Nine years ago, one of Silverthorne’s few income-restricted housing properties was sold to a private firm. The sale — at a price that was double the property’s assessed value — raised worries in the high-cost mountain community that the new owner of the Blue River Apartments might lift rent caps that had kept its 78 … Read more
Colorado lawmakers have again rejected a bill that would have allowed supervised drug-use sites to open in willing cities — the third time in a year legislators have killed the proposal. On Thursday night, two Democratic senators joined with the Senate Health and Human Service Committee’s three Republicans in voting to kill House Bill 1028, … Read more
By Edith M. Lederer | Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions. … Read more
Colorado lawmakers are now exempt from parts of the state’s open-meetings law after Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that legalizes longstanding practices challenged by transparency advocates. Polis signed SB24-157 into law with immediate effect on Tuesday, a day after the bill cleared the House and a month after the measure was first introduced by … Read more
Supporters of a Denver City Council measure that would limit the city’s ability to clear homeless encampments in sub-freezing weather fell short Monday in their attempt to override Mayor Mike Johnston’s veto of the ordinance changes. No 32-degree temperature threshold will be added to Denver’s municipal code. The council voted 7-6 to override Johnston’s rejection … Read more
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Friday overturned a measure passed by the City Council this week that would have stopped city agencies from clearing homeless encampments during freezing weather — the mayor’s first veto since taking office in July. Johnston decided the legislation, while well-intentioned, “would restrict the city’s ability to do this life-saving work … Read more
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday vetoed legislation aimed at reversing his administration’s waiver of “Buy America” requirements for government-funded electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, according to a senior US official. Lawmakers narrowly passed a bill that would block the Federal Highway Administration’s waiver of US content requirements for steel, iron and construction materials. Opponents … Read more
