Tag: mike coffman
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Denver to close four immigrant shelters, starting with Aurora
Next week when Denver begins closing shelters used to temporarily house immigrants, officials will start with the shelter in Aurora that has driven a wedge between the two cities. The shelter is one of four hotels that Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said earlier this week the city would be shuttering over the next month, a…
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Tension boils over at Aurora Council meeting about public defenders, call for ceasefire
Tension boiled over at the Aurora City council meeting on Monday, when two items – a call for a “cease-fire” in Gaza and efforts to undo the request for proposals to examine the potential effects of privatizing the city’s public defender’s office – were removed from the agenda. Councilmember Alison Coombs, who had championed the “cease-fire”…
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Aurora council debates stance on home occupancy bill
Aurora City Council members debated Monday whether or not to take a stance on a house bill regarding housing occupancy limits, finally deciding to move the conversation to a later study session. The bill, House Bill 1007, approved by the Colorado House Friday, would restrict local governments from adopting ordinances that limit occupancy for unrelated…
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Aurora police brutality victim faces ‘long road’ to recovery, attorney says
Attorneys for Kyle Vinson said he remained hospitalized and faced “a long road” to recovery a day after the Aurora Police Department released a video of his alleged assault at the hands of officers. Aurora officers John Haubert and Francine Martinez were on leave from the department as prosecutors mull formal charges. Haubert turned himself…
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Aurora police brutality victim faces ‘long road’ to recovery, attorney says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Attorneys for Kyle Vinson said he remained hospitalized and faced “a long road” to recovery a day after the Aurora Police Department released a video of his alleged assault at the hands of officers. Aurora officers John Haubert and Francine Martinez were on leave from…
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TRAIL MIX | Jockeying for open seats is the same old House race
By the end of the year, the outline of Colorado’s newest congressional district — the state’s 8th CD — should be finalized, and by next July the major party candidates for the seat will have been chosen in what could be barn-burner primaries. While the state’s independent redistricting commission has relatively free rein when it…
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TRAIL MIX | Jockeying for open seats is the same old House race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By the end of the year, the outline of Colorado’s newest congressional district — the state’s 8th CD — should be finalized, and by next July the major party candidates for the seat will have been chosen in what could be barn-burner primaries. While the…
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TRAIL MIX | A few standouts in early 2022 fundraising numbers
Campaign fundraising isn’t everything, but with a long 18 months until the 2022 election, at this point it’s the clearest way to quantify how the cycle is shaping up. Colorado’s federal candidates — for next year’s Senate race and seven of the eight seats the state will have in the House of Representatives for the…