WATCH: Denver Mayoral forum
In this special edition of Colorado Inside Out by PBS12, 10 candidates for Denver Mayor will participate in a forum to discuss the major issues facing Colorado’s largest city and their plans to tackle these challenges if elected.
The event, co-hosted by Kyle Dyer of PBS12, Denver Gazette columnist Eric Sondermann and Alayna Alvarez of Axios Denver, is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. and is produced in partnership with the Colorado Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Federal judge sides with Denver in Lisa Calderón’s retaliation lawsuit
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
A federal judge last week concluded a critic of then-Denver Mayor Michael Hancock had not shown that the termination of her city contract amounted to retaliation for her speech. Lisa Calderón was a mayoral candidate and, for a time, the...
Denver explores possibilities of AI-powered cities of the future
Deborah Smith
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
Set to a backdrop of catchy upbeat tunes, local government officials joined global tech and policy leaders in the Denver Art Museum’s Sturm Grand Pavilion in Denver on Monday afternoon for Denver’s second city-led AI Summit. Sporting a theme of...
Denver budget woes spotlight shift in Johnston’s homelessness campaign
Deborah Smith
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 7 days ago
The city’s budget woes have triggered shifts in the future of Mayor Mike Johnston’s campaign to eliminate homelessness in Denver. After a week-long series of budget hearings, city officials now have a clearer picture of how Denver plans to address...
Federal judge narrows industry challenge to Denver natural gas restrictions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
A federal judge on Tuesday narrowed the challenge to Denver’s recent restrictions on certain natural gas appliances from a collection of industry groups, noting some of the complained-about regulations were not in effect. Last summer, trade associations representing homebuilders, restaurants,...
10th Circuit hears Denver, officer’s request to overturn $14M jury verdict after 2020 protests
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 weeks ago
Members of the Colorado-based federal appeals court considered on Wednesday whether a judge committed errors in the 2022 civil trial where jurors found Denver liable for $14 million for violating the constitutional rights of protesters. In the first lawsuit of...
Appeals court calls out Denver judge for illogical denial of sentence reduction
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 month ago
A Denver judge wrongly rejected a convicted defendant’s request for a sentence reduction because his stated reasons for denying the motion could not possibly have been true, Colorado’s second-highest court concluded on Thursday. Jurors convicted Brent M. Kelley in 2018...
Colorado test scores show academic performance return to pre-pandemic levels
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 month ago
Statewide test scores released Thursday show Colorado students have returned to, or surpassed, pre-pandemic levels for all subjects and grades — with two exceptions: fourth-grade English, and English and math in eighth grade. But not in Denver. Students in Denver...
Denver layoffs have begun — here’s the latest
Deborah Smith
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 months ago
As city of Denver employees brace for the layoffs the mayor ordered to help plug a $250 million budget deficit over the next 18 months, the Johnston administration has not divulged much information about the number or which departments will...
Salvation Army to end relationship with three Denver homeless shelters
Deborah Smith
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 months ago
The Salvation Army will cease managing operations at three of Denver’s hotel-turned-homeless shelters after fulfilling its current contracts with the city, according to a statement from the group on Thursday. Those contracts run through 2025. Citing the need to ensure...
Republican Janak Joshi formally launches challenge to Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 months ago
Republican Janak Joshi, a former state lawmaker from Colorado Springs, has formally launched his campaign to challenge first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in next year’s election. Joshi, who made an unsuccessful run for Congress last year after moving to...
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Polis signs proposal adding dozens of drinking water projects funded by state
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed legislation to add roughly 60 drinking water projects across Colorado to the list of those receiving financial assistance from the state. It’s the first bill the governor has signed this year, and it a came at a time when the states that rely on the Colorado River, along with […]
Colorado bill would cap medical debt interest, implement other consumer protections
Cindy Powers underwent emergency surgery to fix a life-threatening abdominal obstruction in 2004. Over the next five years, she received 18 additional surgeries to address complications, infections and hernias, before her condition was finally fixed in 2009. But while her medical nightmare had come to an end, the financial nightmare was just beginning. Even with […]