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Denver’s city council decriminalizes jaywalking
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To use the crosswalk or to jaywalk – that is the question. And it’s a question the Denver’s city council took seriously during meeting on Monday, when the councilmembers decided to adopt a bill decriminalizing jaywalking in a 10-3 vote. Critics of the bill said it sends the wrong signal to the public, particularly at a…
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Denver’s mayoral race is crowded, but it’s not the only one
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Almost 50 names will appear on the City of Denver’s April 4 ballot across several different municipal offices. The 17 candidates remaining for mayor (there was as many as 26) will be accompanied by nine city council at-large candidates and 23 others in an election that features three uncontested races, so far. Candidates were required…
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Denver council to vote on expanding historic district to include Congress Park neighborhood
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The Denver City Council is considering a proposal to expand the East Seventh Avenue Historic District to include 19 properties within the Congress Park neighborhood. The council’s land use committee unanimously advanced the proposal Tuesday, passing it on to the full council for two final votes in the coming weeks. If passed, the expanded historic…
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Jolon Clark re-elected as Denver City Council president
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Despite a turnover of five new members, the Denver City Council has decided to stick with the same leadership it has had for the past year. The council voted unanimously 13-0 on Monday night to keep Jolon Clark as the City Council president and Stacy Gilmore and council president pro tem. “Thank you very much…
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Colorado Municipal League seats executive board
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The Colorado Municipal League‘s (CML) seated its new executive board during its 96th annual conference in Vail. The 21-member board is elected and responsible for CML’s overall finances, management and policy affairs. CML represents more than 270 cities and towns across the state. New board members are: Re-elected to the board were: Returning board members…
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Committee tasked with vetting logistics of Denver’s ‘green roof’ mandate
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Denver is studying how to best implement its new voter-approved mandate on green roofs. The city has formed a 24-member Green Roofs Review Task Force, 9news reports, which will convene for its fifth meeting on Wednesday. The panel is tasked with determining how to enact the rules of the ordinance and whether those rules needs…
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State Sen. Irene Aguilar endorses Ashley Wheeland in HD 9 Democratic primary
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State Sen. Irene Aguilar, a Denver Democrat, this week endorsed Ashley Wheeland, one of two Democrats challenging state Rep. Paul Rosenthal in a primary in southeast Denver’s House District 9. “Ashley has a long record of fighting for Colorado communities and their health care, something I am passionate about as well,” Aguilar, a primary care physician,…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
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I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
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Rep. Paul Rosenthal rolls out homegrown endorsements in HD9 re-election bid
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Rep. Paul Rosenthal has two primary challengers in his re-election bid in House District 9, but he doesn’t lack support from fellow Democrats close to home. Rosenthal has key endorsements from former State Sen. Joyce Foster, Denver Councilwoman Kendra Black, Denver Public Schools board member Anne Rowe, and RTD board member Claudia Folska. Rosenthal said…
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Four years after legalization, Denver officials say more data needed to assess marijuana’s impact
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According to a recent federal study, marijuana use among Colorado teenagers has fallen considerably in the past two years – to its lowest rate in nearly a decade. But high school principals in parts of Denver with high concentrations of pot businesses say the opposite is true, and an organization that works with homeless youth…
