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Q&A with Rep.-elect Tim Hernández | Activist-turned-legislator on channeling his fire
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Sixteen months ago, Tim Hernández lost his job teaching at North High School. Today, he represents the school’s northwest Denver district in the Colorado House of Representatives. A committee of Denver Democrats selected Hernández to represent House District 4 on Aug. 26, as the district’s former representative, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, resigned to join the Denver City Council.…
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Denver police to test shot detection system in downtown Denver
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If you hear gunfire in downtown Denver on Thursday night, don’t panic. It most likely will be a set of controlled shots to test an expanding monitoring system that alerts officers to actual shootings. Officials with the police department and the Downtown Denver Partnership have scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning to explain the…