Tomorrow is the Colorado primary, which will set much of the November 4 ballot. But there are dozens of campaigns for state and local initiative efforts already under way around Colorado, and they could determined what issues we’ll be voting on four months from now. At the moment, only one…
Last week, we wrote about advocacy organization Denver Homeless Out Loud’s argument that a $1.8 million security plan to add ten new police officers to patrol the Ballpark neighborhood, LoDo and the 16th Street Mall represents a new effort to criminalize homelessness. This evening, the Denver City Council is expected…
As Scott “Honey Badger” Gessler stepped away from another run for the Secretary of State seat in order to go for governor, Joe “I go by Joe” Neguse stepped into the race for that position, as the sole Democratic candidate. Neguse believes that young people should be as involved in…
Updated with correction: Governor John Hickenlooper brought out the big verbal weapons during a Friday meeting of Colorado law enforcers on Friday, saying, “What the fuck?” after Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith didn’t immediately accept his apology for failing to consult with the group before signing gun laws they oppose…
Most politicians like to hear themselves talk, but Mayor Michael Hancock may have taken an appreciation for his own voice to a new level over the past three years. During that time, the mayor has recorded at least seventeen messages that been played inside the terminal trains at Denver International…
The group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is celebrating a victory after Chipotle requested that its customers not bring guns into its restaurants. The group had pressured the Colorado-based chain to take a stand following an incident in which open-carry supporters brought assault rifles into a Texas…
Imagine, in a moment of suspended disbelief, that your job pays 174 grand a year. And comes with a $1.3 million expense account. And a staff of eighteen Ivy League yes-men whose sole duty is to bray loud and wide about the miracle that is you — when they’re not…
Chipotle, a chain founded in Denver by CU grad Steve Ells, is asking that customers not bring guns into its restaurants following an incident in which open-carry supporters brought assault rifles into one of its restaurants in Texas. “Historically, we felt it enough to simply comply with local laws regarding…
As part of the “Every 5th” series of monthly rallies organized by the groups Anonymous and Occupy Denver, demonstrators took to the streets near the State Capitol on Monday night to protest police brutality. The Denver Police Department soon got involved in what an Anonymous release describes as violent shoving…
Update: Earlier this week, we reported about legislation that would have established a felony DUI law in Colorado, as well as the arguments in favor of the bill made by Mother’s Against Drunk Driving; see our previous coverage below. In the end, however, the measure fell short, and a representative…
With Republicans determined to take back control of the U.S. Senate by unseating a handful of vulnerable Dems and polls showing the race between Senator Mark Udall and challenger Representative Cory Gardner devolving into a dead heat, it’s hardly a surprise that interest groups on both sides are pouring money…
Last week, administrators of the city’s 911 system revealed that federal, state and local dignitaries — like the governor, the mayor and others — have been receiving “a more robust Denver police response than the public,” according to the Denver Post. The new policy went into effect in December, less…
Last week, we noted that a bill to ban red-light cameras (after years of failed attempts) had managed to win approval in the state senate. But it was flagged yesterday by a House committee after heavy lobbying from a number of local mayors, including Denver’s Michael Hancock, and the Colorado…
A proposal that aims to bring Colorado civil rights laws in line with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act was approved last week at its first and second Senate committee hearing — and if it passes one more hurdle today, it will reach the House this week. “The current Colorado…
In January, Colorado Department of Corrections chief Rick Raemisch drew headlines when he sent himself to the hole for twenty hours, so he could get some idea of what it’s like for prisoners serving time in solitary confinement. Raemisch believes that isolation cells are overused in the state prison system,…
For years, Senator Scott Renfroe has tried to ban red-light cameras — devices mounted near traffic signals or in police vans that snap shots of vehicles allegedly breaking traffic laws — under the theory that they’re more about revenue than safety. The effort failed in 2012, but it’s got a…
A new poll finds John Hickenlooper leading four Republican challengers in the 2014 governor’s race. But the gender gap in the survey is more like a chasm, with men backing each of the GOP hopefuls but women favoring Hick by an even larger margin. We’ve got a numbers breakdown, supplemented…
In February 2013, we told you about Craig Brittan, the Colorado Springs man behind Is Anybody Down?, a website that published “involuntary” nude photos — meaning intimate images typically intended to embarrass ex-lovers. The popular term for such web destinations? Revenge porn sites. Brittan’s address is now history, but the…
Sixteen-year-old Nicole Castaneda had one request of the supporters who gathered in front of the Denver immigration court before her hearing: to sing John Lennon’s “Imagine” because, as an advocate explained, Nicole wanted them to “imagine a world where kids could just be kids, without fear of deportation.” Nicole was…
Update: Jaime Leon Rivas, a nineteen-year-old undocumented immigrant who we wrote about last week (see below), has been released from detention, where he was awaiting deportation. On April 2, a week after his friends and family held a vigil outside the GEO immigrant detention center in Aurora on the occasion…
Libertarian politics in Colorado have always been among the most fun to watch. After all, the nation’s third-largest political party was founded in Colorado Springs 42 years ago and has attracted all kinds of colorful characters, from Lakewood City Councilman Doug Anderson, who became the first Libertarian elected to office…
Washington Park is without question one of Denver’s favorite parks. But is this status endangered by the bad behavior associated with alcohol? That’s among the assertions made in a letter by Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt, who’s calling for a ban on alcohol in the park. Continue for more information,…
