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Q&A with Rep.-elect Tim Hernández | Activist-turned-legislator on channeling his fire
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
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…