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Crisanta Duran hosts town hall on homelessness tonight

As the weather heats up, so do concerns that the camping ban Denver City Council approved a year ago has not worked as envisioned. Last week, Denver Homeless Out Loud released the results of its survey of 500 homeless people on the impact of the ban, which took effect on May 28, 2012. And tonight, ... More >>

ASSET: In-state tuition bill's progress gives student Cesiah Guadarrama hope

A bill that would grant undocumented immigrant students in-state tuition in Colorado is set to go before a Senate Appropriations Committee next week. Senate Bill 33, aka Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow (ASSET), breezed through a hearing by a Senate Education Committee with a bipar ... More >>

RiNo neighbors are raising a stink about factory smells in their ’hood

See also: "Smells like dead animals" and other complaints made about a pet treat factory in RiNo

Mitt Romney has an invitation to family meal at Rosa Linda's

If Mitt Romney comes back to Colorado before election day on November 6 -- and he will, since this state is still in play -- he has an invitation for a "family meal" with the Aguirres at Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe. But if he accepts this invitation, he can leave the cameras, and the campaign, at th ... More >>

John Hickenlooper: Scott Gessler may be intimidating Colorado voters

Governor John Hickenlooper joined the Obama campaign yesterday to rally voters to support the president. In addition to expressing his worries about a possible Mitt Romney presidency, the governor told us he is also concerned that another Republican official, Secretary of State Scott Gessler, may b ... More >>

Kim Cordova wins second term as president of UFCW Local 7 union

Kim Cordova, the former Safeway bakery clerk who defeated longtime union boss Ernie Duran in 2009, has won another term as president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. Cordova's battle for the union's top spot was detailed in our cover story, "Flour Power." She promised to eradicat ... More >>

Federico Pena = Mitt Romney, says Jon Caldara about Obama for America co-chair

Federico Pena -- one-time state legislator, mayor of Denver from 1983-1991, and former director of both the federal Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy for President Bill Clinton -- is now in private business. But as national campaign co-chair for Obama for America, he'll join ... More >>

Paul Ryan private Denver fundraiser, Lakewood rally more proof of swing state status

Further underscoring the importance of Colorado as a key swing state in the presidential election, Paul Ryan, the newly named Republican vice presidential candidate, is holding events in metro Denver tonight and tomorrow -- just two days after Mitt Romney announced his running mate. Ryan began his ... More >>

Latino politicians criticize GOP for criticizing Obama on new immigration policy

With the fight for Latino votes in the presidential race heating up nationally this week, Colorado GOP leaders recently criticized President Obama in this space for playing politics via his new policy easing back on deporting undocumented youth. Today, local Democrats struck back by criticizing the ... More >>

Rally to Protect Women's Health takes on fetal murder bill, personhood initiative

Pro-choice activists, legislators, physicians and faith leaders gathered on the west steps of the Capitol Monday in a "Rally to Protect Women's Health." The event was a spin-off of Pro-Choice Lobby Day, as well as a response to local and federal fetal personhood proposals.

Mitt Romney's win in Iowa could threaten immigrants, say Colorado Democrats

Rick Palacio​Colorado's Democratic leaders are worried that last night's win for Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucus could spell trouble for immigrants in Colorado. "Folks, it takes an alarming event to bring the likes of us together to weigh in on the Republican nomination," Colorado Democratic P ... More >>

A reader recalls when the halfpipes at Breck were “about six feet tall”

How victim rights became a juggernaut shaping spending, laws and the future of punishment

Scarlet Ranch, Scottie Ewing, Michael Hancock, Denver Players & the swingers story that lives on

Scottie Ewing.​Old swinger stories never die. Late Thursday, Complete Colorado broke a story about Michael Hancock allegedly being one of the clients of Denver Players, the prostitution/escort business that three years ago ended the career of Chief Judge Edward Nottingham -- the only name tha ... More >>

Crisanta Duran donated to Michael Hancock before she endorsed Chris Romer

Crisanta Duran.​Turns out that Tom Tancredo was not the only Michael Hancock supporter to start shouting "Viva Romer." State representative Crisanta Duran gave $100 to the Hancock campaign, a donation recorded on May 10 -- the day before she endorsed Chris Romer and became deputy manager of h ... More >>

The Denver mayoral race turns into a tempest in a Tea Party pot

Tom Tancredo offers his endorsement in the Denver mayor's race: Viva Chris Romer!

​ "Viva Romer!" That was the word from Tom Tancredo yesterday morning on Peter Boyles's radio show, responding to the dirty-tricks campaign designed to turn Latino voters against Michael Hancock by claiming that Tancredo has endorsed Hancock. Except, of course, that Tancredo has never endorse ... More >>

Tom Tancredo hasn't endorsed Michael Hancock, despite what pro-Romer tricksters say

Tom Tancredo.​In a Denver mayoral campaign that was supposed to be so clean, the dirtiest deed yet is tied to a man who does not even live in Denver and has not actually talked to either candidate. "That's what you get for going to lunch with Peter Boyles," says Tom Tancredo.

Medical marijuana: Jared Polis stars in National Cannabis Industry Association event (PHOTOS)

More pics below.​An event last night illustrates the growing power of the medical marijuana biz not just in Colorado, but nationwide. The stars of the show were Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, a new, Washington, D.C.-based lobbying organization, a ... More >>

Andrea Merida's classroom behavior has earned her a seat apart on the Denver school board

Crisanta Duran beats Mark Thrun in Democratic HD5 primary, gets her website hacked

Crisanta Duran.​Lawyer and former Colorado Young Democrats president Crisanta Duran defeated Denver Health doctor Mark Thrun yesterday in the Democratic State House primary in Denver's District 5. The race wasn't always pretty, with both sides accusing the other of playing dirty. But Duran's ... More >>

Democratic candidates: You are where you eat

Bob Marley gets 8 River's vote.​If you're a Democrat who hasn't voted yet, you might want to digest where some of the candidates are throwing their primary-night parties before you give them your support. In the down-and-dirty Senate race, Andrew Romanoff will be at City Hall, 1144 Broadway, w ... More >>

UFCW Local 7 endorses opponent of Crisanta Duran, former union boss's daughter, in HD 5 race

Crisanta Duran and a guy you might know​Update, 3:57 p.m.: Crisanta Duran has released a statement about the UFCW Local 7 endorsement. Look for it below the original item. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 has endorsed Mark Thrun, a Denver Health doctor, in the race to represent ... More >>

UFCW Local 7 rescinds endorsement for former union exec Crisanta Duran

"I may not have the UFCW's seal of approval -- but at least he likes me."​How bad is the blood between the current leadership of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 and Crisanta Duran, former UFCW associate counsel and daughter of ex-union boss Ernie Duran? So bad that at a meeting earl ... More >>

What happens next after grocery workers contract vote?

​Update, December 17, 3:21 p.m.: King Soopers has issued an official response to the contract ratification; still nothing from Safeway. Look below for the latest. On Tuesday, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced a surprising split vote over the latest contract offers for area ... More >>

Surprising split vote by grocery workers: King Soopers employees accept offer, Safeway staffers reject it

​Update, 12:27 p.m.: United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 spokeswoman Laura Chapin shares comments about the grocery-workers vote below the original item: This just in: King Soopers and City Market employees have voted to accept a contract offer from their company, while their peers at ... More >>

UFCW's Crisanta Duran to run for a House seat

Crisanta Duran​Crisanta Duran recently lost one election -- a bid for secretary-treasurer of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. But she's got her eye on another office. The 29-year-old currently works there as personal counsel to her father, union boss Ernest Duran Jr., who also ... More >>

Can a mild-mannered bakery clerk solve the grocery workers' labor strife?

While grocery workers fret, their union bosses are busy fighting

Melanie AsmarKim Cordova and Cindy Lucero in front of the UFCW headquarters.​ Kim Cordova and Cindy Lucero, the president-elect and secretary-treasurer-elect of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, stood in front of the union's empty headquarters in Wheat Ridge this afternoon and, w ... More >>

ProgressNow Colorado prepares for a grocery-store strike

"We're not asking you not to eat. Really."​ Negotiators for union employees of King Soopers and Safeway are heading back to the bargaining table yet again in an attempt to break a contract stalemate that's dragged on for months -- and in an indication that things are getting serious, the left- ... More >>

UFCW's Crisanta Duran fights back against union election results, nasty Channel 7 story

Crisanta Duran with a friend.​Much of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 associate counsel Crisanta Duran's time is being taken up these days with the continuing contractual stalemate between grocery workers and the two largest grocery chains in the area, Safeway and King Soopers. But ... More >>

Quiet -- too much quiet -- after Safeway's "final" offer to grocery workers

​On Wednesday, Safeway made what it termed its "final" offer to employees whose contract expired several months ago. Crisanta Duran, associate legal counsel for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, responded with a statement dismissing the latest proposal as essentially a repeat of one ... More >>

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