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Shaun Boyd is one of the most experienced television news reporters in Colorado. She joined CBS News Colorado in 1998 and has worked as a general assignment reporter, bureau chief and political reporter, interviewing everyone from Nobel prize winning scientists to the President of the United States.
Shaun has earned the respect and trust of law enforcement and government sources throughout the state. She was one of the first reporters on the scene of the Columbine shooting, has been on the front lines of some of Colorado's biggest wildfires, broke stories on the University of Colorado football scandal and VA Hospital construction debacle, and is the only reporter to be invited by former Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner into the evidence room for JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation.
As a veteran political reporter, Shaun has covered six national political conventions, providing instant analysis of keynote addresses in live reports, and is one of the early reporters nationally to begin fact-checking political ads in her Reality Check segments. She has also reported from the State Capitol since 2011, covering battles over civil unions for gay couples, marijuana regulation, gun control, and the repeal of the death penalty.
Her reporting has been recognized by the American Legion of Colorado, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Colorado, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, National Association for the Mentally Ill, and The Emergency Services Public Information Officers.
Shaun is a native of Michigan and graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame. She has worked at WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana, KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
She is married to former CBS Colorado reporter, turned private practice attorney, Raj Chohan. They have a son and daughter who are twins.
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The man tapped to help draft a new safety plan for Denver Public Schools says one of the most important relationships a school district can have is with its police department.
There are five days left in the state legislative session and several big bills still hang in the balance, including the Democrats' property tax relief bill.
Under the bill -- aimed at stabilizing property tax fluctuations for the next 10 years -- the governor says the tax on a home valued at $600,000 would drop from just over $1,000 to $400 next year.
The state legislature is in the final stretch. The general assembly adjourns May 8 and there are still hundreds of bills left on the calendar.
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is urging Coloradans to help with a new program announced this year.
A tense, marathon debate unfolded at the state Capitol this week over a bill that would prevent any criminal charges against kids who are 12 years old and under, unless they are charged with killing someone.
County assessors are sounding an alarm about what is shaping to be the biggest tax increase in Colorado history.
The bill comes almost a year after a truck driver -- who wasn't properly licensed -- crashed his semi on Interstate 25, killing five people, including a girl who would have turned 1 last month.
The bill -- pushed by the Colorado District Attorneys' Council -- is aimed at fixing a disparity in current law that makes it a felony to expose oneself online to a child but a misdemeanor if it's done in person.
The candidates for Denver mayor say they know the city has a lot of work to do when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Colorado's insurance commissioner says the state needs standards for remediating homes that are damaged, but not destroyed in wildfires.
One week after the Denver Municipal Election, the two mayoral candidates who made the runoff are off to the races.
A new study finds homeowners insurance is becoming less available and less affordable in Colorado.
The Colorado District Attorneys' Council is pushing for a small change in a criminal justice statute that could make a big difference in prosecutors ability to hold violent offenders accountable.
50 years ago, almost to the day, the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending our involvement in the war.