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Valerie Richardson

Valerie Richardson

Valerie Richardson covers politics and the West from Denver. She can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Valerie Richardson

**FILE** Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican (Associated Press)

Bill aims to ease federal-state clash over marijuana laws

A House lawmaker Friday introduced a bill to end the conflict between the federal government and the states over legalized pot, five months after Colorado and Washington voters approved the first statewide ballot measures decriminalizing marijuana use for adults. Published April 12, 2013

Dr. Kermit Gosnel

House pro-lifers: Abortion trial ignored

Reflecting mounting frustration over the lack of press coverage of inner-city Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell's murder trial, a group of pro-life House members took to the floor to denounce what they call a "national media cover-up" of the sensational case. Published April 11, 2013

Obama faces Colo. sheriffs’ gun bill protest

President Obama received a chilly reception at a stop here Wednesday to promote federal gun control legislation from Colorado sheriffs still fuming over the state's recently approved restrictions on firearms. Published April 3, 2013

**FILE** Aurora, Colo., theater shooting suspect James Holmes and defense attorney Tamara Brady sit in the courtroom during his arraignment in Centennial, Colo., on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (Associated Press/Denver Post)

Holmes faces death penalty in theater shooting

Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty for James Eagan Holmes, the accused shooter in the deadly Aurora, Colo. theater massacre last summer. Published April 1, 2013

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

Colorado gun-rights advocates who met with Gov. John Hickenlooper after a protest rally Saturday may have prayed for him, but that doesn't mean they support his stance on firearms or that they appreciate his making that fact public. Published March 25, 2013

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

An emotional Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper reflected Wednesday on the death of state corrections chief Tom Clements, who was shot and killed at his home Tuesday night after he answered the door. Published March 20, 2013

** 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

An emotional Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three sweeping gun control bills into law Wednesday, hours after learning that state corrections Chief Tom Clements had been fatally shot at his home. Published March 20, 2013

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is caught between two cultural currents: his state’s longtime Western tradition of gun ownership, and the recent push for public safety in the wake of two notorious mass shootings. (Associated Press)

Colo. governor’s defining moment

Colorado Gov. John W. Hickenlooper has positioned himself as a problem-solver who steers clear of extremes, but sitting on his desk are three gun control bills that threaten to redefine his image and even his political future. Published March 19, 2013