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Colorado Attorney General sues HUD over changes to homeless funding

Updated 3 days ago

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Tuesday joined the attorneys general of several other states to sue the federal government over an attempt to cap...

Unidentified, unclaimed: How the Denver Medical Examiner’s office reunites people with their deceased loved ones

Updated 1 week ago

More than a dozen corpses at the Denver Medical Examiner’s Office are unidentified and officials have no idea who they are. Some of these people...

Homeless recruits of ‘The Program’ say they were told to sign NDAs amid investigations in Colorado

Updated 2 weeks ago

Several formerly homeless people — each drawn into an Aurora-based enterprise known as “The Program” that promised free housing and cash in return for letting...

Homeless recruits of ‘The Program’ say they were told to sign NDAs amid investigations in Colorado

Updated 2 weeks ago

Several formerly homeless people — each drawn into an Aurora-based enterprise known as “The Program” that promised free housing and cash in return for letting...

Medicaid suspends agency behind ‘The Program,’ citing ‘credible’ fraud allegations

Updated 2 weeks ago

‘The program’: Church’s cash ‘donations’ are an anomaly; requests to attend services were ignored

Updated 1 month ago

‘The program’: Using the homeless to reap Medicaid millions is not new

Updated 1 month ago

‘The program’: Caretakers got millions, some homeless were evicted

Updated 1 month ago

Using housing and cash, ‘the program’ exploits Colorado’s homeless for Medicaid millions

Updated 1 month ago

‘The program’: Medicaid for home health in Colorado is complex setup

Updated 1 month ago

‘The program’: On Going HHC roots deeply intertwined with others

Updated 1 month ago

Annual count finds fewer homeless people in Denver

Updated 2 months ago

Aurora is ‘strong and getting stronger,’ mayor says in State of City speech

Updated 2 months ago

Relaunched Lakewood Navigation Center offers shelter, resources

Updated 3 months ago

Aurora homeless shelter opened too early, CEO says, as mold and plumbing issues emerge

Updated 3 months ago

Aurora’s largest homeless services project launched “way too early,” its CEO told city leaders Tuesday, saying the rushed opening left residents living amid mold, plumbing...

Denver’s violent crime has dropped — but not everywhere in the city

Updated 4 months ago

On April 27, 2022, Garry Arellano, a longtime Denver resident, stepped in to break up a fight between two teen girls. Court documents show the...

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless workers rally, citing low pay, high turnover

Updated 6 months ago

Dozens of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless frontline workers and members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 rallied Thursday outside of a...

Aurora City Council Q&A: Homelessness

Updated 6 months ago

In November’s election, Aurora voters flipped what was previously a seven-to-three conservative majority on the City Council to a six-to-four progressive majority. With the significant...

Denver housing official was named in Urban Alchemy lobbying kerfuffle

Updated 7 months ago

Denver’s homeless access more services

Updated 7 months ago

Denver approves $30M shelter contract with Urban Alchemy

Updated 7 months ago

Residents brace for change as Salvation Army transitions from operating Denver’s hotel shelters

Updated 7 months ago

Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center helps addicts get back on their feet

Updated 7 months ago

Denver Council to consider $400 million in infrastructure contracts

Updated 7 months ago

Food banks in Denver area struggle to meet the need

Updated 8 months ago

Jamie Rife to depart as head of Denver’s housing stability program

Updated 8 months ago

Amid outbursts, Colorado Springs City Council postpones proposed vehicle camping ban

Updated 8 months ago

Aurora celebrates opening of homeless navigation campus

Updated 8 months ago

Denver budget woes spotlight shift in Johnston’s homelessness campaign

Updated 10 months ago

The city’s budget woes have triggered shifts in the future of Mayor Mike Johnston’s campaign to eliminate homelessness in Denver. After a week-long series of...

Tri-Lakes Cares gets OK to proceed with land purchase to build new center

Updated 10 months ago

MONUMENT • Monument’s Planning Commission and Town Council both have unanimously approved a reconfiguration of property that Lewis-Palmer School District 38 wants to sell, which...

Ballot measure seeks tax hike for higher income earners in 2026

Updated 10 months ago

A coalition led by a Colorado think tank will file a ballot initiative on Wednesday to raise state income tax rates on annual household incomes...

Vision Collision: Cherry Creek ponders over super-sized project

Updated 2 years ago

Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood, with a shopping district that was once known for its quirky charms, has gone through a remarkable run of commercial and...