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Lamborn Clings to Hope That He’ll Wind Up Back on Primary Ballot

By Nora Olabi

U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs is suing to get his named placed back onto the primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled last week that his campaign illegally gathered signatures by using two out-of-state petition circulators. After the ruling, Lamborn was 58 signatures short of the 1,000 he needs to be eligible for the primaries, so he sued twice. But if the courts don’t make a decision before Wednesday, he could still be left in the dust.

Denver Homeless Shoot Meth in Winter So They Won’t Freeze to Death

By Michael Roberts

Lisa Raville has been seeing more injection meth users taking advantage of the Harm Reduction Action Center’s programs in recent years — “but I’m not sure if it’s a rise or if it’s just a harm-reduction method people have been using for years and years and years.” She speculates that increased participation may be related to a drop-off in “the paranoia of people thinking cops will be sitting out front or that we’re law enforcement.”

Denver Places With the Highest Concentration of Crime Right Now

By Michael Roberts

According to Denver Police Department data, crime in the Mile High City as a whole is up during the first part of 2018 compared to the same period last year. But the problem is more acute in certain areas than others, as is demonstrated by the following list, which spotlights the specific areas with the most crime reports during the initial three weeks-plus of this month.

Colorado Follows National #RedforEd Trend With Protests. Now What?

By Nora Olabi

Thousands of Colorado educators followed the lead of states like West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona in demanding that state legislatures stop carving up public education and start putting money back into its public schools. Colorado legislators have cut $6.67 billion out of the state education budget since the Great Recession. And although the economy has bounced back, the practice of cutting education dollars continues. So what can protesters actually do to keep the #RedforEd momentum going?

The Four Main Reasons People in Denver Overdose on Heroin

By Michael Roberts

The Harm Reduction Action Center’s Lisa Raville is sharing her four top reasons why people overdose in the hope that increased knowledge will lead to fewer tragedies. In her words, “I’m sick of losing people. A year ago January, we lost seven participants in our program in a two-week period, six to overdose.”

Reader: Teachers Do Awesome Things and I Hope Money Becomes Available

By Westword Staff

Last week, Colorado educators joined thousands of teachers across the country in protests calling for better pay and more funding for education as a whole. Dressed in red in solidarity with teachers in Arizona, thousands of teachers from Colorado descended upon the Capitol on Thursday and Friday calling for change.

Judge Orders State to Delay Primary Ballot Certification Over Levin’s Signature Debacle

By Nora Olabi

Brad Levin thought he had the ballot petition in the bag. He collected 16,000 signatures, far more than the 10,500 signature requirement to get on the statewide ballot. He was wrong. The state threw out 7,000 of his signatures. Some were thrown out over technicalities. Others were thrown out because the signatures were of unaffiliated voters, who are not legally locked out of the candidate petition process. Now, the Democratic candidate for attorney general is suing to get his signatures back.

Cleveland Idiots Give Broncos Bradley Chubb, Best 1st-Round Pick Since Von

By Michael Roberts

It’s tempting to call the Denver Broncos’ pickup of North Carolina State defensive lineman Bradley Chubb with the number-five pick in the 2018 NFL Draft as an example of dumb luck, and in a way, it was. But it’s more appropriate to say Chubb wound up in orange and blue thanks to the actions of idiots. And those idiots are the people who run the Cleveland Browns.

Dave Krieger Details His Daily Camera Firing for Hedge Fund Attack

By Michael Roberts

Last week, Boulder Daily Camera editorial page editor Dave Krieger was fired after self-publishing an attack on Alden Global Capital, his paper’s Machiavellian hedge fund owner, that his publisher spiked. Now, he’s written an unvarnished account of his pink slipping even though he knows that pulling back the curtain on the episode could hurt his chances for a new gig in journalism.

Colorado Teacher Protests: Jail Threats, Strike Prospects, Possible Solutions

By Michael Roberts

Day two of teacher protests at the Colorado State Capitol, following a boisterous turnout in the same location yesterday, is expected to attract educators from across the metro area and the state. The atmosphere is tense, given the introduction of a bill that threatens to jail teachers who strike and a call for doctors willing to write notes for protesting instructors who may otherwise have their pay docked for attending rallies even if schools are closed in their district. But Amie Baca-Oehlert, vice president of the Colorado Education Association, prefers to keep the focus on the reasons teachers are demonstrating.

Pro-Kratom Scientist Blasts Denver Ban, Federal Policies as Recipe for Death

By Michael Roberts

A group of scientists who believe the controversial herbal pain reliever kratom is being unfairly vilified in the wake of salmonella-related health warnings came together this week to blast the Food and Drug Administration’s policies toward the substance and criticize Denver’s prohibition of its sale for human consumption, with one expert suggesting that such approaches will inevitably lead to tragedy.