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Parker data center could get $19M tax rebate from Douglas County
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 17 minutes ago
At a time when Denver and Front Range governments are restricting or banning data center development, Douglas County commissioners are poised to approve a $19.3 million tax rebate agreement Tuesday for a new data center under construction in Parker. The...
US forces fire on ship trying to cross through Strait of Hormuz blockade
Brady Knox
brady-knox@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A U.S. military helicopter fired on a merchant vessel trying to traverse the United States’s Strait of Hormuz blockade, the first such instance in weeks. The U.S. fired at the ship’s rudder to disable it after the crew ignored multiple...
A right to buy a product? | Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack
hal-bidlack@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
A recent story in Colorado Politics caught my eye, as I learned of a “citizen initiative” that has qualified for the November ballot. It seems supporters of Initiative 177 have collected enough signatures, 146,165 legitimate ones out of a total...
Fourteen years after Aurora — we can’t afford to go backward | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
By John Hickenlooper and Gabby Giffords Two Saturdays ago, a gunman shot and killed three people and wounded several others in Twin Falls, Idaho. This latest deadly shooting comes only days after we remembered the lives we lost 14 years...
Denver City Council rejects contract that would have given video maker 8-year deal
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Denver’s Office of Human Resources will have to get creative to attract new city employees and place them in “hard-to-fill” jobs after a proposed five-year contract extension, valued at $600,000, failed to gain favor with the Denver City Council. The...
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston files to run for reelection in 2027
Michael Braithwaite
michael.braithwaite@gazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston officially filed his paperwork Monday to run again for Denver’s mayoral office next year. The filing comes weeks after Johnston confirmed to The Denver Gazette that he would seek reelection as he focuses the final year...
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son arrested, faces charges of sexual exploitation of minor
Matt Kyle
matt.kyle@denvergazette.com
Updated 17 hours ago
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son Tyler Jay Boebert has been arrested and accused of recording and sharing a video depicting himself having intercourse with a minor, according to court records. The case originated in Garfield County in Western Colorado and...
Clean and Safe program made nearly 3,000 contacts in first year of downtown Colorado Springs outreach
Brennen Kauffman
brennen-kauffman@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The pilot version of the Clean and Safe program in downtown Colorado Springs has hit the one-year mark, marking thousands of contacts with visitors and some intransigent homeless residents. Leaders from the Downtown Partnership presented a progress report to Colorado...
Colorado audit finds $175K wasted on unused state-issued cellphones
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 11 minutes ago
Colorado spent nearly $175,000 on government issued cellphones for employees of various departments that went unused last year, according to a recent state audit. About 400 of the 6,688 cellphones issued to state employees received no calls or texts and...
Adams County water district may proceed with cost-recovery lawsuit against Denver for contamination
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
A federal judge rejected Denver’s arguments last week for pausing or dismissing a lawsuit brought by an Adams County special district seeking to recover its costs for addressing water contamination as a result of Denver firefighting activities. In January, the...