Author: Alayna Alvarez Colorado Politics

People traveling through security to the gates of Denver International Airport in a 2013 file photo.iStock / Getty Images The chief operating officer of Denver International Airport, Chris McLaughlin, testified Thursday morning in Washington, D.C., during a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on improving security at airports across the country. U.S. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of…

After the Denver City Council approved nearly $3 million in no-interest, forgivable city loans, the Denver Housing Authority is moving forward in its first redevelopment phase of the city’s oldest – and poorest –  subsidized housing community, the Sun Valley neighborhood. The council passed the loan agreement in a 12-0 vote Monday, with Councilwoman Kendra…

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, speaking in Denver Thursday, called the Trump impeachment inquiry in Congress a “partisan” effort and declined to answer multiple questions from reporters about whether President Donald Trump’s call to Ukraine was appropriate. The Colorado Republican spoke at a Colorado Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday at the Westin Denver Downtown. Gardner was featured…

As Denver works on a plan to reduce the number of trips by lone commuters by half and increase the number of commuters biking, walking or taking public transit by 15%, city planning officials are  looking to developers and building owners for help. One strategy, proposed by Denver Public Works and presented during a Tuesday…