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Colfax BRT project gets $2 million boost for post-design services
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Denver City Council approved a $2 million addition for post-design services related to the Colfax Bus Rapid Transit project on Monday. The move amends an existing design services agreement with Parsons Transportation Group, bringing the total value of the...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Colorado Lottery Commission proposes credit card sales, sparks controversy
Marianne Goodland
marianne-goodland@denvergazette.com
Updated 7 hours ago
The Colorado Lottery Commission is planning some rule changes that are already raising eyebrows at the state Capitol, including the prospect of allowing residents to use credit cards to purchase lottery tickets. Within the more than 100 pages of rule...
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Fort Collins as one of USDA’s regional hubs — ‘it began to make sense’
HAP FRY Special to The Gazette
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Updated 2 days ago
FORT COLLINS – SeonAh Kendall was initially caught off guard when she got word that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had named Fort Collins as one of its regional hubs. That Fort Collins was being lumped in with larger...
HAP FRY Special to The Gazette
Reporter
Food banks in Denver area struggle to meet the need
Sage Kelley
sage-kelley@denvergazette.com
Updated 9 hours ago
The line of people outside the Adams County Food Bank wrapped around the building as the clock ticked toward 10 a.m. Thursday. Some held grocery bags. Others sat on the ground. All wore the same saturnine expression. That sight has...
Sage Kelley
Reporter
Colorado’s Polis and Florida’s DeSantis clash over marijuana tax revenue and black market THC
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa-ventrelli@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis exchanged barbs with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on social media earlier this week over Colorado’s marijuana tax revenue and THC products in the black market. The exchange between the Democrat and the Republican comes amid Congress’...
Marissa Ventrelli
Reporter
Colorado’s House delegation votes on party lines to end federal government shutdown
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Members of Colorado’s U.S. House delegation voted along party lines Wednesday on legislation to end the longest federal government shutdown in the nation’s history. The state’s four Republicans — U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert, Jeff Hurd, Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
Six public hearings on Denver City Council agenda
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 12 hours ago
In its first post-budget meeting on Monday, the Denver City Council has a full agenda that includes six required public hearings. Giving a nod to the approaching winter season, the council will consider an on-call snow removal services contract, valued...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Jamie Rife to depart as head of Denver’s housing stability program
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
Jamie Rife, the head of the city’s Department of Housing Stability (HOST), will step down from her post at the end of the month, according to a news release by Mayor Mike Johnston’s office late Wednesday afternoon. Rife, who was...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
SNAP benefits on their way to Colorado families
Marianne Goodland
marianne-goodland@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
With the government shutdown over after a vote Wednesday by the U.S. House, federal food aid, which has been delayed almost two weeks, is on its way to nearly 600,000 Coloradans. Colorado will move rapidly to deliver 100% of Supplemental...
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Boebert claims ‘no pressure’ to remove her name from Epstein petition
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert denied reports that her meeting at the White House on Wednesday was to pressure the Republican to remove her name from a congressional petition that would necessitate a vote to release files related to disgraced...
Ernest Luning
Reporter
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