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Westword Summer Membership Drive Underway

By Chelsey Dequaine-JerabekAugust 12, 2024

Election season is upon us. We’re here to make sense of it – but we need our readers’ support.

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Reader: A Tuff Shed With a Bed Isn’t a Tiny Home, Just a Tiny Place to Stay

By Westword ReadersAugust 11, 2024

One of Denver’s largest homeless service providers, Colorado Village Collaborative, is upgrading three housing sites.

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Denver Residents Share Top Concerns About Rent, Home Prices and Tax Increases

By Bennito L. KeltyAugust 9, 2024

“For a three-bedroom house [in Denver], you could have a ranch in the South.”

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Eight Measures Fail to Make Colorado Ballot, Three More Submit Signatures

By Hannah MetzgerAugust 6, 2024

If the signatures are certified, Colorado voters will face fourteen statewide ballot initiatives this November.

Lyft e-scooter riders

Denver Council Starts Talking About Tackling E-Scooter Violations

By Hannah MetzgerAugust 6, 2024

“We are taking the people’s right-of-way and we are giving it to two private, for-profit companies and we’re getting nothing in return.”

eviction sign at hotel

Motel Owners Sue Greenwood Village Over Ordinance That Limits Homeless Motel Stays

By Bennito L. KeltyAugust 5, 2024

“I feel like we’re genuinely contributing to society by being a hotel that steps up…I just want them to allow us to continue to do the good that we’re doing.”

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Black tiny homes in micro-community

Homeless Services Provider Turns Tent Encampment Into Tiny Homes

By Bennito L. KeltyAugust 1, 2024

Colorado Village Collaborative is upgrading three sites overall, and closing a supervised tent encampment in the Montbello neighborhood.

RFK Oliver Split

Will Robert F. Kennedy Be Colorado’s Libertarian Candidate, or Stay Independent?

By Jack SpiegelJuly 31, 2024

“If we’re able to put RFK’s name on the ballot with both independent and Libertarian Party of Colorado, we will be very proud to do so.”

police officer on top of recruit in fight

Suit Claims Denver Police Training Gauntlet Led to Recruit’s Double Amputation

By Michael RobertsJuly 30, 2024

“Saying my life has been ruined is a complete understatement. I had everything going for me in life and it was all taken away.”

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Fresh Off a Migrant Crisis and Still Battling Homelessness, Mayor Johnston Looks to Year Two

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 30, 2024

“We want to focus on climate, we want to focus on childcare, we want to focus on transit.”

abortion protesters at Colorado capitol with signs

Colorado Will Soon Expand Insurance Coverage for Abortion

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 26, 2024

This latest update comes as Colorado voters consider solidifying abortion rights even further.

A main speaks.

Mayor Digs in Heels for Affordable Denver Tax, Says Working Families Hardly Affected

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 26, 2024

During a town hall about affordability, Johnston promised Harvey Park residents that his proposed sales tax wouldn’t affect grocery or gas prices.

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Three More Proposals Submit Signatures for Colorado’s November Ballot

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 25, 2024

Voters could be weighing more than a dozen statewide proposals in the next election.

A man takes ammo from a vending machine.

Ammo Vending Machine Coming to Buena Vista Grocery Store

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 25, 2024

“What is the need for this?” asks Tom Mauser. “We have at least 1,600 gun shops in the state.”

ribbon-cutting ceremony in Denver

Urban Peaks Opens “Mothership” Shelter for Homeless Youth

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 24, 2024

A few months after a $2 million wage theft decision went against Urban Peak, the organization was able to secure funding and open its 136-bed shelter on schedule.

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A man speaks.

Johnston Touts Homeless Efforts, Looks Ahead to Affordability in State of the City

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 22, 2024

“If we want to keep the mom and the grandma and the college graduate in Denver, we can, but we have to choose it and we have to fight for it.”

Jared Polis and Dana Bash during a CNN interview.

Polis Doubts He’ll Be Kamala Harris’s Running Mate – Suggests He’s Too Bald, Gay and Jewish

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 22, 2024

“My phone hasn’t rung yet,” Governor Jared Polis said during a CNN interview.

new mayor in tie raises hands

Mike Johnston Promised to End Homelessness in His First Term. Here’s What He Did His First Year

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 22, 2024

As Denver’s mayor delivers his State of the City address, we look back over his first twelve months.

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Joe Biden in front of flags

Analysis: Until 1968, Presidential Candidates Were Picked by Party Conventions. What Now?

By Philip KlinknerJuly 21, 2024

With President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race, the convention nominating system could be revived.

Barrack Obama and Joe Biden wave to crowd at 2008 DNC

President Joe Biden Ends Run; Nominated as Vice President in Denver in 2008

By Patricia CalhounJuly 21, 2024

Joe Biden’s path to the presidency started in Denver in 2008.

A man smiles.

Mayor Pledges Housing Assistance to Help Downtown Denver Residents

By Bennito L. KeltyJuly 19, 2024

“The truth is you can only live in San Francisco if you’re rich. We do not want Denver to be a city where only the rich live.”

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Political roundtable meeting

Lawmakers Begin New Effort to Protect Police Misconduct Whistleblowers

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 19, 2024

“The people who keep us safe should feel safe at work, especially if they just want to do the right thing and report misconduct.”

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