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Colorado Legislature May Once Again Lead Country in the Fight for Gender Equity

In the wake of #MeToo and Time's Up, statehouses around the country are grappling with how to hold legislators accountable for sexual harassment in an environment where there isn't a traditional boss. The most severe form of punishment is expulsion, the equivalent of being fired, but that is rarely ever wielded. This year, Colorado expelled a House Democrat, the first time a state legislator was expelled in more than 100 years. Other statehouses have also been aggressive in the fight to eradicate sexual harassment. But in true Colorado fashion, the Centennial State is leading the country in creating a safe, harassment-free environment at the Capitol. That's if legislators can agree on the fix.
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First Sweet Leaf Budtenders Appear in Court

Three Sweet Leaf budtenders arrested for alleged illegal cannabis sales saw their first court date in Denver County Court on Friday, December 29, with one of the defendant's attorney leaving the court feeling optimistic.
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Double Murder at RiNo Bar: No Arrests, Police Ask for Help

Ten days after a double murder outside a bar on one of RiNo's hottest blocks, no arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified. But the Denver Police Department is hoping to change that and is asking for the public's help in identifying the killer or killers of two fathers, Guillermo Ornelas and Jose Herrera-Cabral.
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The Ten Best Comedy Events in Denver in September

As Labor Day approaches, many locals focus on getting back to business after months of summertime idleness. As a result, September can feel like a rather humdrum time. Luckily for comedy nerds, the entertainment calendar for September is packed with standup showcases, wrestling matches and even an improv show. Here are the ten best ways to laugh September away.
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Unjust Firings for Colorado Marijuana Users: Inside a New Fix

Even though Coloradans voted to legalize medical marijuana use in 2000 and recreational pot sales in 2012, employers in the state can still legally sack workers who score positive for cannabis on drug tests. But the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' local branch is trying to change that. Denver NORML executive director Jordan Person says the organization is currently looking for Colorado legislators to sponsor a bill that would prevent businesses from, in her words, "firing people on Wednesday for performing a lawful activity on Saturday."
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Denver Animal Group’s “Rescue” of 3 Chickens Causes Social-Media Frenzy

Yesterday, September 17, Denver Baby Animal Save posted a Facebook video detailing what the activist group characterizes as the rescue of three chickens from a local business identified elsewhere online as Long Shadow Farm in Berthoud. The clip, on view below, has resulted in an explosion of responses on social media, prompting a debate about whether this action constituted a bold gesture on behalf of respect for all living creatures or criminal behavior.
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Denver Councilman Albus Brooks: “I Got Hooked on Opioids”

At an event last week, Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks revealed that he had battled through an addiction to opioids. But he declined an interview request from Westword to talk in more detail about this ordeal, which came about as a result of treatment for cancer, even though opioid deaths are on the rise in Denver and across the state.
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Pod Save America Tour Is Coming to Denver

Pod Save America, currently the country's hottest political podcast, is bringing its live tour to Denver in early 2018 in a double bill with its Crooked Media sister program, Lovett or Leave It. The shows will take place back to back at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thursday, February 8, 2018, at the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre.
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Study: New Amazon HQ in Denver Could Send Rents Sky High and More

Today, October 19, marks the deadline for cities to submit proposals to Amazon focusing on why they should be home to the company's second headquarters, shorthanded as HQ2, and the presentation from Denver, which is considered one of the favorites, is in. Plenty of locals have been worried about the impact on traffic, infrastructure and more should the Mile High City win the race, which is predicted to result in more than 100,000 new jobs between Amazon employees and ancillary workers, and a new study that predicts significantly higher rent and housing costs here in the wake of HQ2 adds more reasons for concern.
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100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Jordan Knecht

Jordan Knecht is interdisciplinary art in motion—as he tells us below, he relies on whatever tools he can master as a means to an end, whether it’s for multimedia installations, fine art, performance art, making music, making noise and often, for a combination of all of the above and more.
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Mysterious Hour Before Adam Lee Was Crushed to Death at Loveland Ski Area

As we've reported, Erika Lee, widow of Loveland Ski Area employee Adam Lee, who was killed last month beneath the Magic Carpet lift, a conveyor belt used in beginner ski lessons, has been frustrated by the dearth of information released to date about the circumstances of the tragic incident. But the first major study of the accident, just released by the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board, raises as many questions as answers. The report reveals that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the lift even though Lee spent more than an hour beneath it. The device only stopped after crushing Lee to death.