It’s the third recent loss for Colorado homeowners challenging short-term rental rules.
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Castle Pines sued by landowner for stopping city’s first McDonald’s
Residents chanted, “No clown in our town!” The City Council agreed, then got sued.
Trade groups sue to stop Denver’s limits on gas appliances
They say the ban is unlawful and inflicting “serious and irreparable harm.”
Aurora tightens city’s urban camping ban by eliminating warning period before disbandment
The city will focus on encampments along the Interstate 225 corridor.
As violence and drugs spill onto RTD’s buses and trains, agency works to make transit safer
Assaults or threats to RTD passengers occurred at a rate of 1 per day over last 3 years, data shows.
10 cents adds up: Here’s how much Denver has collected from bag fees
Three years after requiring retailers to charge for disposable bags, Denver has collected $5.76 million, although the growth rate of that number is expected to taper off. The city said it has spent nearly $1 million of that, and a survey underway will help direct where the remainder of the money goes. Denver started requiring… Read more »
Voters may be asked to raise city’s sales tax to help ailing Denver Health
A proposal calls for a 0.34% increase in sales tax to raise up to $70 million a year for the safety-net hospital.
Johnston unveils plan to break downtown out of ‘doom loop’ with $500 million public investment
City leaders have zeroed in on a strategy they hope can break downtown Denver out of what Mayor Mike Johnston has described as the area’s post-COVID “doom loop.” The key to that strategy: the expansion of an obscure special taxing authority that played a key part in downtown’s last big boom. Johnston and other city… Read more »
Johnston administration cutting funding for overnight homeless parking sites
“What I was told was that the contract had been signed with the previous administration … and priorities have changed.”
Do-or-die time for pipeline Thornton says it needs to keep home construction alive
Larimer County’s commissioners are set to decide a “critical vote” on the permit for the $500 million project.