arrested. The bill was named for Katie Sepich, whose brutal rape and murder was solved with the help of DNA [...]

The number of Colorado farms and ranches appears to be slipping. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says there were an estimated 36,100 farms and ranches in the state in 2010. That would be down by 100 operations from 2009. The agency says about 31.2 million acres in Colorado are in farms, [...]