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Stapleton, Aug. 29, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Stapleton name change in motion after anti-racism demonstrations in Denver The neighborhood’s community delegates...

Stapleton may drop its neighborhood name after ongoing anti-racism demonstrations — and a day after school board member Tay Anderson vowed to protest in the...
A demonstrator wears a face mask and latex gloves while waving a placard along Lincoln Avenue during a protest Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Denver over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody in Minneapolis. (David Zalubowski/AP)

Here’s how policing may change under Colorado’s police reform bill

Update: SB20-217 "Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity" passed the legislature Friday afternoon and is now awaits Gov. Jared Polis' signature. An expansive proposed law that will require...
Protesters march through downtown Denver to demand justice for George Floyd, the black Minneapolis man killed by a white police officer on May 25, 2020. (Photo by Evan Semón, Evan Semón Photography)

Guest Post: Beyond the tears and protests: let’s stand-up, act and spark change

Amid the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, another plague likely to outlast the virus runs deep in the history of American life - systemic...

Independent monitor to investigate Denver police response to protests

There will be an investigation into the Denver Police Department’s response to the racial justice protests, the city’s Office of the Independent Monitor announced...
Welton Street in Denver on the fifth day of protests in reaction to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. June 1, 2020.

‘Silence is not an option’: Colorado newsrooms pledge to combat racism Your weekly roundup...

A slow burn inside newsrooms about the efficacy of objectivity, "both-sides-ism," and a view-from-nowhere approach to reporting burst into a public flashpoint this week. Much of it...
Denver Public Schools will begin phasing police officers, known as school resource officers, out of its middle and high schools.

Denver school board votes to phase police out of schools

Police officers will be phased out of working in Denver’s public schools over the next year, with all school resource officers gone from middle...
El Paso County has the largest reservoir of GOP votes of any county in Colorado.

Strife of the party: Infighting, controversies drag down ‘marquee’ El Paso County GOP

For decades, it’s been generally accepted that Republican candidates can’t win statewide in Colorado without solid GOP turnout in El Paso County, and the...

Families hold vigil for inmates inside Colorado’s largest prison, home to the state’s biggest...

The Sterling Correctional Facility sprawls across the prairies of Northeast Colorado. After a storm passed through last Saturday night, the families of a handful of...

Littwin: It’s been a long time coming, but is change really on the way?...

There are certain moments in history. Something happens — a handcuffed man screams that he can’t breathe, the cop presses his knee ever more...
John Hickenlooper and Andrew Romanoff outlined their differences in a virtual debate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, moderated by Kyle Clark of 9News on June 9, 2020.

3 takeaways from the first U.S. Senate debate between Democrats John Hickenlooper and Andrew...

John Hickenlooper touted his record as governor and ability to find compromise, and his rival Andrew Romanoff called for bolder action to address racial...