Two weeks after a routine trip to a health clinic turned into a psychiatric hospitalization, Emma Troughton was on a plane to Denver.
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Shall the Charter of the City and County of Denver be amended concerning zoning to remove existing Charter language regarding the Board of Adjustment and require that the procedures for appeals, variances, and exceptions from the zoning code be addressed in city ordinance instead of in the charter?
A Colorado judge cried foul this week after he was admonished by the leader of the state office that disciplines attorneys for professional misconduct, while the leader defended her actions.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
When Lauren Miller found out she was pregnant at the end of July, she wrote a journal entry about how she hoped her pregnancy would be as uncomplicated as her last, especially because of the fall of Roe v.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
In her 24 years in Congress, former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder tossed barbs and quips, riling those who stood in her way because she was a woman while at the same time inspiring those who saw her as a force of nature when it came to promoting women’s equality.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Denver’s next mayor could be a businessman whose household brought in $1 million-plus in 2021 or a retiree who reported no income that year.
The job also could be filled by any of the several candidates who reported six-figure incomes over the past five tax years from a variety of sources: banking, entrepreneurship or serving as chief executives.
For years, candidates for mayor in Denver and in other large cities have vowed to end scenes of tents and tarps lining sidewalks and parks, but Mayor Michael Hancock warns that voters should be wary of anyone who claims they can fix the problem in a set amount of time.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe ongoing pandemic and the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year have increased demands on Colorado’s family planning clinics, prompting some advocates to call for more state funding — but it’s not clear if the legislature will respond.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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The Denver Post sent a questionnaire to candidates in the April 4 Denver municipal election.
The ballot question:
Shall the Charter of the City and County of Denver be amended to clarify City Council’s authority regarding zone districts and to require that zoning protests can only be initiated by property owners in Denver?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Uncertainty in the international financial sector hung a question mark over Colorado’s financial outlook Thursday.
The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, which sets the state’s budget, heard economic forecasts from both legislative economists and the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting on Thursday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Denver mayoral candidates squared off in their second of three debates in front of a capacity crowd at McAuliffe International School on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Read more: Denver Mayoral Candidates Clash
More | Talk | Read It Later | SharePolling has shown none of the 17 candidates for mayor breaking away from the pack with voters, but the latest campaign finance reports show a handful of hopefuls creating space when it comes to fundraising — and outside support.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWASHINGTON — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night. She was 82.
Schroeder’s former press secretary, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died at a hospital in Florida, the state where she had been residing.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON — Rep. Lauren Boebert’s grip on Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District didn’t seem in question heading into last year’s midterms. But in the end, the congresswoman who gained a national reputation as a combative member of the “Make America Great Again” movement won reelection by just 564 votes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
LOVELAND — The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday selected a combative former state representative who promised to be a “wartime” leader as its new chairman, joining several other state GOPs this year that have elected far-right figures and election conspiracy theorists to their top posts.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDenver boasts one of the country’s fastest-growing economies and expects to add tens of thousands of new residents by the end of the decade.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareColoradans may soon be able to fill prescriptions via a video screen and a pre-loaded dispensing machine, thanks to a bipartisan bill that sailed through the House earlier this month.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Kwame Spearman is dropping out of the Denver mayor’s race just as ballots are hitting mailboxes across the city.
He is also endorsing Kelly Brough, the former head of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.
Colorado’s municipal courts have for years operated like islands — each town with its own rules and its own system for keeping track of court cases, separate from the system for the state’s county and district courts.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With ballots now in the hands of some Denver voters, 11 leading mayoral candidates gathered at a school in northeast Denver on Tuesday for a televised debate that was noticeably nastier than previous gatherings as the cluster of people in the race sought to create separation.
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The Denver Post sent a questionnaire to candidates in the April 4 Denver municipal election.
A new survey details how Colorado’s rent prices keep the state’s young residents from seeking medical care, buying groceries and pursuing a college degree — and it found a majority of young Coloradans support rent stabilization policies.
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