Tag: Aurora
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Aurora’s new councilmembers to focus on consent decree, decorum, public comment
Aurora’s five new councilmembers-elect on Friday discussed policing and the consent decree, decorum among members and public comment. The five new members, all progressive candidates, shifted Aurora’s previously seven-to-three conservative majority to a six-to-four progressive majority. While votes are still being counted, Rob Andrews, Alli Jackson, Gianina Horton, Amy Wiles and Ruben Medina hold significant…
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Danielle Jurinsky bids Aurora City Council farewell in social media post
Aurora City Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky, who is likely to lose Tuesday’s election alongside fellow incumbent Amsalu Kassaw, thanked her supporters and bid farewell to the City Council in a social media post on Wednesday. Jurinsky and Kassaw’s likely election losses will result in a major shift in the makeup of the Aurora City Council, which…
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Aurora celebrates opening of homeless navigation campus
Aurora officials celebrated the opening of the city’s highly anticipated Regional Navigation Campus on Thursday, cutting the ribbon on the former hotel that will act as a “one-stop-shop” for homeless services and shelter starting in two weeks. The navigation campus — formerly a Crowne Plaza hotel — at 15500 E. 40th Ave., has been in…
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Conservative-strong Aurora City Council swings left
Aurora Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky lagged behind two progressive candidates vying for two at-large seats, as the council for Colorado’s third most populous city swung left following Tuesday’s elections. Progressive candidates have also maintained their lead over their conservative rivals — some incumbents — in other council races in an election that is poised to significantly…
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Danielle Jurinsky is behind in council race, as progressives take lead in Aurora
Aurora voters so far favored progressive candidates to fill five City Council seats, with Rob Andrews, Alli Jackson, Gianina Horton, Amy Wiles and incumbent Ruben Medina leading over their conservative counterparts, according to unofficial results. At-large candidates Andrews and Jackson led conservative incumbents Danielle Jurinsky and Amsalu Kassaw, with the former at 26% and 25%,…
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Aurora lawmakers move forward with ordinance to limit ‘predatory’ businesses in underserved communities
Aurora City Council moved forward with an ordinance that, if passed at a future regular meeting, would address the clustering of “high-risk” businesses in low-income communities. The socioeconomic sales and services impact permit ordinance, proposed by Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky, would create a permit for such businesses and grandfather in existing businesses to address what officials…
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As Denver employment softens, Aurora boasts job growth around Aerotropolis
At a moment when Denver area unemployment is up slightly and national headlines are fretting over large corporate layoffs, the city of Aurora is touting its job growth this past year and looking for more gains in months to come. That was the message that Wendy Mitchell, president and CEO of the Aurora Economic Development…
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Aurora police looking for suspect in connection to parking lot murder
The Aurora Police Department asked for the public’s help in finding a man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred last weekend. Investigators are looking for 40-year-old Marcus Marcelles Harper McCray after the shooting of a 34-year-old Aurora man on Oct. 25, according to a press release from the department. Officers were called…
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Candidates for Aurora Public Schools board raise thousands
Incumbent Anne Keke is leading the fundraising race for the Aurora Public Schools board, reporting $25,435 as of Oct. 27. Major contributors to Keke’s campaign included the Aurora Council for Teachers and Students, which gave more than $10,000, and Communications Workers of America Union PAF with $500. Incumbent Tramaine Duncan reported $5,169 in contributions, with…
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Aurora police impound 1,500 cars under ‘3 strike’ rule, auction some off
Aurora has impounded more than 1,500 vehicles from owners who violated the “three strikes” rule — failure to provide valid license, registration and insurance — since the law passed last November, according police data. The law, which went into effect in November 2024, allows police to immediately seize cars from owners who can’t provide those…