Politics & Government

The group had tried to shut down the annual conference organized by the National Jewish Fund-USA; now they’ll demonstrate through tomorrow.

Venezuelan migrants camping near Speer Boulevard and Zuni Street have formed a community, bonding over food and where they send their kids to school.

The eleven-story building looks over one of Denver’s hottest music venues and comes complete with a heated pool, a dog-walking patio and rooftop lounge.

Denver has been looking to longtime city liaison Steve Charbonneau to negotiate agreements between residents and homeless micro-community providers.

The HOP mobile clinic will provide health-care services as part of Mayor Mike Johnston’s House1000 program.

Mayor Mike Johnston has been asking city department officials to send him their best and brightest for one last “Hail Mary” at his House1000 initiative.

The CAA will no longer represent Saira Rao after she made posts about Israelis being “genocidal ghouls” who are “obsessed with land and power and money.”

Conservatives say Representative Tim Hernandez is unpatriotic for swapping a U.S. desk flag with a Palestinian one, despite Republicans doing it for Israel.

A debate on food assistance for children during the last day of Colorado’s special session turned into a screaming match over the Israel-Hamas war.

Delay tactics, protests and cocaine – oh my.

The mayor’s senior homelessness advisor spoke to Westword about the decision to delay a contract with his former employer, Colorado Village Collaborative.

Denver’s “Highland Mafia” is doing all it can to help migrants in need – something the city should be doing more of, the group says.

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science wants a fellow in residence at the general assembly to help with topics like energy, air pollution and public health.

The special legislative session will cost taxpayers up to $24,000 per day, but the price isn’t just financial for Colorado legislators.

Maria Casillas’s decision to go back to Mexico for a U.S. citizenship interview has cost the Denver grandmother a year with her family.

As the Colorado Legislature convenes for a special session on property taxes, Westword explains how the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights fits into the discussion.

Residents and former staffers at Colorado Village Collaborative sites in Denver say the city’s new micro-community manager is “awful” and “disorganized.”

Drivers rammed protesters at least six times in Colorado during protests in 2020. Now the state is taking extra measures to protect Capitol demonstrators.

Mayor Johnston has enlisted the help of Housing Connector, a nonprofit, to find permanent living spaces for Denver’s homeless and meet his House1000 goal.

Asphalt has come out at the 1375 Elati Street micro-community site, leaving people to wonder just how “temporary” the homeless communities really are.

The Krisana Group, a real-estate developer based in Centennial, has pulled out of its contract to turn 1380 South Birch Street into a micro-community.

Governor Jared Polis grants a special legislative session as early 2023 election results show his property tax relief plan going down in flames.