Denver Post: Politics

Councilman Paul López, who has served the longest current stretch among Denver’s council members, will run for a new position.
López, 40, said on Thursday that he had officially entered the 2019 race to be Denver’s clerk and recorder. Peg Perl, an ethics attorney, also is running.

Earlier this week I went to our fearless leader, politics editor Cindi Andrews, and told her I’ve been lying awake at night, tossing and turning. “I don’t know what matters to Jefferson County voters.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

WASHINGTON — Republicans are warning that time is running out for Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser to tell Congress about her claim he sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers, even as President Donald Trump called the woman’s allegation hard to believe in one of the GOP’s sharpest attacks on her credibility.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

LAS VEGAS — Republicans’ chances of keeping their majority in the U.S. Senate have become shakier as races in red states like Texas have tightened, but the party’s most vulnerable member insists he’s bullish about his re-election.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A conservative group that describes itself as “Colorado’s only no-compromise gun rights organization” is working to make sure a top Republican state representative loses his seat.
“We love election time,” Rocky Mountain Gun Owners posted on its Facebook page.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

WASHINGTON — While Hurricane Florence barreled through the Carolinas, a different type of storm was brewing within the federal disaster relief agency tasked with responding to the fallout.
The fate of Brock Long, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was cast in doubt with revelations that he was being investigated by Homeland Security’s internal watchdog and a congressional committee for the possible misuse of government vehicles.

Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration may move to create a new city transportation agency as Denver considers a transit investment that could total billions of dollars.
Denver officials have been talking publicly since 2017 about the idea of creating the new department.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed to permanently dismantle his main nuclear complex at Nyongbyon if the United States takes corresponding measures, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday after the two leaders held summit talks in Pyongyang to try to sustain nuclear diplomacy with Washington, which has been pushing hard for stronger disarmament moves from the North.

A new facility is coming to south metro Denver where the use of data-collecting “internet of things” technology will be explored and tested as means to make urban services and infrastructure work better for residents.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton outlined health care proposals Tuesday that would seek to better integrate mental health services into the primary care system, rein in Medicaid spending and allow for lower-cost insurance plans, including some providing less coverage.