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‘You have a gavel for a reason:’ Denver City Council rejects...

Most of us have wanted to interrupt or cut off rambling co workers, but few of us have any control over how long they...

Denver Council president seeks to curtail colleagues’ rambling

Either Denver City Council members blather too much, or someone’s trying to muzzle critics of Mayor Michael Hancock. Those are the takes on a proposed...

Denver tries to spur condo construction by limiting homeowners’ right to...

Monday Denver became the latest municipality to enact so-called construction defects reform. City Council approved a proposal out of the Mayor's office that will make...

Incoming councilman accuses Mayor Hancock of sneaking millions in public projects...

One of Denver’s soon-to-be council members says Michael Hancock’s administration is sidestepping their input on hundreds of millions of dollars in public projects on...

The unusual candidacy of Kayvan Khalatbari

It’s a typical setup for a city council forum – the plastic card tables, stackable chairs, lukewarm coffee and trays of supermarket cookies and...