With an estimated 220 proposed housing projects still in the planning department’s review queue after an unprecedented rush to beat new affordability regulations in 2022, the Denver City Council on Monday voted to extend approval deadlines for those projects into next year. The deadline for all project plans that still qualify for the city’s Expanding … Read more
A Brighton vegetable farm’s fight against a metro district’s eminent domain action to provide storm drainage for new housing drew hundreds of people to an Adams County courthouse Monday in support of the nearly century-old operation. Palizzi Farm, nestled between a grocery store, a strip mall and residential neighborhoods, is seen here at its location … Read more
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston will launch a new office within city government focused on neighborhood safety — one that will be independent from the city’s police force and its safety department. The concept announced by the mayor Monday is one that minority communities and progressives long have pushed for. The Johnston administration’s plan calls for … Read more
Benjamin Stark remembers precisely when he started having problems with his apartment. “That would be day one,” he said, referring to when he moved into the Felix apartment complex in southeast Denver in summer 2021. “I didn’t have (air conditioning) for about a month and a half. It was a heat wave. That was like … Read more
Water leaking from the growhouse ceiling. Algae spreading on the floor. Standing water pooling at workers’ feet. Those were just some of the conditions alleged by workers at the Denver marijuana grow operation of Green Dragon, a Florida- and Colorado-based cannabis company. Two years ago, workers had enough. So they organized, battling what they claimed to … Read more
A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said extreme geomagnetic storm conditions continued Saturday, and there were preliminary reports of … Read more
Denver’s revamped migrant program in recent days began enrolling the roughly 800 people who are expected to be the first beneficiaries of a new approach city leaders consider innovative. Participants will receive six months of housing, help with living costs, job training and legal support as the city files asylum claims on their behalf in … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities said Saturday, while not sharing any details on the turnout. The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats in … Read more
A Colorado abortion fund said Thursday it’s helped hundreds access abortion in the first months of 2024, many arriving from Texas where abortion is restricted, showing a steady increase in need each year since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision left a patchwork of state bans, restrictions and protections … Read more
Social media platforms will be under the microscope as part of a parliamentary probe into their influence and impact on Australia. The federal government has announced plans to establish a Joint Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate content people are exposed to online. The joint standing committee is set to examine algorithms on social media platforms … Read more
