Author: Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
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An ‘existential’ moment: Jewish National Fund becomes target of pro-Palestinian protests in Denver
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Founded in 1901 to promote the return of Jews to Israel, the Jewish National Fund is famous for its fundraising efforts centered around planting trees in Israel. Its annual conference typically plays to feel-good stories about innovative start-up enterprises and charitable projects that are part of the Israeli narrative. Organizers of the global conference, who…
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Denver prayer vigil held after attack on Israel
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The war that raged over the weekend in Israel came home to Colorado Monday evening as more than a thousand people from the Jewish community and other faiths joined for a prayer vigil at Temple Emanuel in Denver. “This is a moment we haven’t seen since 1973, unprecedented in my lifetime,” said Ben Lusher, board…
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Colorado housing prices cool slightly, lower rates may be on the way
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Colorado’s housing prices cooled a bit this past month, but that is doing little to provide relief to younger buyers wanting a route into homeownership, according to a newly released report by the Colorado Association of Realtors. The latest Market Trends Housing Report covering sales in June shows the median price of a single-family home…
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Denver gets tough on unlicensed landlords, but signups lag behind
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Denver’s Department of Excise and Licenses, the city’s arm that licenses everything from pedal cabs and tattoo artists to liquor stores and pot dispensaries, is five months into its largest-yet regulatory expansion: Seeking to license the city’s 123,000 multifamily homes and apartments. As of Monday, the city had issued $150 administrative citations to 46 apartment…
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A reach too far? Builders, realtors mirror worries raised by local governments about land-use bill
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On the steps of the Capitol beside banners reading “A Home for Every Colorado Budget,” Gov. Jared Polis proposed a sweeping land-use bill three weeks ago that would enact massive changes to neighborhood zoning controls as a means to address Colorado’s housing crisis. At its core, the proposal seeks to allow more density. But residents…
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Rising mortgages keeping metro Denver apartment vacancy rates low
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Fast-rising mortgage rates might be denting the record home prices that Denver sellers enjoyed last spring, but they’re only serving to reinforce the low-vacancy apartment market, according to developers and recent rental data. “You’ve seen some (home) prices start to decline as new homes and resales are taking longer to sell, but that’s actually helping…
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New hurdles in obtaining medical marijuana reignite policy debate
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Julie Richardson moved to Colorado from Louisiana in 2015, specifically to get the quality of cannabis-derived medicines available here – which were illegal or too expensive back home. Now Richardson, who suffered a spinal injury when she was 6 months old and who has gone through repeated reconstructive surgeries and a cancer battle, thinks she…
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Colorado’s Boom Supersonic loses its engine partner, Rolls-Royce
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Boom Supersonic, the Colorado startup at Centennial Airport that’s been developing a vision of a new supersonic airliner, is parting ways with Rolls-Royce, the jet engine manufacturer that it had listed as a partner on the project. Rolls-Royce had built the Olympus engines that powered the Anglo-French Concorde, the supersonic jetliner that resembled Boom’s sleek,…
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Colorado’s cannabis sales continue to slide
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With inflation skyrocketing, Coloradans are curbing their retail purchases of cannabis, according to tax data released by the state on Tuesday. That’s particularly true of medical marijuana sales, according to monthly tallies by the Colorado Department of Revenue. Medical marijuana revenue for May was $20,742,830, almost a 44% drop from a year ago. Recreational pot…
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As marijuana sales slide, pot industry warns of declining tax revenues
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In what industry experts are calling a perfect storm of impacts, Coloradans are purchasing less marijuana this year – considerably less – and government programs that rely on cannabis sales for revenue, including for affordable housing, metal health and homeless services, stand to be impacted. The Colorado Department of Revenue, which tracks industry sales, issued…
