Author: ALAYNA ALVAREZ
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Q&A with Brendan Hanlon | Denver’s chief financial officer
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FAST FACTS Brendan Hanlon has served as the chief financial officer for the city of Denver since 2016. He has worked in the mayor’s office for nearly two decades, including as the city’s budget director for over four years. Hanlon holds a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in public budgeting from the…
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Q&A with Andrew Hudson | Colorado’s jobs guru
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FAST FACTS Andrew Hudson is the founder of Andrew Hudson’s Job List, a trusted jobs board in Colorado that he launched in 1998. He spent more than two decades in a number of prestigious communications roles, including as the spokesperson for the Regional Transportation District and the head of marketing and advertising at Frontier Airlines. …
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More than half of unvaccinated Americans say they will ‘definitely’ get COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. Census Bureau data shows
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New survey data released from the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday found that 51% of the estimated 226 million American adults who have yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine said they “definitely” plan to get the shot, while another 26% indicated they “probably” would. The data was collected by the Census Bureau from Jan. 6…
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Denver protesters to hold fifth march Thursday to raise awareness of deadly civil war in Ethiopia
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Demonstrators within Colorado’s Ethiopian community will come together for the fifth time on Thursday morning to march down Lincoln Street to the state Capitol in protest of the deadly conflict unfolding between the Ethiopian government and rebel forces in Tigray, the northernmost region of the East African country. Colorado is home to a large population…
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Carvana car vending machine proposal for Denver location advances to first City Council vote
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The Denver City Council is considering a proposal from used-car retailer Carvana to rezone a vacant lot adjacent to Interstate 25 in southeast Denver and build an eight-story “vehicle vending machine.” The proposal, first submitted to the city in August, was advanced by the City Council’s Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week. The…
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Former Colorado Rep. Sal Pace elected as chair of Marijuana Policy Project’s board of directors chair
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The Marijuana Policy Project, a cannabis advocacy group in Washington, D.C., elected former Democratic state Rep. Sal Pace of Pueblo County, one of the state’s most vocal proponents of marijuana legalization, to chair its board of directors. Pace represented Colorado’s 46th District from 2008 to 2012, during which he served as House Minority Leader. He…
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Denver plans to achieve ‘net zero energy’ in all new buildings and homes by 2030
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Denver officials published a plan this week to reduce natural gas emissions and achieve “net zero energy” in new homes and buildings by 2030. The city defines net zero energy as a building or home that is “highly” energy-efficient, completely powered by renewable energy, all-electric and a provider of demand flexibility for the power grid.…
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RTD issues revised safety measures in Union Station bus concourse to curb spread of COVID-19
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The Regional Transportation District implemented new COVID-19 safety protocols Wednesday in Denver’s Union Station bus concourse to address “problematic and unsafe behavior” at the transit stop, RTD officials announced in a news release. Starting today, people are barred “at all times” from lying or sitting on the floor. Additionally, eating in the bus concourse is…
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Michael Bennet one of 38 Democratic senators behind legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15
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Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and 37 other Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday to lift the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025, starting at $9.50 the day the law takes effect. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour, a rate that has remained unchanged since 2009 and affects nearly 32 million Americans,…
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Metro Denver Homeless Initiative granted $300K to prevent homelessness
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The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative received a $300,000 grant to provide transitional housing, rentals and homeownership programs to people who are exiting or at risk of experiencing homelessness. MDHI is a regional organization that works with the public and private sectors to coordinate housing resources and services for people in need. The award was given…
