Mike Strott News Today

As thousands of migrants and asylum seekers have sought emergency shelter in Denver over the last month, the reasons they chose the city are varied. But one thing is clear: the state of Colorado and the city of Denver have enacted laws to ensure immigrants feel safe and welcome.

If Denver doesn't agree to accept full legal liability for Aurora police officers' actions and pay for all lawsuits that stemmed from the 2020 racial justice protests in Denver, Aurora could end its partnership agreement.

Denver is not moving forward with plans to hire a private security company to take over the city's migrant sheltering efforts, Mayor Michael Hancock's office announced Thursday, less than two weeks after backlash began over the proposed $40 million contract.

The president of Denver's City Council said she does not currently support the city's plan to outsource its migrant response to security company GardaWorld.

Office building vacancies keep trending the other way, stirring concerns about downtown Denver's bounce-back and the potential of foreclosures.

Superintendent Alex Marrero said Thursday that he and Mayor Michael Hancock did discuss the use of an executive order to put armed police back into Denver's schools following the shooting at East High School.

The Denver school board's decision to put armed police back in schools following last week's shooting at East High came after district leaders learned Mayor Michael Hancock planned to use executive action to force the matter, the board's vice president Auon'tai Anderson alleged Monday.

Denver School Board member Auon'tai “Tay” Anderson is scrambling for political cover to explain to his radically progressive base why he reversed course and allowed police back in schools to protect students from shooters. The mayor made him do it, said Anderson, peddling a weak-kneed excuse while

A group of city, airport and business leaders spent last week in Egypt and Ethiopia trying to convince an African airline to start service to Denver.

The third year of the pandemic will look much like the last two. But how we approach it will change.