Ballots are in the mail (and maybe even to a few voters’ households). Much is at stake this election cycle, which we’ve been covering all year. As promised, here is a second roundup of recent election-related stories. And for more of our election coverage, be sure to visit our (searchable!)…
On October 20, Cold Crush reopened, a week after the venue at 2700 Larimer Street had been declared a public nuisance and closed by the Denver Police Department. In the intervening days, fans of the club had complained of unequal treatment, while neighbors debated the pros and cons of the place…
Running or defeating a contested ballot proposal in Colorado can cost millions, and somebody needs to front the money. Sometimes the big funders are gargantuan lobbying groups from big tobacco, the oil and gas industry or mega-unions. Other times the donors are wealthy individuals taking their pet issues for a…
Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Yesterday, in a post headlined “Why You Should Vote Yes for Proposition 106, Regarding End-of-Life Options,” we examined Proposition 106 by way of an…
The shooting last weekend of two teens who allegedly tried to heist marijuana plants from a backyard grow in the Whittier neighborhood, which left one fifteen-year-old dead and a fourteen-year-old boy critically injured, is hardly the first bit of mayhem in Colorado over a pot grow, legal or otherwise, and…
Colorado has seen its share of horrible crimes. When we think of murders across the state’s history, the first things that come to mind are now-notorious names of places, victims and killers: Sand Creek, Ludlow, JonBenét Ramsey, Alferd Packer, Ted Bundy, Adolph Coors III, Harris and Klebold. But Colorado has also seen its…
It’s a special bonus for those of us charged with the honor of choosing a Schmuck of the Week when the incident in question is caught on video. That way, we don’t have to imagine the schmuckiness. It all unspools right before our eyes. Witness the case of Joel Lohmeyer,…
Denver Ordinance 300, which is on the ballot this November, would allow businesses to opt into allowing marijuana on their premises. After proponents put up a billboard pointing out that allowing restaurants to have private consumption areas would keep tokers off the sidewalk, Westword sat down with Rachel O’Bryan, the campaign…
It’s legal for women to be topless in Denver, as evidenced by the hundreds who marched along the 16th Street Mall as part of Go Topless Denver Day this summer. But as we’ve reported, the laws are different in Fort Collins, where an organization called Go Topless Fort Collins has spent…
Love’s Oven voluntarily recalled fifty packages of its S’mores Brownie Bites on Thursday, October 20, because a batch might contain tree nuts, an allergen that isn’t declared on the label. People who are allergic to the nuts could run a serious risk of bad reactions if they consume the product…
Takeaways from Second Hearing in Homeless Class Action Lawsuit Against Denver Thursday morning’s 10 a.m. hearing at the Alfred A. Arraj courthouse was significantly less crowded than last week’s for a class action lawsuit filed against Denver that alleges the city is violating the U.S. Constitution when it conducts regular…
The City of Trinidad has reached a $375,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Colorado on behalf of two women who were arrested three years ago in a botched drug-sting investigation that involved fabricated evidence and an informant paid to make busts. The city has also quietly…
When you think of Denver’s most nationally competitive sports team, the Super Bowl-winning Broncos probably come to mind (or perhaps not during these last couple of weeks). But in any case, you’d be wrong. That distinction belongs to the Denver Lady Bulldogs. Since 2010, the Lady Bulldogs have won six…
Pondering the fat Blue Book issued in advance of this year’s statewide elections, explaining the pros and cons of no less than half a dozen proposed amendments to the Colorado Constitution, it’s easy to understand why many voters might give a big thumbs-up to Amendment 71, which proposes to make…
Editor’s note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we’re taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Today we examine Proposition 106 by way of an interview with a spokeswoman for the campaign. Tomorrow we’ll highlight a Q&A with a…
George Brauchler is seeking reelection as district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, but it’s not exactly a race. The Democrats didn’t bother putting up a candidate for the office, and even if they had, Brauchler, a GOP up-and-comer who flirted with a U.S. Senate run before changing his mind, would…
After working as a U.S. Senate page when he was sixteen, Jake Lilly went on to intern at the White House in 1998. After receiving his law degree at Cornell, he joined the Army and in 2005 served in Iraq, where he led search and rescue teams. Before all that,…
It’s just a matter of time until the nation embraces recreational use of marijuana, according to a Gallup study released Wednesday morning. “As more states legalize marijuana, the question of whether the drug should be legal may become when it will be legal,” Gallup reports. After Pew released a survey…
“It’s been a very good year.” Jay North, the state chairman of the Libertarian Party, is being modest. According to the latest voter-registration statistics, the number of registered Libertarians in Colorado grew over 26 percent since January. Republicans added about 4 percent, Democrats about 7 percent. We spoke to North…
Donald Trump Jr. made plenty of news during his visit to Colorado this week — a lot of it embarrassing or worse. Junior was denied a campaign stop at the Sink in Boulder around the same time that remarks surfaced about a joke he’d made about the Aurora theater shooting. On…
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will square off tonight, October 19, for the third and final presidential debate. From 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Clinton and Trump will probably bring up a lot of personal drama, definitely not shake hands, and, if we’re lucky,…
Earlier this year, Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet seemed to be one of the most vulnerable of all U.S. Senators up for reelection. But if he’s feeling the heat from Republican senatorial nominee Darryl Glenn, who most polls show Bennet leading comfortably, he certainly isn’t showing any sweat. During a campaign…
