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Despite objections, Denver City Council approves Sun Valley Redevelopment Area
The Denver City Council on Monday approved the Sun Valley Homes Urban Redevelopment Plan. The move creates an urban redevelopment area, complete with a property and sales tax increment area. The council voted, 11-1, to approve the bill, with Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca being the sole “no” vote. CdeBaca did not explain publicly why she voted against…
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Denver City Council to sift through mayor’s proposed budget
Mayor Michael Hancock’s $3.75 billion budget will be under scrutiny this week as Denver City Council holds its first of 17 budget hearings today. The first meeting will be an overview of the proposed budget the mayor presented to council last week, which includes a $1.66 billion General Fund. Overall, he’s asking for a more than…
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Bennet challenger Gino Campana ‘argumentative’ with police at noisy party
Gino Campana, a developer who is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Colorado, was warned by police that he risked being arrested for obstruction after he became argumentative with them about being cited for a noise violation during his daughter’s high school graduation party in 2013, according to police records. Campana eventually…
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Bennet challenger Gino Campana ‘argumentative’ with police at noisy party
Gino Campana, a developer who is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Colorado, was warned by police that he risked being arrested for obstruction after he became argumentative with them about being cited for a noise violation during his daughter’s high school graduation party in 2013, according to police records. Campana eventually…
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Denver International Airport expansion set for completion this year despite major setback
Despite a hot water line break in December that caused extensive damage, the $2 billion gate expansion project at Denver International Airport is still on schedule and budget. Stuart Williams, senior vice president of airport expansion, told the Denver City Council’s Business, Arts, Workforce & Aviation Services Committee on Wednesday that a hot water line…
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Aurora to spend nearly 10% of federal COVID-19 recovery funds on police bonuses
Aurora will spend nearly 10% of its COVID-19 recovery funds from the American Rescue Plan Act on bonuses for police officers. Every uniformed officer with the Aurora Police Department is set to receive $8,000 in bonuses in 2022 – totaling $6 million to be spent from the city’s $65 million in federal funds. The bonuses…
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Denver might lower some speed limits to 20 mph. Here’s where and why.
The default speed limit on Denver’s unposted streets may soon be lowered after the City Council safety committee advanced the change Wednesday. If passed, the measure would reduce the default speed on unposted city streets from 25 mph to 20 mph. This would apply most specifically to neighborhood streets with no center line. The full…
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ON THE DENVER CAMPAIGN TRAIL | Lisa Calderón, candidate for mayor
This is the fourth in a series of stories on Denver mayoral candidates in their last days on the campaign trail ahead of the May 7 city election. No matter what the outcome of Denver’s May 7 municipal election, chances are that mayoral hopeful Lisa Calderón will be the only candidate who can claim she…