A new poll intended to make a serious point about the nomination of a Supreme Court justice to fill the seat opened after the death of Antonin Scalia winds up making a hilarious one about Donald Trump and newly retired Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Turns out America would rather…
Once upon a time, people who wanted to smoke without annoying anyone would simply head outside. Now, however, large parts of the outdoors in Boulder County may be off-limits to smokers no matter the substance they’re consuming, be it tobacco or marijuana. And violations could result in fines as high…
The turnout for yesterday’s Colorado caucus, during which Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders bested former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was far beyond expectations. But not every story had a happy ending. For instance, we heard from one person who wasn’t allowed to participate because he arrived in line one minute…
When RedPeak Properties first approached her about developing a five-story apartment complex in her district, Susan Shepherd remembers thinking, “Whoa, this is going to be controversial.” Even so, the then-city councilwoman never expected the mudslinging she would encounter at a community meeting she set up between the developer and her…
Last week, legislators considered a “homeless bill of rights” at the State Capitol, but representatives at a House committee meeting ultimately voted the proposal down five to six. It was a major defeat for homeless activists who were counting on passage of the Right to Rest Act — sponsored by…
This Tuesday, March 1, will be Primarypalooza, when almost a quarter of the states in this country will decide which presidential hopefuls should face off in the general election. Super Tuesday has voters in Alabama, Arkansas, (our own) Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia heading to…
Last year, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper vetoed bills related to traffic cameras and photo-radar enforcement, causing plenty of critics to see red. In explaining his reasoning, Hickenlooper suggested that he might okay legislation on the topic if they allowed the technology to be used under limited circumstances. Now, a new…
Denver is usually quick to point out all the money it’s spending to help the homeless, but what does the city spend to police them? That’s a question that a group of law students from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law recently set out to answer. In a…
Last month, we told you about a legislation sponsored by State Senator Tim Neville that would allow concealed carry without a permit in Colorado. Senate Bill 16-017, the original version of which is shared here, is still alive; on February 12, according to the Colorado General Assembly’s history page, the…
By the time the TV news teams showed up at Sustainability Park on October 24, most of the arrests had been made, and the city’s dump trucks were already in the process of hauling away five tiny houses that had been built there by dozens of homeless people and activists…
Three buses will arrive just after 6:30 p.m. tonight, as they do every evening, at Lawrence Street and Park Avenue in Denver. They’re the types of coaches that one would take on a city tour or a long-distance trip, with fold-down TV screens and luggage racks above rows of bucket-seat…
Dear Mexican: I enjoyed reading the letter some years back from the lovely Mexican lesbian about lip liner. I have met several guys from Mexico who come to the U.S. so they can come out of the closet. Nothing warms my middle-aged gay heart more than when a nice Mexican…
Denver’s Marade, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., usually attracts thousands of people, who march as one united community from City Park to Civic Center. But on January 18, the 2016 event was interrupted by demonstrations by local activists, including Black Lives Matter 5280 co-founder Amy E. Brown, who…
Dear Mexican: I’m an instructor at a community college. I wanted to work within the community college to help the marginalized and disenfranchised have greater access to education. Additionally, as a Latina, I have witnessed too many of my own people dropping out of college, and I wanted to do…
As we’ve reported, gun sales are booming in Colorado and beyond in the wake of mass shootings in Colorado Springs and San Bernardino. Indeed, December sales figures show that background checks in Colorado have nearly tripled in less than twenty years. And now, if a new bill becomes law, owners could…
“Don’t get out of the car unless we say so.” Those were the cop’s orders to Rebecca Meyers, a Jefferson County child-welfare caseworker who was waiting to make a home visit. From the driver’s seat of her car, she watched as at least a half-dozen officers went up the street…
Dear Mexican: Hey, I was wondering why it is that Mexicans are said to have low risk for heart attacks, considering they eat lots of beans, animal intestines and other strange foods like pig’s feet and cow tongue. Could there be some mysterious magical healing power in all these cultural…
Speeches made at City Park and Civic Center Park before and after today’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Marade were interrupted by protesting activists. The upheaval culminated in a speech at the podium by Black Lives Matter 5280 co-founder Amy Brown, who made an address directly to Mayor Michael Hancock…
A proposal that could ban “street-side” panhandling may appear on Denver’s ballot in November. On Friday Gregory Stross, the attorney for the Denver Safer Streets Initiative, fielded questions from David Broadwell of the Denver City Attorney’s Office regarding language in the proposed ordinance that would make it “unlawful for a…
Dear Mexican: I’m trying to get my family tree together. My family is from San Julian, Jalisco. Both of my grandparents were part of the bracero program. What is the agency or institution where they hold the list of names of Mexicans who were part of the program? I would…
Dear Mexican: I’ve been following a show called You’re the Worst since it started on FX last year. It features a character named Edgar Quintana, an awkward and troubled Iraq War vet who happens to be Mexican-American. I think this must be the only such character regularly featured in series…
Support for the death penalty continues to decline dramatically across the United States, according to a new report released by the abolition-inclined Death Penalty Information Center. The number of new death sentences imposed in 2015 was a third less than the number in 2014, while the number of actual executions dropped…
