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Before the Paonia Town trustees voted to allow virtual board meetings in emergency situations, town resident Suzanne Watson encouraged them to think about how they will connect with people like her who don’t have internet access.
COVID-19

Doing the public’s business by Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jeff Roberts, Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition -
Lakewood City Attorney Tim Cox called it “almost a chicken and egg situation.” For city council members to legally conduct electronic meetings – like...
Denver Auditor Tim O'Brien says CPA professional standards will prevent his successors for conflicts of interest and ethical lapses in office.
Denver

Should Denver’s auditor have to be a CPA? Sitting Auditor Tim...

Rachel Lorenz -
Denver’s elected auditor thinks all future holders of his office should be certified public accountants. He wants to give voters the chance to decide...
Halfway house in danger
Guest Posts

Guest Post: Colorado’s halfway houses are a beacon of hope for...

Jeaneene Miller -
For nearly 40 years, I’ve worked in the corrections industry having started as a parole officer and eventually retiring from the Department of Corrections...
Criminal Justice

Denver averts halfway-house crisis — for now The city council just...

Alex Burness -
There will be no mass reincarceration of hundreds of Denver halfway-house residents, the city council ensured Monday. The council voted unanimously to approve one contract...
Denver

Mayor shames city council for private-prison divorce as Denver charts a...

Alex Burness -
It appears some early fears created by the Denver City Council’s Aug. 5 decision to sever ties with controversial halfway-house providers can for now...
Troy Riggs, director of Denver's Department of Public Safety, testifies on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, before the state's committee on prison population management. Riggs says he's optimistic that some 500-plus Denverites won't be sent back to jail or prison as a result of the City Council's decision to kill contracts with two private companies that run halfway houses in the city. (Photo by Alex Burness)
Criminal Justice

Denver “optimistic” halfway house residents won’t be returned to jail, prison...

Alex Burness -
Denver officials say they are hopeful they can reach a near-term agreement to keep six privately run halfway houses open into 2020.  As for what...
Criminal Justice

Bombshell Denver vote to kill halfway-house contracts has ex-inmates scared, officials...

Alex Burness -
Hassan Latif, who works to transition the formerly incarcerated back into society, has been on the phone nearly nonstop since the Denver City Council...
More than 1,000 people marched on July 12, 2019 in protest of the detention of immigrants in private prisons, including the detention facility in Aurora, Colo. run by GEO Group.
Criminal Justice

In stunner, conflicted Denver City Council kills contracts with private prison...

Alex Burness -
Taking an extraordinary stand against the nation’s two largest private prison companies, GEO Group and CoreCivic, Denver City Council voted late Monday not to...
Denver's City Park with view of downtown skyline (Photo by Kari via Flickr:Creative Commons)
Guest Posts

Guest Post: To save Denver’s parks, we must change the system

Tom Morris -
Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb has warned that losing the Park Hill Golf Course as open space would mean that “no park in Denver...
Denver

People are calling Candi CdeBaca a Communist. She’d rather be called...

Alex Burness -
On April 10, Candi CdeBaca’s 33rd birthday, Denver's second “bomb cyclone” of the year brought snow and heavy wind, and knocked out power in...
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