A year ago, Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit, studied the tax returns of 280 corporations. What the group found was a Beltway version of a Mafia protection scheme. From 2008 to 2010, at least thirty Fortune 500 companies — including PepsiCo, Verizon, Wells Fargo and DuPont —…
Former vice president and environmental know-it all Al Gore was probably just trying to help Barack Obama when he suggested during some post-debate analysis that Colorado’s high altitude may have been to blame for the president’s less-than-stellar performance against Mitt Romney last Wednesday night at the University of Denver. “I’m…
New data released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows that in July, the number of medical marijuana patients in this state finally climbed back over the 100,000 mark. That’s the first time this has happened since September 2011…
The Colorado Avalanche was scheduled to open the season against the St. Louis Blues tonight at the Pepsi Center. But thanks to the NHL’s failed attempt to resolve its collective bargaining issues, the first two weeks of games have been cancelled amid the current lockout. If the NHL can suddenly…
Denver blog posts understand how you feel. Colorado Pols sites a post-debate poll showing Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama among women voters in Colorado, 51-45 percent. South Stands Denver’s Colin D. on Lindsay Jones leaving the Denver Post for USA Today and ESPN Radio 102.3’s Jo Jo Turnbeaugh going to…
Attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes have answered the question we posed last week in this headline: “Should law enforcement be punished for releasing strange new mug shot?” The answer is no — at least according to Holmes’s lawyers, who were the ones asking for the punishment in…
Sandi Peterson sometimes worried about how her son Dan, who moved to Denver in 2010, was getting by in a new city. And when she flew here in July from Wisconsin, it was meaningful to meet so many of his friends at once, even if it was under the worst…
Colorado residents are no stranger to negative political campaigning. But even amid the onslaught of accusatory ads, one state House race boasts a back-and-forth battle that stands out, with one candidate being accused of having been arrested for selling cocaine paraphernalia — 27 years ago. Rick Enstrom, the challenger in…
As we noted in a post yesterday about more than 300 doctors urging approval of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, shortly after a state organization of pediatricians denounced it, those for and against the measure are engaging in the equivalent of endorsement wars. Today’s salvo? Denver DA…
Politicians — they’re just like the rest of us! But sometimes, when they eat food, it has a bit more significance than just, you know, lunch. Such was the case with Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s noon stop yesterday at the 16th Street Mall’s Taste of the Philippines food truck…
Today, three new documents were released in the case of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes pertaining to a pair of controversies — defense attorneys’ call for sanctions against prosecutors for allegedly lying about Holmes being banned from the Anschutz Medical Campus, and a request from three shooting survivors suing…
Our post about the endorsement of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, by more than 300 doctors inspired plenty of our commenters to weigh in on the measure’s attributes and deficits, as well as those who support and oppose it. Here’s one reader who believes dispensary owners would…
Simply Pure, one of the local medical marijuana industry’s most prominent edibles companies, has suspended operations — because, says co-owner Wanda James, the inability to get banking services makes doing business untenable at this time. James has plenty to say about this situation, and she also shares her thoughts about…
The second-degree murder charge against Fort Collins’ Nicole Marie Ryan will likely be a complicated one to prove. The facts on the surface seem simple: Ryan appears to have slashed the throat of her fiance, Raymond Wimmer, who later bled to death. But this act was prefigured by a back…
One of the central questions in the case of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes involves whether his attorneys will employ the insanity defense. The legal tactic has been used many times in mass slayings and other shocking crimes, and not always effectively: Note that serial killers John Wayne Gacy…
Is marijuana a performance-enhancing drug? This question springs to mind in connection with Cirque de Cannabis, a THC Magazine-hosted party on October 5 at Casselman’s that combined Cirque du Soleil-style acrobatics and fire dancers with attendees who used flame for other purposes. Our Brandon Marshall was on hand for secondhand…
Update below: Families representing eleven of the twelve people who died in the Aurora theater shooting have asked Colorado’s attorney general and secretary of state to investigate Community First Foundation and its website, GivingFirst.org, which collected more than $5 million in donations to the Aurora Victim Relief Fund. The letter…
When Denver blog posts don’t succeed, they try, try again. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco notes that the only AFC West team that didn’t lose this week was the Oakland Raiders — who had a bye. Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead Broke is your guide for Halloween-themed ghost…
Governor John Hickenlooper joined the Obama campaign yesterday to rally voters to support the president. In addition to expressing his worries about a possible Mitt Romney presidency, the governor told us he is also concerned that another Republican official, Secretary of State Scott Gessler, may be intimidating some Colorado residents…
When we arrived at work this morning, we were greeted by a mound of yellow gelatin that was cold to the touch and sitting upon a black plastic food tray ringed with leafy green garnish like a church-picnic dessert gone horribly wrong. Lying atop the slimy heap was a DVD…
Just a few weeks after a honk-happy Colorado driver was arrested for harassing two cyclists on an open road in Longmont, another bike rider has been victimized — this time on a path with no cars. A barbed wire trap on a trail in South Platte Park threw a woman…
Melanie Asmar’s post about the transformation of Union Station from a sleepy train stop to a multi-modal hub featured photos of construction and renderings about what the place will look like when it’s finished. But one reader hopes some things are preserved…
