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    Denver teachers sign off on a hard-fought deal that raises salaries and addresses classroom conditions


    More than 80 percent of union members approved the three-year contract that begins this year   
    Jenny Brundin
    Aug. 29, 2025, 4:00 am
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    Denver mayor defends layoffs as council divisions deepen

    Kyle Harris
    Aug. 26, 2025, 4:00 am
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    Mayor nominates his second-in-command to lead Denver’s police, fire and sheriff’s departments

    Paolo Zialcita
    Aug. 21, 2025, 11:52 am
  • Denver City Council delays mountain retreat amid layoffs backlash

    Andrew Kenney
    Aug. 19, 2025, 4:39 pm
  • Denver to lay off 171 and close hundreds of open jobs, cutting $100M from budget

    Paolo Zialcita,Andrew Kenney
    Aug. 18, 2025, 1:40 pm
  • Denver City Council members hear from recent immigrants forced to live in their cars

    Denver council rejects ranked-choice voting proposal, but another election change advances

    Paolo Zialcita
    Aug. 12, 2025, 9:57 am
  • Mayor Johnston meets with neighborhood group leaders to drum up support for Vibrant Denver bond

    Paolo Zialcita
    Aug. 01, 2025, 5:57 pm
  • Denver layoffs to begin Aug. 18

    Kyle Harris
    Jul. 29, 2025, 3:07 pm
  • Bike advocates say they were left out of Denver’s big spending plan

    Kyle Harris
    Jul. 25, 2025, 6:13 pm
  • Denver mayor says more enforcement, more housing, more help will make city ‘capital of the New West’

    Kyle Harris,Andrew Kenney
    Jul. 21, 2025, 10:09 pm
  • Mike vs. Mike: Aurora and Denver mayors address ‘tension’ between their two cities

    Paolo Zialcita
    Jul. 16, 2025, 4:31 pm
  • Denver reduces seniority protections ahead of layoffs. City workers are lawyering up

    Kyle Harris
    Jul. 01, 2025, 4:50 pm
  • City worker morale plunges in Denver as layoffs loom

    Kyle Harris
    Jun. 30, 2025, 4:00 am
  • With an expensive campaign ahead, opponents of a ban on flavored tobacco have far outraised supporters

    John Daley
    Jun. 24, 2025, 4:00 am
  • Mike Johnston’s layoff plans have galvanized Denver city workers

    Kyle Harris
    Jun. 19, 2025, 12:24 pm

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