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She worked for Denver for 20 years. Now she’s suing Mayor Mike Johnston’s office and his chief equity officer
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She worked for Denver for 20 years. Now she’s suing Mayor Mike Johnston’s office and his chief equity officer

By Kyle Harris | Denverite A City of Denver employee is suing the Mayor’s Office and the Mayor’s Chief Equity Officer. Jessica Calderon’s allegations include sex and national-origin discrimination, retaliation and violations of her constitutional rights to free expression and assembly.  She filed the complaint in August and her attorneys amended it this week. It addresses several years of grievances that span the administrations of former mayor Michael Hancock and Mayor Mike Johnston. The Denver City Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the complaint, and neither the Mayor’s Office nor Chief Equity Officer Ben Sanders have responded to Denverite’s requests for comment on the allegations.  READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVERITE
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Colorado bought a Denver railyard for $50 million. 3 years later, it could be sold
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Colorado bought a Denver railyard for $50 million. 3 years later, it could be sold

By Nathaniel Minor | Denverite When the state of Colorado bought Burnham Yard in 2021, it had big plans for the old railyard south of downtown Denver. The state expected the roughly 60-acre site could accommodate the expansion of Interstate 25, new RTD light rail tracks, and even the planned Front Range passenger rail line. "This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities,” a high-ranking state transportation official said then. Fifty million dollars later, state transportation officials say they don’t actually need most of the land and are preparing it for sale. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVERITE
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Tom Homan responds to Denver mayor: ‘He’s willing to go to jail, I’m willing to put him in jail’
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Tom Homan responds to Denver mayor: ‘He’s willing to go to jail, I’m willing to put him in jail’

By  Hanna Panreck | Fox News Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston recently said he was prepared to go to jail over his opposition to the Trump administration's border policies. The president-elect's pick to be the next border czar responded that he's willing to put him there. "You are absolutely breaking the law," Tom Homan, Trump's "border czar" designate, told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "All he has to do is look at Arizona v. U.S. and he would see he's breaking the law. But, look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing. He’s willing to go to jail, I’m willing to put him in jail." The Denver mayor has also predicted a "Tiananmen Square moment" if the administration carries out its plans.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Casa Bonita’s employees are unionizing. What are they hoping to gain?
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Casa Bonita’s employees are unionizing. What are they hoping to gain?

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News Onstage and backstage workers of the oft-noted Denver restaurant Casa Bonita have voted unanimously to unionize with two unions: The Actors’ Equity Association and IATSE Local 7. The vote was publicized Friday, in an announcement that said about 80 restaurant workers had filed for an election in October to address issues that have been noticed as the iconic eatery grows. Workers specifically want improvements to safety, fair pay and clear communication with management. The entertainment workers (which include cliff divers, actors, puppeteers and magicians) said last month they were unionizing due to concerns ranging “from insufficient training to abusive patrons emboldened by alcohol.” READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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‘Like Tiananmen square’: Denver mayor vows city police, population will forcibly resist Trump deportation measures
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‘Like Tiananmen square’: Denver mayor vows city police, population will forcibly resist Trump deportation measures

By Christian Baldwin | The Daily Caller Democrat Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vowed that his city’s police and population would resist President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation agenda in an interview Tuesday with the Denverite while comparing Trump and federal deportations to the Chinese Communist Party.  “Absolutely not,” Johnston said when asked about whether his office would allow the Denver Police Department (DPD) to cooperate with future Trump administration deportation measures. “We won’t do it.”   Johnston proposed that local law enforcement could be used to block any attempts by the incoming Trump administration to enforce U.S. immigration law. He also suggested that the city’s population would come out in force to interfere with federal immigration enforcement officer...
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Four U.S. Postal Service mail carriers robbed in Denver and Aurora: “It’s shocking”
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Four U.S. Postal Service mail carriers robbed in Denver and Aurora: “It’s shocking”

By Tori Mason | CBS Colorado The United States Postal Inspection Service is looking for suspects in the recent armed robberies and attempted armed robbery of letter carriers in Denver and Aurora. Four incidents involving a postal carrier occurred between the end of September and end of October. On Sept. 25, a carrier was robbed at at1624 Chester Street in Aurora. The suspect is described as a black male wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt who showed a firearm. The suspect fled to a nearby blue four-door sedan. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s $1.76B budget is a 0.6% increase from prior year
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s $1.76B budget is a 0.6% increase from prior year

By Alexander Edwards | The Gazette, via Colorado Politics The Denver City Council on Tuesday gave Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed $1.76 billion spending plan for next year the final nod. The council approved the budget unanimously. The approval is more a formality, as the city’s charter says if a vote is not taken by a certain date, the budget, as amended, is approved. The 800-page  plus document did not change much despite several councilmembers' attempts to amend it last week. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Denver’s minimum wage among highest in U.S., but rent far from ‘affordable’, report finds
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Denver’s minimum wage among highest in U.S., but rent far from ‘affordable’, report finds

By Spencer McKee | Out There Colorado It's no secret that housing prices around the country have gotten quite lofty in recent years – all while the federal minimum wage has stayed at the $7.25 that was established in 2009. That said, 34 states have increased their own minimum wages above the federal level and some cities have established local minimum wage requirements that are even higher than those required by their state. Denver, for example, has a minimum wage of $18.29 an hour above Colorado's required $14.42. A recent report from Clever took a dive into the topic of minimum wage and affordability, using data to determine where around the country minimum wage workers spend the largest and smallest share of their income on rent. Their report compares local minimum wage ...
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Voters supported Denver ballot measure 6A, but what will be done with $570 million?
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Voters supported Denver ballot measure 6A, but what will be done with $570 million?

By Kyle Harris | Denverite Downtown Denver is about to see a significant cash injection. Roughly 78 percent of voters living near Union Station passed Ballot Measure 6A — a policy that will authorize $570 million of debt for downtown revitalization. Only around 2,500 voters were eligible to decide the matter.  The passage of the measure was a big win for Mayor Mike Johnston. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVERITE
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Denver spent $138M in two years to rent, lease hotels for homeless and illegals
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Denver spent $138M in two years to rent, lease hotels for homeless and illegals

By Bennito L. Kelty | Westword Since Mayor Mike Johnston took office in July 2023, his administration has spent millions using hotels to address homelessness and an influx of migrants. The city bought hotels and warehouses for housing the homeless before Johnston took office, but his administration opened the coffers even more, relying largely on leftover federal COVID relief dollars. These multimillion-dollar leases and purchases include two hotels bought this year worth a combined $64 million. The hotels were used mostly for Johnston's effort to house 1,000 people before the end of 2023, and are now used to house people in his next phase of combating homelessness, known as All In Mile High.  READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD
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