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‘A devastating betrayal’: Colorado officials react to Trump’s decision to end DACA program

Sep 5, 2017

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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, called President Trump’s Tuesday decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program “the height of cruelty” and called on Congress to come up with a plan to replace it. “Today’s announcement is a devastating betrayal for the hundreds of thousands of individuals who…

Step towards construction defect litigation reform taken with Colorado governor’s signature

May 24, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed legislation marking the most significant progress on construction defect litigation reform since the debate began at least four years ago. One of the thorniest issues in the legislature, the bill signing also signaled one of the assembly’s greatest achievements this year, striking a deal that begins to get to…

Stapleton 5-party funding to allow new school, fire station, homes

Mar 29, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

A five-party funding arrangement is to be considered by Denver City Council that would eventually allow some 2,800 new homes to be built on the former Stapleton International Airport property, which was decommissioned in the mid-1990s. The Stapleton “Five Parties” (City and County of Denver, Denver Urban Renewal Authority, Denver Public Schools, Forest City and…

YIMBY Denver group forms to counter NIMBYs

Mar 17, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

A small, fledgling, informal group of Denver residents wants to “bring the voice of yes” to the city as it considers how to address growth-related issues like affordable housing, transportation and parking, according to the group’s “unofficial leader.” Part of a small but growing nationwide movement called Yes In My Backyard, YIMBY Denver formed after…

Denver City Council’s small lot parking code dispute leads to delay

Mar 8, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Almost every new resident of Denver adds another automobile to the city’s already crowded roads and highways, and those cars and trucks need a place to park when their owners are home or elsewhere. How to come up with those spaces was the source of a somewhat tense exchange on Denver City Council and led…

Colorado colleges, universities rally behind undocumented students

Dec 22, 2016

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David O. Williams Special to Colorado Politics

Colleges and universities across Colorado are grappling with whether the incoming Trump administration will strip away federal deportation protections for undocumented students, most of whom came to the state at a very young age and pay in-state tuition under Colorado law. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was signed as an executive action by…

Debate heats up over Dinosaur Ridge auto dealership

Dec 9, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

An auto dealership is incompatible with open space and the nearby world-renowned Dinosaur Ridge in western Jefferson County, planning commissioners were told by nearly all the 44 people who spoke at a 4-hour long, packed meeting Wednesday night, Dec. 7. The meeting was continued until Thursday night, Dec. 8, when the planning commission is expected…

Proposed taxing district could help develop area north of RiNo

Aug 2, 2016

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Ramsey Scott

A proposed development near the RiNo Art District in Denver is looking for the city to approve a metropolitan district to help pay for the almost $58 million in infrastructure and construction of parking for the project. The Midtown Metropolitan District would serve about 17 acres on Brighton Boulevard between 41st and 43rd Streets just…