Politics & Government

Dems clocked some key victories, but failed to weaken a key tenet of TABOR

Election season defined Denver politics in 2019. Mayor Michael Hancock won a third and final term, while three city council incumbents lost to first-time candidates. And the new-look council has shown that it’s not afraid to challenge the mayor’s agenda. Continue reading for the top Denver political stories of 2019,…

The future of the golf course land is the next big battle. But tensions have long been swirling over the future of the historic Park Hill amid the threat of gentrification.

Is it constitutional to criminalize homeless people sleeping outdoors?

The defendant’s attorney Jason Flores-Williams says he didn’t appreciate an outburst in which activists clashed with sheriffs deputies while observing a trial for his client, who was arrested during a climate protest.

Legislation is currently being readied for 2020.

Councilman Chris Hinds’ office is concerned new, denser cell towers are appearing with a lack of a transparent public process.

Representative Adrienne Benavidez is introducing a bill that would require state health inspections at immigrant detention facilities in Colorado.

On impeachment eve, activists across Denver metro are gathering for pro-impeachment rallies.

“We want to make sure to thank you all in advance for all the long nights, all the cold pizza and day-old coffee that you’re going to drink.”

“The air in beautiful Colorado has been unsafe to breathe for far too long.”

Christopher McCurdy is leading two large kratom studies.

A ballot question about citizenship requirements for voters has made the 2020 ballot in Colorado.

Why on earth would Colorado’s junior senator ever be anything less than enthusiastically supportive of Donald Trump?

“I didn’t want to linger. I wasn’t into trying to regain the past status I had — the glory, if you will.”

Six detainees have scabies at the immigrant detention facility in Aurora.

Denver City Council is exploring a proposal that would increase the independence of the city attorney.

Protesters held signs that carried messages like “Animals are not ours to experiment on” and “CSU: Stop tormenting wild birds!”

“Why are we here? Because Polis won’t listen to our demands.”

Devereux’s shelter in Westminster will have capacity for up to 24 male unaccompanied migrant teenagers.

A committee advising Denver Community Corrections on how to replace over 500 beds operated by private prison giants GEO and CoreCivic is caught up in a fight about the timeline it has to come up with a plan, before it can consider bigger questions about what the community corrections system should look like.

“Make no mistake, Suncor: I’m not here to be your friend.”