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Denver City Council passes $2.4 billion budget with focus on housing and transportation
The city is loaded, but it's still not enough.
Faith groups in Denver say security is a concern, but that’s nothing new for them
"There were things that were off limits — churches, hospitals, schools. In the case of racism they've never had any rules for war so we've always had to be vigilant and we have to continue to be."
Hancock administration exploring an eventual $15 minimum wage for city employees, contractors
Fifteen dollars today probably won't be worth $15 years from now, though.
A reader asked what supermarkets are doing to reduce food waste. Here are several answers.
Those "expiration" dates are really more like "you can still eat this" dates.
Banks, foundations and the state launch fund for permanently affordable homes and neighborhood amenities
The goal is to create "opportunities for all residents to live, work and play in the communities of their choice.”
Hickenlooper calls on Coloradans to end homelessness and hunger
Nov. 12 to 16 is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness and Action Week.
Some Denver jail inmates will again have the freedom to touch their loved ones — eventually
The softer policy could reduce repeat offenders and give former inmates a leg up when they get back to the outside.
Who’s next to lead Denver on the housing front? You tell us.
Who's changing the game in this crucial arena?
Colorado’s mental health network is about to change. Service providers say it’s a bad idea.
“We’ve been able to [provide services] for four years in a comprehensive way. To upheave and unhinge that system is difficult for me to understand.”
Denver’s district attorney defends her decision to not file charges in a fatal officer-involved shooting
“It was my conclusion that a jury would not be able to convict beyond a reasonable doubt that these officers acted without lawful justification given the state of the law and so that's what I have to look at.”
A home in Colorado means stability for a wounded vet and his family
The Jacksons moved into their donated home just in time for Veteran's Day.
Creative Denver group wants ’40s-inspired motel and bar to replace vacant West Colfax gas station
One couple knows how to take old Denver buildings and make them new inside. The other couple knows West Colfax — and Vaudeville.
Airbnb is preparing to engage Denverites to house refugees and people displaced by disaster
The company has reached out to Casa De Paz, a hospitality house serving people exiting immigration detention, to find willing participants.
CAFÉ 180, a nonprofit restaurant that fights hunger, celebrates Thanksgiving
Every day at CAFÉ 180 you can eat for $4 or for an hour of volunteer work. The nonprofit goes a step further on Thanksgiving, when everybody feasts for free.
In the city government’s utopian Denver, this much thought would go into every building design
They mayor's design awards include a bus stop and a ticket booth this year, plus the "Black and White House."
The economic impact of arts and culture in metro Denver is growing, according to a new study
The people behind the study hopes local arts organizations can use the new information to their advantage.
Denver is closer to being among the first U.S. cities to set up a supervised drug use site
Denver's response to the opioid crisis is like few others in the country.