Author: Alayna Alvarez Colorado Politics

The Denver City Attorney’s office spoke out in response to the Supreme Court on Monday rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to throw out a California immigrant-sanctuary law that limits local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities. “The decision leaves in place the largely favorable Ninth Circuit decision regarding the California laws,” city attorney spokesperson Ryan Luby…

The new Denver Health clinic inside the Rose Andom Center was unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Oct. 28. From left to right: Simon Hambidge, chief ambulatory care officer of Denver Health; Denver Health CEO Robin Wittenstein; Rose Andom Center Executive Director Margaret Abrams; Denver Mayor Michael Hancock; and Galena Rhoades, executive director of MotherWise…

The Denver Police Department has teamed up with the Mental Health Center of Denver to co-respond to Denverites experiencing mental health issues who often find themselves trapped in a cycle of arrests and jail sentences.(Photo courtesy of Brennan Linsley) It may seem like an unlikely duo, but the odds of seeing a social worker riding shotgun in…

Like it or not, a wage increase will sweep through Denver on Jan. 1. Well, not definitively – but “the prudent thing” for business owners to do is plan that it will, City Councilwoman At-Large Robin Kniech said Tuesday evening during the second-to-last town hall on the proposed minimum-wage hike that could affect more than…

Denver District Attorney Beth McCann during a press conference at the Denver Crime Laboratory Oct. 22. To her right, Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen. (Alayna Alvarez/Colorado Politics) Crime cases gone cold in Denver could finally be solved, thanks to a federal $500,000 grant announced Tuesday by leaders of the Denver Police Department, its Crime Laboratory and…

The Denver City and County Building.Davel5957 / iStock The Denver City Council will decide this evening whether former Denver Fire Department Capt. Colley Fisher and her attorneys should be awarded nearly $1 million. A jury ruled that Fisher’s firing in 2015 was retaliation for filing two sexual discrimination complaints against her male colleagues the previous…

With all the buzz around Colorado’s Propositions CC and DD, Denver voters may have missed the news about a few ballot initiatives of their own. Voters will decide four questions elected officials have placed on the Nov. 5 ballot, which hit mailboxes this week. First up is Referred Question 2A, regarding a charter amendment that…

Lisa Calderón, former Denver mayoral candidate and current chief of staff for Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, is appealing a case against Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration. A federal judge in September dismissed a lawsuit Calderón filed last year, which alleged the city had failed to renew a contract with the Community Re-Entry Project (CRP),…