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Littwin: Colorado is ready to slowly reopen for business, except in...

For those of you concerned that Jared Polis might have jumped the gun in announcing his slow-walking reopening of the Colorado economy beginning on...

Littwin: If Trump’s war against the pandemic is ending soon, who...

For those keeping score at home, we are now officially ending the war-time presidency phase of the battle against the novel coronavirus pandemic and...

Call the plumbers: Denver mayor’s office is investigating leaks to media...

Need a plumber in Denver? You might find one scrambling to plug some leaks in the mayor's office. That's according to a recent story drawing...

Denver Sheriff Patrick Firman expected to resign or be fired "He...

Denver Sheriff Patrick Firman has lost the confidence of city leaders and his own employees, and his departure from the position is imminent. A half-dozen...

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...

Mayor shames city council for private-prison divorce as Denver charts a...

It appears some early fears created by the Denver City Council’s Aug. 5 decision to sever ties with controversial halfway-house providers can for now...

Bombshell Denver vote to kill halfway-house contracts has ex-inmates scared, officials...

Hassan Latif, who works to transition the formerly incarcerated back into society, has been on the phone nearly nonstop since the Denver City Council...

At inauguration, Hancock calls for consensus and downplays criticism Mayor will...

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock kicked off his third and final term in office by promising to champion “progress and progressive ideals,” and said he’d...

Littwin: As self-justifying Ryan bashes Trump, Gardner must wonder when his...

History isn’t kind to the man who holds Mussolini’s jacket. — Ted Cruz, as quoted in the new book, “American Carnage” I’d love to know...

The Indy 500: Still trying to act like a lady

I have been trying to “act like a lady.”  That was my order from two Denver cops who handcuffed me a year ago today when...