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‘I used to be a proud Daniels Fund scholar.’ New application...

Agree or disagree with these statements: “Government should decide how business profits are distributed.” “I don’t feel much of an attachment to the USA.”...

Far fewer Denver students handcuffed in first months of school under...

Denver campus safety officers handcuffed only three students in the first three months of school, an 87% reduction from last year, when officers used...

Good grief: Scenes and stories from Colorado’s climate change strike Indy...

My two sons are always bickering about our gas-guzzling SUV, the newspaper we have delivered each morning, and the yogurt containers that occasionally end...

Should Denver’s auditor have to be a CPA? Sitting Auditor Tim...

Denver’s elected auditor thinks all future holders of his office should be certified public accountants. He wants to give voters the chance to decide...

Denver averts halfway-house crisis — for now The city council just...

There will be no mass reincarceration of hundreds of Denver halfway-house residents, the city council ensured Monday. The council voted unanimously to approve one contract...

Denver mayoral challenger Jamie Giellis: “I’m a fierce (bleeping) fighter” The...

Jamie Giellis arrived for an interview last week, chuckling with a campaign staffer about the song he played to boost her spirits on their...

The Indy 500: Team of Rivals (emphasis on rivals) In a...

By now, you’ve probably heard about the new twist in Denver’s mayoral race: That Lisa Calderon and Penfield Tate – the third- and forth-highest...

Amid a growing opioid epidemic, lawmakers hope to end drug-addiction withdrawal...

On a warm spring day in 2015, Sarah Blair was stranded at a Safeway in Thornton with no car and a dead cell phone....

City audit finds several “serious” problems with Denver affordable housing program

Denver’s affordable housing program has “multiple, significant problems,” the city auditor determined in a report released today. The program, with its 1,200 units throughout the...

Salt Lake City gets nod for 2030 games, but anti-Olympics Denver...

Colorado lost out in its bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to its only competitor on Friday, as the United States Olympic...