Author: Alex Edwards
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock counters with $7.5 million compromise for 2023 budget
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock offered a $7.5 million compromise in response to the Denver City Council’s proposal to add $17.5 million to 2023 budget. In a counteroffer, Hancock agreed to add $6.2 million to the budget for library improvements, plus $500,000 to improve security camera systems. Funding for the latter will come from the American Rescue…
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Mayor Michael Hancock suggests $7.5 million compromise for 2023 budget
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock responded to the City Council’s $17.5 million budget adjustment with a $7.5 million compromise, according to a release. Hancock showed willingness to add $6.2 million to the budget for library improvements. Public parks and recreation centers benefit, netting an additional $500,00 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to improve security camera…
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City Council to formally approve new Denver Police chief Monday
The Denver City Council Monday will look to shore up flood control improvements in the city’s Globeville neighborhood with another $6.3 million, according to its published agenda. The additional $6.3 million for flood control improvements, part of the Globeville Levee Project, comes via Bill 22-1246. The bill raises the total agreement between the city and…
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Westbound I-70 re-opens Sunday afternoon near Glenwood Canyon
Colorado State Patrol troopers re-opened westbound I-70 in Glenwood Canyon Sunday afternoon after an almost-five-hour closure caused by a tractor-trailer rig crash, according to a Tweet. The Eagle division of the Colorado State Patrol alerted drivers of the closure at Exit 133 via Twitter at 8:45 a.m. and said to expect a “several hour delay.” Based…
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Denver mayoral candidate Andy Rougeot raises $25,000, self finances $250,000
Andy Rougeot, one of 12 candidates vying to be Denver’s next mayor, has released details on his campaign finances up to this point. The deadline for other candidates to report contributions is Monday Oct. 17. Paul Pazen reflects on four-year tenure as Denver’s police chief Rougeot said he has raised $25,000 for his mayoral bid. However,…
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Denver City Council requests additional $17.5 million to city budget
Denver City Council wants to add a stoplight and a crosswalk in each of 11 districts in the city as part of $17.5 million it is asking Mayor Michael Hancock to add it the proposed 2023 city budget. The request presented in a letter to Hancock comes after 17 budget hearings concluded last week. The request…
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Denver City Council honors Indigenous People’s Day with proclamation
At every meeting since October 2020, the City Council has acknowledged the original owners of the land Denver now occupies. The Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Peoples lived and died here long before there was a Mile High City and on Monday, Denver City Council President Jamie Torres emphasized that fact by reading a proclamation marking the city’s…
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City Attorney Kristin Bronson to depart, Kerry Tipper nominated as replacement
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced Monday that City Attorney Kristin Bronson will resign her position effective Nov. 2. Hancock nominated Deputy City Attorney Kerry Tipper as Bronson’s successor. During her time in office, Bronson led one of the state’s most prominent legal offices. The news release from the mayor’s office said she applied herself in…
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1 dead, 7 injured after driver plows through bar crowd in Golden
1 dead, 7 injured in bar parking lot hit-and-run9News Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect on first- degree murder charges Sunday after a pickup truck plowed through an after-hours bar crowd in Golden, killing one person and injuring seven others. Investigators arrested another suspect as well, a passenger in the truck, on allegations of…
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25 Colorado breweries earned medals at the Great American Beer Festival
Twenty-five Colorado breweries earned 27 medals and awards at the 40th anniversary Great American Beer Festival, which concluded Saturday night at the Colorado Convention Center. The festival drew an estimated 40,000 for four sessions, starting Thursday. Left Hand Brewery of Longmont took home the prestigious Brewery and Brewer of the Year award and two medals…