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A Colorado advocacy organization has formally backed a high-profile lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s original executive orders banning some refugees and immigrants. New variations on the orders, which had been blocked by a federal court, were signed yesterday. Despite tweaks related to the number of Muslim-majority countries targeted (six, rather than the initial seven) and removal of language about giving preference to those who practice majority religions, however, the documents aren’t radically different from to the earlier ones, to which the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved objected due in part to their potential for harming medical care in America. CCMU believes that’s the case not just when it comes to undocumented individuals already in this country, but also for citizens of every description because of reasons that include the large number of foreign-born doctors working in this country and the growing demand for even more, especially in rural areas.

Last August, the Regional Transportation District staged an early morning press event to ballyhoo new shuttles coming to the 16th Street Mall. But while 36 of the vehicles were supposed to be moving passengers along this iconic stretch more than a month ago, only five have been delivered thus far, and and an RTD spokesman confirms that there’s no definitive date when the other 31 will be on the road.

A Denver Craigslist ad touted an impressive-sounding apartment at what for Mile High City is a fairly reasonable price, $1,495. But there was only one problem. As seen in the photo above, which effectively satirizes the high cost of rent in Denver, the abode was actually a series of lashed-together cardboard boxes.

When renovations to the historic Molly Brown House are completed this spring, the building’s basement will open to the public for the first time.

The featured Colorado property overlooks Rocky Mountain National Park, making its environs spectacular even by the extremely high standards of our fair state. But the other homes on the roster are amazing in their own right.

Roberta Smith, occupational health program manger at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, hasn’t heard of anyone dying in an industrial accident at a Colorado marijuana business. But she says dispensaries, grows and the like present unusual safety risks.

Plans by Colorado Department of Transportation officials to make a formal presentation on I-70 expansion plans quickly fell by the wayside as opponents crowded into the Swansea Recreation Center to make their own case for the project to be stopped or re-routed.

Coverage of a new Realtor.com post about the ten U.S. cities with the fastest-growing suburbs, which ranked Denver at number one, has focused on Montbello, one of the most vibrant yet most misunderstood sections of the metro area. The result has been plenty of confusion.

Kayvan Khalatbari is running for mayor. On Tuesday, February 14, the Denver business owner and cannabis advocate filed paperwork with the Denver Elections Division, formalizing his candidacy for the 2019 mayoral race; Sue Chavez of the Denver Elections Division confirmed that Khalatbari had stopped by on Valentine’s Day to turn…

No offense to the City of Lights, but Denver is just a lot less dense.

Rent prices in Denver have been rising of late after leveling off in many locations. But the costs in the Mile High City seem reasonable in comparison with those at the priciest Colorado ski towns. Fortunately, though, better deals can be found in resort areas a little further from the beaten path.

Lakewood’s city council is poised to vote Monday night on whether to adopt a revised master plan for the Rooney Valley — one that encourages a dramatic influx of housing, retail services and other development impacts in an area where dinosaur tracks, open space, and the stunning backdrop of Red Rocks Park have long provided a buffer zone between suburban sprawl and the foothills.

The final phase of a $3.3 million renovation to the former Emerson School is wrapping up. Now known as the Frank B. McGlone Center, the 20,000-square-foot building at 1420 Ogden Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood was donated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2010 by Capitol Hill…

This past week was a busy one in Denver, to be sure. Mayor Michael Hancock found himself in the crosshairs of a national debate raging about sanctuary cities and whether President Donald Trump would punish municipalities that are outspoken advocates of undocumented immigrants. Neil Gorsuch, a federal appellate judge in…

The Turing School of Software & Design spent eight months looking for space to house the 500 students who enroll in its program annually before finding suitable digs in the basement of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. building at 1331 17th Street in lower downtown. “I thought it might…

Through a good portion of last year, rent prices in the metro-Denver area began to plateau in many, though not all, parts of the city. But the trends appear to be changing. According to a just-released report from ApartmentList.com, rent prices are up in most of the ten major neighborhoods highlighted by the site when analyzed both monthly and yearly.

A newly released document purporting to list the fifty highest-priority infrastructure projects according to the administration of President Donald Trump includes improvements along Interstate 70 through the mountain corridor and Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Monument. Problem is, the report’s origins are unclear and a couple of notable errors in the Colorado sections raise questions about whether those who penned the report, on view below, are actually up to speed.

Proposition 106, which legalized what proponents call medical aid in dying, a process by which patients diagnosed with six months or fewer to live may be provided with a prescription they can self-administer in order to end their suffering, won overwhelming approval in the November 2016 election, passing by a 65-35 percent margin. But a representative of the measure’s main advocacy organization admits to frustration over the number of Colorado hospitals — dozens of them — that are making it more difficult for potentially qualifying individuals to access the procedure.

Is the solution to reducing or eliminating Interstate 25 traffic jams along the northern corridor a high-tech tube called Hyperloop One, through which passengers and cargo can travel at speeds up to 700 miles per hour? The folks at the Colorado Department of Transportation hope so, and while the concept sounds like science fiction, they believe it’s on the verge of becoming fact.

Bowing to pressure from community groups and fossil lovers, Jefferson County’s Board of County Commissioners voted last night against a proposed rezoning that would have placed up to four auto dealerships in close proximity to the most significant dinosaur track site in the country.