Politics & Government

They worked together on the Superfund cleanup decades ago, but worry about housing the homeless on the same site.

Denver opened its first emergency migrant shelter last December after buses began showing up from Texas. Not much has changed, except the city’s readiness.

The plaintiffs want to ban the former president from state’s March 5 primary ballot, citing the 14th Amendment.

With a good idea – and 124,238 petition signatures – you can get your own ballot measure.

The nonprofit is taking on the duty of running a Denver micro-community at crunch time, with less than four weeks left in Mayor Johnston’s House1000 plan.

Homeless residents in Denver’s Ballpark District are expecting to be swept again this month after city outreach workers came by last week to offer housing.

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The CAA will no longer represent Saira Rao after she made posts about Israelis being “genocidal ghouls” who are “obsessed with land and power and money.”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