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Urban Peak youth homeless drop-in center shut down, for now
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One of the main resources for homeless youth in Denver is shut down, for now anyway. The Urban Peak drop-in Center at 21st and Stout closed its doors on April 28th, citing security concerns. An incident in late April in which youth from the center and other people gathered nearby interfered in an arrest “escalated…
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Rain and cold take the high out of Denver’s 4/20 turnout
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Marijuana activist and lawyer Rob Corry took to the stage at the 4/20 rally in Civic Center and declared that Denver is home to the “biggest 4/20 rally in the world.” That may have been the case at the height of the cannabis legalization movement, but it’s hard to imagine that was true Thursday. Rain…
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WATCH: Hickenlooper on why he’s still so hesitant on pot
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If you’re headed to Denver’s Civic Center park this afternoon, be prepared for a Rocky Mountain contact high. Today marks the fourth 4-20 marijuana festival since Colorado launched the world’s first legal retail market for the drug. The Denver celebration generally draws thousands of pot enthusiasts, the highlight of what, for many, is a week-long…
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Hickenlooper confident he won’t have to call special session
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Gov. John Hickenlooper says he’s confident legislators’ delays in coming up with a state budget won’t push him to call a special session. In an exclusive interview with Colorado Politics, the governor also chimed in with his thoughts on the race to take over his seat when he’s term-limited out of office in 2018, saying he…
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Colorado welcomes Botswanan activist and International Woman of Courage
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Malebogo Molefhe is a profile in courage. An activist against gender-based violence, she came to Colorado on the heels of a trip to Washington, D.C., to accept an International Woman of Courage award. We met up with the Botswanan in Denver’s Botanic Gardens, where she told us about her decade of work teaching women and girls to…
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Report highlights ‘medical debt malpractice’ as Colorado Senate pushes reform of collection tactics
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Have you ever received a medical bill — even though you hadn’t been to the doctor or a hospital in a year? Or opened a letter from a collection agency regarding a debt you had paid off months earlier? If that’s happened to you, you’re not alone. A new report by the Colorado Public Interest Research…
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After gas attack, Syrian American in Colorado calls on Trump to act
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With Donald Trump in the White House and on Twitter, it was easy to overlook some of the other stories in the world – including the civil war in Syria. But this week the news out of Syria was sufficiently tragic to make even the frenetic U.S. news cycle stop and take note. Dozens of Syrians, including children,…
