Library Expands Services to Accommodate Homeless, Mentally Ill
The Denver Public Library has hired two social services and four peer navigators to help its most vulnerable visitors.
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How Michael Hancock’s Sexy Text Victim Made Denver City Council Blink
At this time yesterday, March 18, political observers were wondering if Denver City Council would investigate Mayor Michael Hancock after a new call for an inquiry from his alleged victim, Denver police detective Leslie Branch-Wise. By the evening, the answer had moved close to a “yes,” with council president Albus Brooks, who’d previously said “I continue to maintain that an investigation is not warranted because there are no disputed facts about the case” reversing course in dramatic fashion.
Ask a Stoner: Can I Still Find Swag in Colorado?
Probably not at a dispensary — at least not that anyone would admit.
Denver Gets Defensive Over Michael Marshall Jail Death Report
Late last year, the City of Denver agreed to pay $4.65 million and make major changes in its jail policies to settle claims involving Michael Marshall, who died in a Denver detention center circa 2015 during a mental-health crisis captured on video. But that wasn’t enough according to a scathing new report from Denver’s Office of the Independent Monitor, which makes eight recommendations for policy change above and beyond ones already agreed to in the settlement pact.
Everything You Need to Know About Today’s March for Our Lives
In anticipation of March for Our Lives on Saturday, March 24, in Denver, here’s everything you need to know, including details of the event, where the march will go, how to get there and various pre-march meetups.
Read Message About Denver Post‘s “Vulture” Owner the Paper Won’t Print
After the Denver Post announced that it will be laying off thirty employees, the Denver Newspaper Guild published on its website a message to Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that owns the paper and has been slowly gutting it: “Sell the Denver Post Now!”
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New City Fund Will Pay for Lawyers to Defend Immigrants Facing Removal
On Monday, March 19, Denver launched a long-anticipated legal defense fund for immigrants with $385,000 in its coffers. The aim of the fund is to provide legal representation to Denver residents who are fighting removal orders or who have requested relief through avenues like Differed Action for Childhood Arrivals, asylum applications, naturalization or certain visas.
27J Becomes First Urban District in Colorado to Implement a Four-Day Week
After months of heated parent town halls and tough community discussions, a school district in Adams County has become the first urban district in the state to transition to a four-day school week starting this August. Years of low teacher pay had taken its toll, and district leadership were desperate to try something different to change the tides amid a statewide teacher shortage and an underfunded education budget.
John Oliver: Mike Pence’s Homophobia Has a Colorado Flavor
On the March 18 edition of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver delivered a segment that excoriated Vice President Mike Pence, with a particular concentration on policies he’s supported that are widely seen as homophobic.
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Will City Council Investigate Michael Hancock After New Victim Statement?
Denver City Councilman Rafael Espinoza’s call for an investigation over improper texts that Denver Mayor Michael Hancock sent to Denver police detective Leslie Branch-Wise when she was a member of his security detail circa 2011-2012 didn’t gain support from other members of the panel, which issued a joint statement rejecting the launch of such a probe.
Ten Ways Colorado Is Better for Retirement Than Florida
The financial website WalletHub recently released its 2018 list of the Best & Worst States to Retire…and Colorado ranked right up there, as number two. Top honors went to Florida.
Is Levi Tillemann Toast?
Lacking in money or a standout issue, Levi Tillemann appears to be in deep trouble as the Democratic primaries approach.
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Firing Flight Attendants Who Watched an iPad May Cost United $1.5 Million
Despite having more than seventy years of combined experience working for United Airlines, flight attendants Ruben Lee and Jeanne Stroup were fired by the carrier for watching a video on an iPad for approximately fifteen minutes and failing to wear aprons during one flight in September 2013. But while folks at the company may have thought they’d save money by sacking two veteran employees, they were wrong. A jury has awarded Lee and Stroup $800,000 in damages, and attorney David Lane, who represents them, predicts the final tally will come close to double that amount.
Polis Invokes Tenth Amendment to Protect State Pot Programs in 2019 Federal Budget
He’s been trying to protect state-compliant cannabis businesses since Jeff Sessions rescinded nine years’ worth of federal pot protections in January.
Reader: How Much Money Has Been Wasted Going After Sweet Leaf?
Sweet Leaf is in the middle of a city hearing that will determine the fate of its licenses.
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Reader: Why Are We Punishing the Homeless?
The Right to Rest bill, as it was known, died 10-3 in a committee that notoriously killed last year’s version of the bill. Advocates who testified included the ACLU of Colorado, and law enforcement agencies and city officials around the state testified against the bill.
Op Ed: We Need a Real Public Conversation About Consumption
The author argues that it’s time to get serious about the issue about where and when people can consume cannabis.
Reader: Growth Is Good, But Denver’s History Is Disappearing!
Over the next 25 years Revesco Properties, which owns Elitch Gardens Theme and Water Park, will redevelop that stretch of the South Platte into an “urban district” that will include high-rise housing and parks. And Elitch Gardens will eventually move.
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Parents Line Up in Opposition to DPS Special-Education Cuts
Parents are worried that DPS cuts in the central office will hurt the quality of special education services for their children. The district says these cuts will provide more school-based resources, especially for mental and emotional health.
Theo Wilson Goes Viral Again, This Time on BuzzFeed
The video, which has been viewed more than 1.8 million times on Facebook alone since it was released on Wednesday, March 14, covers Wilson’s infiltration of the alt-right by creating a fake conservative social media profile.
A Free Clothing Store for the Homeless Is Opening in Five Points
The store will be called Humanity and will offer a fitting room and clothing off the racks that will range from street wear and cold-weather outfits to more formal interview attire. No payment is required.
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How One Word Could Change Denver’s Sweet Leaf Prosecution
The hearing has since been extended for two more days into next week, and it could take longer than that as hearing officer Suzanne Fasing decides upon Sweet Leaf’s fate in Denver.