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Aurora’s request for proposals to determine cost of contracting public defenders comes up empty
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A request for proposals sent out by the city of Aurora in January to determine the potential costs of contracting out for indigent defense attorneys came back empty last week after months of tense discussion about the future of the city’s public defender’s office. The RFP was sent out in January, with proposals due in…
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Aurora’s request for proposals to determine cost of contracting public defenders comes up empty
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A request for proposals sent out by the city of Aurora in January to determine the potential costs of contracting out for indigent defense attorneys came back empty last week after months of tense discussion about the future of the city’s public defender’s office. The RFP was sent out in January, with proposals due in…
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Stealing more than $100 worth of goods, or dining-and-dashing, results in Aurora jail time
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Aurora adopted harsher penalties for theft in the city, a move that supporters said will help reduce theft and one that opponents said will cost the city more in incarceration costs for a strategy that isn’t effective. Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky brought forward two ordinances at Monday night’s council meeting that add to the original ordinance…
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Tension boils over at Aurora Council meeting about public defenders, call for ceasefire
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Tension boiled over at the Aurora City council meeting on Monday, when two items — a call for a “cease-fire” in Gaza and efforts to undo the request for proposals to examine the potential effects of privatizing the city’s public defender’s office — were removed from the agenda. Councilmember Alison Coombs, who had championed the “cease-fire”…
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Aurora approves resolution deterring immigrants
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The Aurora City Council approved a resolution Monday night stating that the city of Aurora does not have the funding or resources to handle immigrants being brought into the city. The vote came after disagreement among councilmembers and backlash from community members who attended the meeting. The resolution was first considered at a council committee…
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Aurora well underway on transportation master plan to connect the city
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A transportation project in the works for Aurora looks to do exactly what its new name “Connecting Aurora” says: create a master plan for all types of mobility around the city. That includes bicycles, pedestrians, public transportation, freight and cars. Aurora city staff presented updates on the project at last week’s Transportation, Airports and Public…
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Aurora council considers telling organizations: Stop bringing immigrants to city
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As Denver grapples with housing and feeding tens of thousands of immigrants, Aurora’s City Council members are mulling asking organizations to stop bringing immigrants into the city without first securing an agreement over costs and services. A resolution under consideration also states the city will “not allocate public funds, services, or staff resources for migrant…
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Aurora council debates stance on home occupancy bill
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Aurora City Council members debated Monday whether or not to take a stance on a house bill regarding housing occupancy limits, finally deciding to move the conversation to a later study session. The bill, House Bill 1007, approved by the Colorado House Friday, would restrict local governments from adopting ordinances that limit occupancy for unrelated…
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Aurora City Council debates harsher punishment for retail theft
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The Aurora City Council agreed to move forward with two ordinances Monday night that would broaden the city’s mandatory minimum sentence for retail theft ordinance that passed last year. Both ordinances were put forward by Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky and would add to the original ordinance passed in 2023, which set a three-day minimum mandatory jail…
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Aurora council votes to fill homeless service provider funding gaps at quarterly workshop
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While Aurora’s councilmembers held differing opinions on how to handle dollars for homeless service providers, they eventually agreed to allocate federal money to several organizations, bringing a few of them to flat funding. The councilmembers, however, entirely cut funding to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Aurora’s policymaking body earlier delayed a decision on funding…