Tag: mayor mike johnston
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EDITORIAL: Denver City Hall buys real estate like it’s Monopoly
Denver City Hall has put up the homeless in tent towns it has built as well as in hotels it has purchased. So, the administration of Mayor Mike Johnston must reason it’s no big deal to take the next step — buying and building longer-term “affordable housing.” Using taxpayers’ dollars, of course. Which, to City…
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Denver is ‘open’ to A.I., mayor says at first city summit
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With the rise of artificial intelligence, there’s been many conferences and business events to discuss the moral, risky and money-making — or saving — implications across industries. But Denver’s DenAI Summit is the first event of its kind to be hosted by a city government, showing Mayor Mike Johnston administration’s openness to adopting the technology. “One…
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Denver breaks ground on 102-unit affordable housing site in West Colfax using $4.1 million of city money
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Denver leaders on Wednesday broke ground on a 102-unit affordable housing development at 3270 W. Colfax Ave. which took advantage of a $4 million loan from the Department of Housing Stability and a $100,000 grant from the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience. In addition to money from HOST and CSAR, “The Irving” is…
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Proposed $45 million cut to Denver’s budget to pay for illegal immigration crisis advances
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A panel of councilmembers has unanimously advanced Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed $45 million in budget cuts — dollars the administration intends to use to pay for its response to the city’s illegal immigration crisis. The proposed budget cuts’ next stop is the full City Council. The budget cuts include a hiring freeze and service reductions.…
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Illegal immigration ‘tornado’ in Denver threatens to overshadow mayor’s 2024 goals
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Monday unveiled his priorities for this year, even as his administration struggles to cope with an illegal immigration crisis that he earlier said could put a $180 million hole in the city’s budget. The arrival of nearly 40,000 immigrants, who traveled to Denver after illegally crossing America’s southern border, has…