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To get ahead of electric car surge, Denver wants more, faster charging stations
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In the progressive, environmentally conscious way it often does things, Denver is trying to make life a bit more convenient for electric car owners in the city. Many of the 55 existing public places for charging electric vehicles in Denver aren’t especially accessible or convenient, and with that in mind city officials hope to influence…
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Widespread construction irks Denver residents — who aren’t shy about letting the city know
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One could argue that most folks are less than ecstatic when new construction comes to their neighborhood, especially with those lovely 8 a.m. jackhammer or dump truck wakeup alarms on their day off. That at least appears to ring true for residents of many of Denver’s 78 neighborhoods, which have experienced swift growth and ubiquitous…
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Hackers beware: Colorado’s clerks will be watching — and auditing — election results
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Denverite’s Adrian Garcia reports this week that Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams is touting post-election audits as a new, enhanced safeguard against election manipulation in Colorado: The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has been traveling to different counties this year to train clerks how to conduct the audit, office spokeswoman Lynn Bartels said Monday.…
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Denver’s pols have a bone to pick with President Trump’s budget
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… But of course, that comes as no surprise. Sure, the depth and breadth of the cuts in federal funding proposed by the White House have sweeping implications for urban centers like the Mile High City. Then again, it’s not like Denver’s Democratically inclined political establishment has had many kind words for The Republican Donald since his unexpected elevation to the…
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‘Compromise’ or ‘casserole’? Rural-sustainability bill does a lot; here’s an in-depth look
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As we mentioned in passing just a day ago when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the wide-ranging Senate Bill 267 into law, “Sustainability of Rural Colorado” (the measure’s title) can mean a whole bunch of things. It’s all very complicated. In other words, Tuesday’s signing was about more than Hick and Senate President Kevin Grantham shooting hoops…
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Assisted suicide gets a ‘no’ — and then a ‘heck no’ — from the church
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Terminally ill patients who invoke Colorado’s new law permitting physician-assisted suicide will, of course, need a place to carry out the act. And their loved ones likely will want a funeral. To which the Catholic Church responds: Don’t expect much help from us. Not only have two of the state’s largest hospital systems, both Catholic-affiliated, opted…
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Colorado’s No. 3 in protests: Does it have a future in political tourism?
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Denverite informs us Colorado has posted the third-highest cumulative attendance rate at political protests thus far during the Trump presidency. Only Vermont (really?) and the District of Columbia (naturally) rank higher. By hard numbers: Colorado has had about 33 demonstrators per 1,000 residents. Vermont had 40 and D.C. 1,324 (again, no surprise there). Denverite’s Megan…
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Colorado’s much-unloved 3.2 beer still the default brew despite 2016 legislation
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Colorado’s General Assembly might as well have set out to revise the U.S. tax code – and then seek a lasting Mideast peace – and it still wouldn’t have been as complicated as trying to untie the Gordian Knot constricting retail liquor sales in the state. Compromise legislation passed by the legislature over a year ago was supposed to usher in historic regime…
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Denver sets high bar for hate crimes, lowers it for panhandling, breaking park curfew …
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… urinating in public and other such “quality of life” offenses. Which is to say they diminish quality of life – but not enough, in the eyes of Denver’s City Council, to warrant sending someone packing to his native land over a violation. Denverite’s Erica Meltzer reports the changes represent a sweeping sentencing reform of the city’s…
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Public funding for political campaigns? It could happen in Denver
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You say it’s already taxing enough just listening to them, not to mention carting their campaign mailers to the recycle bin? OK, but maybe there’s more to it than that, so read on. What single-payer is to the national health-care debate, publicly funded campaigns long have been to the movement for campaign-finance reform – a…
