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Denver backs Minnesota’s legal action to end ICE deployment
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The City of Denver has joined dozens of U.S. cities and counties in filing an amicus brief backing Minnesota’s legal action seeking to end “Operation Metro Surge” and the deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota. The brief supports Minnesota v. Noem, filed by the State of Minnesota in federal court on Jan.…
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Vape shops challenge Denver’s flavored tobacco ban in court
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The smoke has yet to settle in the battle over the city’s flavored tobacco ban as local vape shop owners have sued the City and County of Denver, asking the court to declare the ordinance unconstitutional and stop its enforcement. The Rocky Mountain Smoke Free Alliance filed a complaint in Denver District Court on Thursday…
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Denver to issue first chunk of Vibrant Denver Bond dollars
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Get your shovels ready, Denver. The city is moving forward with the first issuance of Vibrant Denver Bond dollars for 58 named and shovel-ready projects approved by voters in November. Members of the Finance and Business Committee advanced two proposed resolutions on Tuesday that would release more than a third of the bond money approved…
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Denver mayor’s sanctuary city legal bill hits $2M limit
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The bill for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s legal defense for that March 5 hearing before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on “sanctuary” cities has reached its $2 million contractual limit. Just as the year closed out on Dec. 30, a fifth payment, in the amount of $950,000 — almost half of the…
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Denver’s budget deficit shaped 2025 news coverage
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It was a year of big goals on a tight budget for the Mile High City, where Mayor Mike Johnston’s announcement of a $200 million city budget deficit dominated the news coverage. Facing a $50 million gap in its 2025 budget and a projected $200 million in 2026, Johnston announced plans to tighten the city’s…
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Denver mayor’s legal bill for sanctuary city hearing tops $1 million
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The bill for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s legal defense for a March 5 hearing before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on “sanctuary” cities just crossed the $1 million mark. City financial records show that a fourth payment of $250,000 was made to Covington & Burling LLC, the D.C.-based law firm that represented…
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Mayor Johnston’s legal fees for sanctuary city hearing hit $800,000
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The legal bill for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s March 5 appearance before a Congressional hearing on “sanctuary” jurisdictions has now ballooned to $800,000, according to invoices obtained by The Denver Gazette. City financial documents show that on Nov. 5, 2025, a third payment of $250,000 was made from the city’s general fund to the D.C.-based…
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Anger grows as Denver mayor extends Flock camera contract
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Inside a modest equipment rental building in north Denver, close to 700 people gathered for a community town hall on Wednesday evening to call for Mayor Mike Johnston to turn off the city’s 111 Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras. Just hours before the meeting, Johnston announced that the city would extend its contract with the…
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Denver mayor extends Flock camera contract against council’s wishes
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Just hours before a community town hall where critics were expected to push for Denver to immediately suspend the use of its Flock Safety license plate reading cameras, Mayor Mike Johnston announced on Wednesday that the city would be extending its contract with the Atlanta-based technology company. That extension would come at no cost to…
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Denver City Council moves forward with collective bargaining ordinance
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Members of the city’s Governance and Intergovernmental Relations Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to advance a required ordinance implementing and clarifying collective bargaining rights for certain city employees. Last year, more than 64% of voters approved a ballot measure that establishes collective bargaining for non-supervisory city employees to negotiate compensation, working conditions, and other employment terms.…
