Had six non-Romney fans not be banned from attending, they would have learned that Congressman Paul Ryan is just a family man with a lot of love for the State of Colorado. That’s how the newly announced vice presidential candidate presented himself at the start of his speech at Lakewood…
Speaking one week after a former Denver resident shot six people dead in Wisconsin, and less than a month after James Holmes killed twelve and injured dozens more in Aurora, Denver police chief Robert White told Westword it’s time to make progress on gun control. We spoke with White over…
As the number of cyclists in Denver continues to grow rapidly, the city is racing to keep up, building new infrastructure that helps bikes and vehicles safely share the road. The city is now exploring the best options for a bike facility on 15th Street, a major link in downtown,…
Between the shooting of Denver police officer Celena Hollis and the death of twelve people at the Aurora theater massacre, it’s been a particularly violent summer locally — a fact that underscored an annual peace march over the weekend. Denver officials and community groups banded together Saturday morning to denounce…
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 first solo day…
A Colorado voter advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Secretary of State and six county clerks, arguing that ballots in the current system are traceable — violating voters’ right to secret, anonymous ballots. This flaw, the group says, exposes Coloradans to voter intimidation and could discourage people…
As part of this week’s feature, “Rocky Mountain High,” we went inside the control room of the Eisenhower Tunnel, the world’s highest vehicular tunnel, which famously crosses the Continental Divide. More than 300 million cars have passed through since 1973, and the rate today is twice what is was thirty…
Editor’s note: This election cycle,Westword is exploring the public records of television stations for information on how candidates are spending money on ads in Denver. Our latest dive into the political ad spending records at Denver television stations reveals that President Barack Obama’s team is looking to secure votes from…
The same day Barack Obama made several campaign stops in Colorado, a national gun control group launched an advertisement in Denver calling on both the president and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney to put forth a plan to curb gun violence across the country. The spot, which references the Aurora…
If Barack Obama wins Colorado, he’ll win the election. That’s what the president said today in a campaign stop in Denver — and based on the focus of his speech, it’s clear that his campaign believes women’s issues are a key component of the battle to secure votes in this…
A week after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney brought his campaign to Jefferson County, President Barack Obama is making stops in Colorado, highlighting the importance of this key swing state. Today, thousands of supporters filed into the Auraria Event Center to hear Obama speak, which he’s scheduled to do moments…
A corporation has shut down all of Larimer Square today, buying out businesses on the historic block for a private event — but at least one merchant has refused to close his doors. Larimer Street between 15th and Speer and 14th Street between Market and Lawrence streets are closed to…
Since James Holmes fired shots into a movie theater in Aurora, killing twelve people, politicians across the country have launched heated debates about gun control. Now, Representative Diana DeGette has entered the fray with proposed legislation that she says could help prevent this kind of tragedy in the future. The…
More and more cyclists are riding in Denver. So it’s good timing that the city’s main cycling advocacy organization — one working to make the streets safer for bikes — has just received the largest single donation in the group’s history…
Political groups in Colorado have more freedom to pour money into campaigns without disclosing their finances thanks to Secretary of State Scott Gessler, who has overstepped his bounds and rewritten election rules. At least that’s the charge of Colorado Ethics Watch and Colorado Common Cause, which have filed a complaint…
Underscoring the importance of Colorado in the presidential election — and the significance of Jefferson County in the race to win this key swing state — Mitt Romney held a rally today in Golden, marking his first campaign stop since returning from his trip in Europe…
Since James Holmes fired shots into an Aurora movie theater — after purchasing four guns in two months and 6,000 rounds of ammunition off the Internet — heated gun control debates have emerged nationally and locally, with elected officials questioning whether stricter laws could have stopped this tragedy. Former Colorado…
The heated gun control debates that have emerged in response to the Aurora theater shooting that left twelve dead have reached elected officials at all different levels of government — whether they want to talk about it or not. Since Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, arguably the most prominent Colorado member…
An all-white bicycle with a bouquet of yellow flowers is now locked to a street pole on Lincoln at 6th Avenue — an intersection where a cyclist collided with a car whose driver allegedly stole the bike and fled from the scene. The memorial, put up by local bike advocates…
The thorny political territory of gun control can be especially challenging for President Barack Obama’s cheerleaders in Colorado, where debates about access to guns have great local significance after James Holmes shot seventy people in an Aurora movie theater. Since the attack, Obama has called for a “common sense” approach…
Marking one hundred days before Election Day, Barack Obama’s campaign held thousands of events across the country on Saturday, asking supporters to take at least one action for the President through an initiative called “It Takes One.” As part of that effort, his Colorado team brought not one, but two…
Turns out that one half of Harold & Kumar just wasn’t enough to get Colorado voters excited about reelecting Barack Obama. In May, Kal Penn, i.e. Kumar, came to a Denver youth summit to promote Obama, and this weekend, John Cho, i.e. Harold, is getting in on the fun and…
