David Migoya

Colorado’s charitable gaming laws succinctly prohibit state nonprofits from paying or remunerating volunteers who work the bingo and raffle games they host. That doesn’t seem to stop them. The Denver Gazette identified at least three organizations – all of them related to youth sports – that funnel charitable gaming proceeds to the financial benefit of […]

Editor’s note: This is the last in a three-part series examing Colorado’s $110 million charitable gaming industry. Colorado nonprofits that rely on charitable gaming to raise funds – most through bingo nights – are required to file regular financial reports with state regulators that track how much money comes in, how much goes out and […]

A summary of the findings of senior investigative reporter David Migoya's three-month probe into the inner workings of the state's $110 million charitable gaming world:

A journalist divorcing her husband – a Colorado deputy attorney general – said in court filings that she never asked that the private judge hired to handle their case seal it from public view and supports efforts to open it. Former Denver District Court Judge William Meyer, who now works as the top private judge […]

Colorado’s judicial system is barely closer to fixing what some have called a broken process of disciplining judges a year after voters approved a new method of dealing with the issue and eight months after revelations the state fosters a private system of judges who fall outside of that oversight.

The Denver Gazette found a major flaw in Colorado campaign finance laws that makes the penalty system worse: As long as the candidate or committee facing the fines doesn’t ever file the missing reports, the state can’t actually levy any penalty.

Each day, Mike Stapleton wakes up owing the state of Colorado another $1,550.

Helping the homeless is at the center of many religious groups’ focus, with outreach coming in the form of soup kitchens, shelters and a variety of programs designed to lend a hand. The Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Protestant denomination with roughly 19 million members worldwide — a million of them in North America — has […]

Barely 5-foot tall on her tip toes, Stephanie Swabacker is a pistol of a woman who’s seen a fair number of bumps in her 51 years. Tough times and ongoing medical problems have dropped her into a wheelchair attached to an oxygen feed, a constant struggle against the elements. Finding a place to stay had […]

Two regional Seventh-day Adventist conferences that oversee the activities of its member churches across several states have launched inquiries into an Aurora-based congregation tied to a Medicaid operation that exploited the homeless.