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Homelessness: City's emergency overflow shelter for women has open spots

By Sam Levin
Jan 28, 2013

Our recent cover story -- "Bed Check," a close look at the shelter space available for homeless women in Denver -- was published just as the city opened up a new overflow wintertime option exclusively for women. The emergency spot has a total of fifty mats each night. And after...
Occupy Denver: Independent monitor criticizes police, Department of Safety over protest tactics

By Sam Levin
Jan 25, 2013

Occupy Denver may no longer be making headlines, but at least one city official is still talking about the protesters -- specifically law enforcement's role in a violent confrontation. A recent report from the Office of the Independent Monitor, the city's official watchdog, says Denver Police and the Department of...
Dick Lamm pushes for controversial E-Verify system in Colorado Compact immigration group

By Sam Levin
Jan 24, 2013

Former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm is one of more than a hundred officials, public leaders and organizations to sign on to the so-called Colorado Compact on immigration -- an effort Senator Michael Bennet is spearheading. But Lamm, who has in the past made some attention-getting statements on immigration, says he...
Guns in schools: Superintendent says armed employees would offer best protection

By Sam Levin
Jan 23, 2013

We recently wrote about a legislative push in Colorado to allow permitted employees to carry guns in schools -- one of a handful of gun-related bills already making headlines at the start of the new session. We've since heard from Jeff Bollinger, a school superintendent in Sheridan Lake, who supports...
Gun legislation: Claire Levy's bill would enact real-time data transfer of mental-health records

By Sam Levin
Jan 22, 2013

As the debate around gun policy and mental health heats up in Colorado and across the country, Representative Claire Levy, a Boulder Democrat, is pushing forward with a bill that she says would help keep weapons out of the hands of the wrong people. The legislation would establish real-time data...

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