James O'Rourke is an investigative reporter at the Colorado Times Recorder. In 2021, they graduated from University of Colorado Boulder, where he studied writing, rhetoric, and LGBTQ issues.
Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who’s currently appealing her four-month sentence of home detention (along with 120 hours of community service and a $750 fine) for attempting to obstruct authorities from taking an iPad on which she allegedly recorded video of a court hearing, is not the only former elected official to face steep consequences for […]