Posts tagged with Joint Budget Committee

Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:42 p.m.

Cathedral of St. John in the Wilderness, Capitol Hill, May 9, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver has a housing crisis. Guess who’s got 5,000 acres and a moral mission?

"There’s over 5,000 undeveloped acres owned by churches, synagogues, mosques. That's a massive land bank."

Doug Jones peers into the new model unveiled for the National Western Center, Dec. 12, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver council approves first board for National Western Center

There was some debate on council as members called for more community representation on the group, but the nominees were approved by a firm majority.

Ray and Amanda Lyall at the Beloved Community Village on Dec. 15, 2017. (Andrew Kenney/Denverite)

Denver tore down their tiny-home village. They built it again, this time with permission.

Beloved Community is Denver's first modern, legal housing community built by and for people experiencing homelessness, and it's changing the conversation.

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Denver Health on Bannock in Lincoln Park. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Children’s health insurance in Colorado will be funded at least through February

Colorado's Joint Budget Committee approved emergency spending, as did Congress, but a long-term solution is still needed.

Sunset over the city. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Low unemployment is hurting the economy and 4 other takeaways from Colorado’s most recent forecast

"It is absolutely essential that we get back up to our reserve level ahead of the next recession," the governor's budget director told lawmakers Tuesday.