Andrew Kenney

Andrew Kenney has worked as a Public Affairs reporter for Colorado Public Radio since 2019. He previously worked at The Denver Post, Denverite and The (Raleigh) News & Observer.

The Denver People's Town Hall, on the City and County Building steps. June 29, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver may offer its own paid family leave, ditching the new state FAMLI program

By going it alone, city staff believe they could provide a benefit that is cheaper for Denver’s 11,000-plus employees, and make it available more quickly.

Members of Lakewood Sheriff's Department at Hyatt House, 7310 West Alaska Drive, Lakewood, on December 28, 2021, after a gunman was killed after fatally shooting five people and wounding several others including a police officer during a shooting spree in Denver and Lakewood.

A follower of the Denver gunman warned police a year before the attack

Andre Thiele realized the gunman’s books weren’t literature, but a warning, he said.

A memorial, including on his van, has taken shape for Danny Scofield, a 38-year-old tattoo artist and father who was killed at the Lucky 13 tattoo shop in Lakewood on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021.

Denver gunman targeted former tattoo business relations, fulfilling plan outlined in self-published novels

"He was pounding it, and the door was about to break in. You could see wood coming through the door knob handles."

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‘Gunshot after gunshot’: Police, witnesses detail mass shooting that killed 5 at tattoo shops and a condo building in Denver, Lakewood

They said the suspect had previously been investigated by local law enforcement.

Artist Emanuel Martinez unveils his new sculpture, a tribute to La Raza Park and the city's Chicano activists. Sunnyside, June 20, 2021.

On Denver’s Northside, long a Latino political power base, gentrification and a new political map could mean changes in who gets elected

Latino political leaders quickly raised concerns about a draft map released earlier this summer.

Chris Washington returned on Oct. 31, 2020 to the building where he lived before an August fire in a neighbor's apartment. Washington and other former residents were shocked to find they faced eviction proceedings after being displaced by the fire at Pine Creek Apartments.

After fleeing a fire at a southeast Denver apartment building, former residents were shocked to learn they faced eviction proceedings

Now, some former tenants are banding together to fight back with a class action lawsuit against their landlord.

Right-wing protesters and counter-demonstrators faced off, separated by police, in Civic Center Park on October 10, 2020.

How a fatal shooting at political rallies in Denver fueled an online culture war

Lee Keltner and Matthew Dolloff became political symbols immediately after the violence.

Matthew Dolloff made his first appearance in court Oct. 11.

Matthew Dolloff being held in investigation of deadly shooting at Denver rallies Saturday

Dolloff was working as a private security guard for 9News at the time of the shooting, according to the TV station.

Self-styled "defenders" hold up illustrated shields before a late night protest in Denver, August 28, 2020.

Protesters, and counter-protesters face off in Denver late Friday night

Each side knew the other would be there, but the stand-off appears to have ended without any physical confrontations.

Denver Democratic Socialists, dressed as grim reapers, protest a lack of eviction protections in front of the Capitol. May 26, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver will enforce evictions as courts reopen

Cases for people who didn't pay rent in February and March may have lingered in the courts during the coronavirus lockdown, but can now resume.

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