Author: Rachel Riley, The Gazette
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Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood votes against dropping its name
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Property and business owners in Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood, named after a former mayor who was a Ku Klux Klan member nearly a century ago, have opted against nixing the title. Of the nearly 3,600 people who cast ballots in a referendum held by the Stapleton Master Community Association, about 65% voted to keep the name,…
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Denver ‘pollution tax’ proposal advances, despite concerns that input was limited
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A proposed tax on energy use by Denver businesses and another measure to combat climate change are headed to the full City Council, despite objections from Mayor Michael Hancock and some council members that the bills were rushed. The council’s Finance & Governance Committee voted 4-3 Tuesday to refer to the full 13-member council the…
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Activists submit thousands of signatures to overturn Colorado electoral vote law
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Colorado voters could decide in the 2020 election to void a controversial new law that could award the state’s nine Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote nationwide – regardless of who wins in Colorado. The law’s opponents on Thursday submitted more than 227,000 signatures on a referendum petition to the…
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2 Colorado cities pass resolutions opposing national popular vote law
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Two Colorado cities have taken a formal stance against the new state law that would award Colorado’s nine Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote nationwide, provided enough other states join that compact. The Fountain City Council and Monument Board of Trustees passed resolutions this month declaring opposition. The El…
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Colorado’s prison population, once forecast to boom, now is expected to level
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Colorado’s prison population, which six months ago was projected to hit a record high in 2025, now is expected to level over the next six years. The state Department of Public Safety predicted in December that the population of prisoners would swell by more than 20% between fiscal years 2018 and 2025, from 20,136 at…
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Polis administration seeks $25M grant for transportation projects to connect Colorado bases
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COLORADO SPRINGS ? Colorado is seeking $25 million in federal funds for a series of projects that would make it easier and safer to get to military posts in the Colorado Springs area, state officials said Wednesday. The grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation would help foot the roughly $130 million bill for improvements…
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Is the Hyperloop in the blueprint for Colorado’s transportation future?
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More than 18 months after a Los Angeles-based company announced it was eyeing Colorado for its first Hyperloop system, there have been few signs that the proposal has progressed beyond a cutting-edge concept. Virgin Hyperloop One is among a handful of companies that have made pitches for transit networks that would send passenger-loaded pods zipping…
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Colorado police chief retires after entire department asked for his ouster
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The abrupt retirement of a Colorado town’s police chief last week came a day after his employees asked town leaders to oust him, saying his “lack of leadership and incompetence” had left the department “in much worse shape now than it has ever been in the last 17 years,” according to a letter given to…
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ACLU sues Colorado county sheriff, claims plan to assist federal immigration agency violates state law
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is suing Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell over what it claims is an illegal plan to have three deputies act as federal immigration enforcement officials. Those deputies would receive training allowing them to speed handing suspected undocumented immigrants over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under an agreement…
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Colorado city’s mayor is bowing out after one term, citing stress
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Manitou Springs Mayor Ken Jaray says he will not seek re-election to a second term this fall, in part because of health issues exacerbated by the stress of the job. “As part of this journey I have clearly learned that stress can have a very negative influence on one’s health,” the mayor of the El…