Joe Rubino
The Denver Post
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Michael Hancock is at the center of the Denver mayor’s race — even if he’s rarely talked about
Outgoing Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s presence is felt in the election to succeed him in every plan a campaign announces to pivot in a new direction. → Read More
Denver moving to make COVID-era tent camps a permanent homelessness tool
Denver officials are working to make the temporary, managed campsites that popped up around the city during the pandemic a permanent tool for addressing the homelessness crisis. → Read More
Denver’s homeless community challenges mayor candidates in outdoor forum
Homelessness has been at the forefront of two Denver mayoral debates this month, and on Monday a group of unhoused people and advocated for them got their chance to question some of the people running. → Read More
Five key moments from the second Denver mayoral debate
The Denver mayor's race is heating up as the April 4 election inches closer. Thirteen candidates gathered to discuss issues ranging from homelessness, recruiting police officers and safe drug use sites. → Read More
“Who is included in their Denver?” The 2023 mayor’s race could set agenda for the next decade
Denver voters will cast their ballots for a new mayor and City Council on April 4 in an election that could dictate the city's path for the next decade. → Read More
Denver City Council votes to decriminalize jaywalking — but it’s still illegal under state law
Denver pedestrians and wheelchair users no longer will risk receiving a municipal ticket if they choose to cross a city street mid-block as opposed to using a crosswalk at an intersection. → Read More
Park Hill golf course redevelopment headed back to Denver voters
The future of the dormant Park Hill golf course in northeast Denver is headed back to the ballot. The Denver City Council on Monday night referred a question to the April 4 municipal election that would give voters the option the wipe out the legal agreement that prevents most things from being built on the defunct 155-acre golf course. → Read More
Denver pledges to plow side streets during coming snowstorm
Denver is planning to plow side streets during the sizeable winter storm expected to blanket the city in a fresh coat of snow starting Tuesday afternoon. → Read More
Denver’s snow plowing policy continues legacy as mayoral campaign issue
Denver mayoral candidate State Sen. Chris Hansen is aiming to make political hay out of the more than 7 inches of wet, heavy snow that coated Denver overnight Dec. 28 into Dec. 29. → Read More
Denver asks residents to “be patient” as pay-as-you-throw trash program begins. Here is what you need to know.
Denver's pay-as-you-throw trash program has now kicked off in 2023. Here is important information about trash and recycling collection timelines, account billing and the forthcoming rollout of free compost collection. → Read More
“Laughable”: Is it too easy to get on the Denver mayoral ballot?
It took Leslie Herod's campaign less than 17 hours to collect the 300 verified voter signatures needed to get on Denver's April 4 municipal ballot for mayor. One elections expert argues that threshold is too low in a city of 700,000 people and should be moved up. → Read More
Colorado weather: Avalanche danger in the mountains, Denver to get snow New Year’s Day
A balmy New Year's Eve is expected to give way to a cooler and potentially snowy New Year's Day in Denver, the National Weather Service forecasts. → Read More
Denver mayoral candidate James Walsh is banking on people power in the 2023 election
James Walsh, an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver, thinks people power will trump money in the upcoming 2023 Denver mayor's race. He's banking on it. → Read More
Debate over Park Hill golf course ballot language previews possible fight to come
Battle lines are already being drawn around a potential ballot initiative that would lift the main legal barrier preventing redevelopment of the former Park Hill golf course in northeast Denver. → Read More
Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or ERAP, application window closing in Denver
Denver was set to stop accepting first-time applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program at 11:59 p.m. Friday, officials announced, as the city's chunk of the federal money allocated to support struggling renters dries up. → Read More
Denver City Council approves plan for Park Hill golf course, but bigger votes loom
Denver now has a vision for the future of the former Park Hill golf course property baked into its comprehensive plan after the City Council voted 10 to 3 to adopt that vision on Monday. Next steps may include a citywide vote. → Read More
Denver Rescue Mission says it will drop anti-LGBTQ language from employee handbook following outcry
The Denver Rescue Mission, the Christian organization that operates homeless shelters in Denver, updated its employee handbook this fall to include language banning staff from "acting on same-sex attraction" or “rejection of one’s biological sex." → Read More
State Sen. Chris Hansen joins crowded 2023 Denver mayor’s race
State Sen. Chris Hansen represents a big chunk of east Denver at the capitol. On Monday, he made it official that he hopes to represent the entire city as mayor. → Read More
Denver sidewalk fee supporters declare victory with Initiated Ordinance 307 up more than 24K votes
Denver election workers still have roughly 32,000 ballots to count from Tuesday's midterm election but supporters of Initiated Ordinance 307, the sidewalk tax measure, finally feel confident enough to declare victory in the tightest race on the city ballot this cycle. → Read More
Denver election workers to keep counting on Saturday with tens of thousands of ballots left to tally
Denver election officials will be in the office on Saturday working to count an estimated 76,000 remaining ballots from Tuesday's midterm election, the Denver Clerk and Recorder's Office confirmed on Friday. → Read More