Hickenlooper is happily awaiting his moment in the presidential campaign spotlight, talking to regular folks

“They tell you their darkest secrets, they tell you their greatest dreams and aspirations, it gets very intimate.”

Denver City Council passes its 20-year ‘Blueprint’ for growth after after five hours (and three years)

The 300-page document will guide what gets built where and aims to cure Denver’s car addiction while curbing displacement.

Cannabis entrepreneurs won’t get any extra space to operate lounges in Denver

No one knows if slightly looser regulations would have encouraged more places to vape and eat weed legally.

There are 2 weeks left in the legislative session and Democrats have a very large to-do list

Workplace harassment. Rent control. School immunization requirements. TABOR reform. Public health insurance option. Health care reinsurance. Paid family leave. Greenhouse gas emission targets. Sports gambling. (Are you daunted yet?)

What happens if a lobbyist harasses a state senator?

An incident involving lobbyist Benjamin Walters and State Sen. Jessie Danielson highlights the fact that there is no mechanism to hold lobbyists and other third parties who work there accountable if they harass someone.

It takes a patchwork of funding to get affordable housing like Sheridan Station Apartments off the ground

A groundbreaking was held Monday along RTD'S W Line for a project of 133 rental units earmarked for households earning between 30 and 60 percent of AMI.

Denver wants to put a new park in University Hills using a sales tax approved by voters last year

The parcel the city is interested in buying currently houses a greenhouse, which will close if the plan is approved.

Election

Denver’s Blueprint for the next 20 years of growth is ready for a City Council vote

Council is set to discuss and vote on the seminal city document tonight, but some candidates and locals are looking to stall the decision until after Election Day.

Denver Film Society executive director Andrew Rodgers steps down due to ‘difference of vision’

Britta Erickson will serve as interim executive director.

A Highlands community center could shut down after a contractor walked out of a renovation

The pastor of the church housing the center fears they'll have to sell the historic building.

Denver’s new Department of Housing and Homelessness is real, will be in 2020 budget

Mayor Hancock also announced a $15.7 million, three-year initiative to get people off the streets and into housing and shelter.   

City auditor: Hancock administration’s approach to homelessness is “fragmented” and short-staffed

That $14.5 million advertising sign on Peña Boulevard near the airport is broken

Walking vs. busing down Denver’s 16th Street Mall: Which is better?

Another Denverite transportation race, for science.

Things to do in Denver this weekend, April 19-21

Denver grew by 11,053 people last year

That's a growth rate of nearly 1.6 percent. The city and county has grown nearly 20 percent since 2010.

Denver Youth Poet Laureate Ayla Sullivan puts the threat of gun violence into words

the first time i was ever in a lockdown, i was eleven years oldthe second time i was in a lockdown, i was fifteen, in the same school district as arapahoe high schoolwe were a resonating note in 2013, the sound of grief and community and fear uniting us

City workers embark on sidewalk clean-up around Denver Rescue Mission to address health concerns

Denver Homeless Out Loud has its own health concerns.

Denver announces a housing and homelessness department — kind of

No details yet, but the Hancock administration says a "proposed new department will galvanize and enhance city resources."

Denver schools and police remain on alert after threat of shooting