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City Council to consider more settlements involving Denver Police
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The Denver City Council will likely approve two more settlements related to claims involving the Denver Police Department ahead of Monday’s 3:30 p.m. meeting. There were six such resolutions last week totaling $1.6 million. The two this week total $110,000. Denver settles 6 claims against police for $1.6 million, but ‘more needs to be done’…
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A LOOK BACK | Colorado legislator repeals state’s anti-miscegenation law
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Sixty-Five Years Ago This Week: State Rep. Bob Allen, D-Denver, was sponsoring House Bill 57-1039 which would repeal Colorado’s anti-miscegenation law. The law stated, “All marriages between Negroes or mulattoes of either sex and white persons are declared to be absolutely void.” Fifteen years previously Colorado’s Supreme Court had ruled in Jackson v. Denver that…
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WATCH: What emails reveal about Colorado Convention Center bidding scandal
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The city of Denver has suspended Mortenson from bidding on construction projects until a board can review the company’s qualifications. Mortenson was one of the companies bidding to be the contractor for the Colorado Convention Center expansion project, which was put on hold on Dec. 11 after the city determined the process was tainted from…
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Colorado Convention Center bidding scandal could be costly
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Denver’s $233 million plan to expand the Colorado Convention Center is supposed to draw $47 million in new annual spending, but that could be delayed or threatened by allegations of collusion among private companies on the project. A potential criminal investigation is looming and city officials are racing to reboot the project, which was expected…
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AG Sessions, Hancock spar over sanctuary cities
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke of immigration in terms of cracking down on Mexican drug gangs and building a border wall Friday at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock pushed back soon after. Taking to Facebook, Hancock brought up a court opinion on the matter unflattering to the administration…
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House Speaker Crisanta Duran named Hispanic chamber’s public official of the year
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The Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce presented House Speaker Crisanta Duran its public official of the year award at a gala last weekend at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center. “Advancing our community has motivated me throughout my legislative career, and it’s a great honor to gain this recognition,” Duran said in a statement.…
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Colorado Cattlemen’s trust gets national recognition in its hometown
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The national Land Trust Alliance presented is award of excellence to the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust Thursday night during the trust’s national convention in Denver. “I am thrilled to accept this honor on behalf of CCALT, our landowners and supporters,” executive director Erik Glenn said in a statement for Colorado Politics. “Ranching heritage and…
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National Western Center study identifies ‘opportunities’
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Transforming the National Western Complex and Denver Coliseum sites into a year-round destination and regional asset could focus on companies and industries affiliated with the more traditional agricultural-based, but more technologically and globally involved, an economic study concluded. Denver City Council’s Business, Arts, Workforce & Aeronautical Services Committee recently listened to a presentation on the…
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Trump set to speak among friends, foes at Western Conservative Summit
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The Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump will kick off the Western Conservative Summit in Denver this Friday as part of a larger effort to shore up support for his candidacy among traditional conservative voters ahead of the party’s July 18-21 national convention in Cleveland. The convention, hosted by the Centennial Institute at Colorado…
