Colorado is the latest state to join Secure Communities, a federal program that checks fingerprints of people booked into local jails against a national database of illegal immigrants…
All he had to do was not say something stupid and it’s possible that we would now be getting ready to inaugurate Scott McInnis Colorado’s next governor. After all, the Republican surge — led by the anti-Obama Tea Party segment — turned the elections into a near-bloodbath for Democratic candidates…
Is Denver’s new Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse all wet? The five-story, 310,000-square-foot building, the third and final structure in the Downtown Denver Justice Center campus that was authorized by Denverites in a 2005 ballot measure, was finished on time and on budget last July — but seems to have sprung a leak…
Note: This story has been updated with comments from Steve Saunders. Former 7News correspondent Steve Saunders announced on Facebook on Saturday that he plans to run for the Denver City Council seat being vacated by Marcia Johnson. Saunders, whose father is longtime entertainment writer and broadcasting critic Dusty Saunders, was…
The gin-soaked novelist who declared that there are no second acts in American lives never caught the many acts of Tom Tancredo — former U.S. Representative, presidential hopeful, gubernatorial spoiler…and now late-night talk show host. Starting Monday at 10 p.m., the Tom Tancredo Show will offer a nightly serving of…
An administrative law judge has slapped an $11,300 fine on a charity set up by anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce–the latest chapter in the murky maneuvering behind three tax-slashing amendments that opponents spent millions to defeat this fall. Bruce, of course, didn’t bother to attend the hearing on the matter two…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar clearly wanted to make a splash when he unveiled his new “wild lands” policy last week–two days before Christmas (slow news week), at a press conference outside the REI flagship store, just a few steps from his old Denver office when he was a…
Governor Bill Ritter today issued full pardons to twenty people around Colorado, including the Reverend Leon Kelly, who has been a well-known public figure and anti-gang crusader since 1986 when he founded the Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives. Kelly, whose late father was also a minister, was a drug dealer…
There is only one thing people love more than Christmas gift shopping, and that is after- Christmas gift-return shopping! As seen below, It’s also the one time of the year that Josh McDaniels and Carmelo Anthony can return what they’ve been handed, and ask for exactly what they want…..
With John Hickenlooper having been elected Colorado’s governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor next year, and the race promises to be wide open. To introduce you to the players, we’re offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Carol Boigon. “I’m a person who never gives up,” says…
Muhammad Ali Hasan is older and wiser. There is less swagger and more introspection when he talks. He’s a Democrat now. And interfaith, reaching out to Jews and Christians as well as Muslims. Oh, and he’s changing his name — to Muhammad Miguel Ali Hasan — in order to honor…
UPDATED: “WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard—and Worst of All, the Media” Where are the First Amendment’s establishment warriors as government-spooked businesses try to shut down Wikileaks? Hackers with computers, not hacks with press passes, have been the first line of resistance. Click on the link above to read the…
Yesterday’s ruling by Virginia judge Henry Hudson voiding the health-care-bill requirement that citizens buy insurance may not mean much long-term according to this Washington Post piece, but it’s certainly given opponents of what many conservatives call Obamacare an early Christmas present. Mike Kopp, minority leader in the Colorado Senate, was…
With John Hickenlooper having been elected Colorado’s governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor next year, and the race promises to be wide open. To introduce you to the players, we’re offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Chris Romer. “I’m going to win this race the old-fashioned…
Denver City Council’s decision not to provide a service-dog exception for its long-time pit-bull ban violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to an attorney suing Denver and Aurora on behalf of disabled vets. Councilwoman Paula Sandoval, who voted for creating an exception, agrees — and she wonders if it’s…
Before the refreshments in the basement but after federal judge Christina M. Habas fervently waved a pocket-sized Constitution during her speech, 76 people became naturalized citizens of the United States during a Tuesday morning ceremony at the Denver Central Library. Of the 76 people, they came from 39 countries, said…
The election’s been over for a month, but people on governor-elect John Hickenlooper’s e-mail list got one last fundraising message today. Turns out Hick’s campaign still owes $9,500 to small vendors and local businesses, and he’s hoping to raise that much by midnight tonight. Look below for his pitch…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s plan to reduce wild horse herds on public lands and relocate thousands of mustangs to preserves back East has triggered protests of roundups across the West — over everything from the costs involved to the brutal conditions of the government “gather” techniques. Tonight presents…
In a state where a onetime brewpub owner, Democrat John Hickenlooper, was just elected governor, it makes sense that a onetime bartender, Paul Weissmann, would be named the House Dems’ chief of staff. Weissmann, the former House majority leader, is term-limited, so he couldn’t run for reelection in November. Still,…
In short, it’s because of the language barrier and the fact that many immigrants who drive cabs are Muslim, which makes getting a job that much harder, says Ahmed Odawaay, 30, who drove a cab in Denver from 2003 to 2009…
The invitation is alarming: “Come find out what nasty things Colorado Governor Ritter is contemplating doing BEHIND closed doors.” The nasty thing it’s referring to is Secure Communities, a federal program that would check the fingerprints of anyone arrested in Colorado against immigration records, possibly triggering a call to Immigration…
For wildlife, Interstate 70 is the forage-lined kill zone that bisects Colorado. Last June, the ARC-International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition invited architects, engineers and ecologists to create the next generation of animal overpass for the top of West Vail Pass. The five finalists of the competition will on display…
