How Colorado’s Leaders Are Reacting to the Crisis at the Border

Outrage at the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families at the border has reached a boiling point. While the policy has been widely condemned, the administration doesn’t appear to be stopping it — but Colorado activists, politicians and immigrant rights groups have some ideas for how it could end.

More Evidence Vampire Hedge Fund Won’t Sell Denver Post, Other CO Papers

Like its sister paper, the Denver Post, the Boulder Daily Camera has suffered layoffs and downsizing aplenty of late. But in the coming months, the Camera will be hiring, sort of. Unfortunately, though, the positions at Prairie Mountain Publishing, its parent company, will come at the expense of the Boston Herald, ten to fifteen of whose employees were given their walking papers last week.

After a Jarring Visit From the Police, RiseUp Charter School Tries to Move On

Established in 2014, RiseUp is one of twenty Alternative Education Campuses — schools that accommodate at-risk populations — in the DPS system. The charter school specializes in teaching students who have either dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out, or have a criminal background or a history of child abuse or neglect, among other criteria.

Why It’s So Hard to Find a Home in Denver for Under $300,000

Although it’s still possible to find a single family, detached home in the Denver area for under $250,000, such properties are in extremely short supply. According to a new report, there were only 150 active listings for such abodes priced at less than $300,000 last month, as compared to nearly 900 going for $1 million or more.

Cary Kennedy Campaign on Polls, Attacks and Power of Women Voters

With just over a week to go before the June 26 primary, former Colorado treasurer and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cary Kennedy is hitting the campaign trail and the airwaves hard. And despite controversy over whether she did or didn’t break a promise about going negative, sharp responses from rival Jared Polis and questions about a mysterious poll that shows Kennedy leading the field, Serena Woods, her deputy campaign manager, is overflowing with optimism about her chances to win the nomination.