Politics & Government

Donna Lynne, a Democrat who’s both Colorado’s lieutenant governor and the state’s chief operating officer, is running for governor in 2018. In the following in-depth interview, she touts her experience in both the public and private sectors and her intimate understanding of policy under her current boss, Governor John Hickenlooper, as reasons voters should choose her from among a very crowded field bidding for Colorado’s top elective office.

Part of the City Park stormwater drainage project entails cutting down 260 trees, which protesters were none too happy about at a vigil they held this week for the trees. Readers have their own opinions about the trees and project as a whole.

The numbers of courthouse arrests were far higher than anyone – city officials included – realized: 31 courthouse arrests in Denver between October 2016 and early May 2017.

Vice President Mike Pence might have been the guest of the Colorado GOP, but protesters outside the fundraiser in Denver he was scheduled to visit on October 26 made it clear he wasn’t welcomed.

Our guide to the ballot measures Denver voters will see in November 2017, including I-300 and 2A through 2G.

Denver usually sees the highest demand for shelter space November through April. As we start to experience the first snow storms of the season, Westword checked in with the city to find out what shelter options are available during winter 2017-2018, and how those options may have changed from last season.

A year ago, Dan Baer didn’t think he’d ever run for office. But now, he is in a predicament: what to do next after his campaign, which started with a fundraising bang, came to an abrupt end.

On Thursday, October 25, the plaintiffs — Michaell Baca, Polly Baca and Robert Nemanich — and Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced they had reached a deal that would allow the lawsuit against Williams’s office to move forward with a few conditions.

This week, Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks shared on his Facebook page a racist email he received as a way of underscoring and decrying the hateful speech, messaging and behavior he feels has been unleashed by President Donald Trump and the forces behind his rise to power. According to Brooks, Caucasians and people of color have reacted to the post very differently.

Poor Mike Pence. The vice president of the United States is headlining a Colorado Republican fundraiser on October 26, and apparently the state Republican Party is having such a hard time selling tickets that they’re offering a “Groupon-like deal” to see him: $150 for one ticket or $275, the original price for a single ticket, for two.

If Colorado has an electoral twin, it’d be Virginia. Here’s why we should pay attention to the outcome of the November 7 gubernatorial race in our northern sister state.

Two Democratic challengers raised more than $400,000 last quarter, more than incumbent Mike Coffman’s $300,000+ haul. But that’s both good and bad for Dems looking to take down the five-term congressman.

Next to the antics of our supreme leader and disgusting film producers, no story has garnered more attention than the kneeling scandal engrossing the NFL.

Her failure-to-appear means that a warrant has been put out for her, and that Phoenix will face additional charges in Denver if located. We immediately tried to reach her, but found that her personal cell phone number had been disconnected and that her personal Gmail account and Facebook profile had been deleted.

This summer, a production crew from VICE was in the Mile High City filming an episode for their series Weediquette about the relationship between the growth of the cannabis industry and Denver’s affordable housing and homelessness crises.

The 33-year-old son of Eritrean immigrants, Joe Neguse has the early backing of Democratic Party leadership as he looks to become Colorado’s first-ever African American member of congress.

On November 7 — or now, if you vote by mail-in ballot — Denver residents will decide if they want to approve nearly a billion dollars’ worth of bond measures, the heftiest general obligation bond proposal in the city’s history.

Erik Underwood, a tech industry pro who switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat after his 2016 run for the U.S. Senate fell short, is a candidate for Colorado governor in 2018. In the following in-depth conversation, Underwood talks about overcoming an impoverished childhood en route to a successful business career and the details of his ambitious agenda for the state.

On November 7 — or now, if you vote by mail-in ballot — Denver residents will decide if they want to approve nearly a billion dollars’ worth of bond measures, the heftiest general obligation bond proposal in the city’s history. The GO Bond package, billed as “a plan to repair…

Colorado’s immigrant rights community has been galvanized by two major developments this week as ICE continues to bear down on undocumented immigrants under the directives of President Trump. Ingrid Encalada Latorre, a well-known sanctuary seeker and immigration activist, decided at the last minute to defy her deportation order; she did…

Jack Phillips of Denver’s Masterpiece Cakeshop is reportedly shocked and appalled that someone asked him to bake a birthday cake for Satan. But was his rejection of this entreaty against the law? A representative of The Satanic Temple, a Salem, Massachusetts-based organization that’s been encouraging folks to make just such a request of Phillips and other bakers who feel they should be allowed to refuse service to gay customers because of their Christian faith, says yes.