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The Spot newsletter: Will Denver land the NFL draft?, Colorado legislature in...
Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post’s politics team captures what’s happening this week — from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in...
View ArticleDick’s Sporting Goods ramps up gun control push, hires lobbyist
By Polly Mosendz and Matt Townsend, Bloomberg Dick’s Sporting Goods is taking a further step to advocate for gun control, part of a rapid transition for the retailer that’s also a major vendor of...
View ArticleQuakers call for path to legal residency for people in sanctuary, demand...
Ingrid Encalada Latorre on Thursday stood in the rain outside the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder. It’s been her home for several months after she took sanctuary to avoid being deported. “I...
View ArticlePueblo teachers launch Colorado’s first teachers’ strike in 24 years
PUEBLO — A sea of teachers and their supporters descended on their district’s administration building Monday afternoon, a wave circling around the block while chanting and holding signs. Pueblo...
View ArticleU.S. abortion clinics face surge of trespassing and blockades
NEW YORK — America’s abortion clinics experienced a major upsurge in trespassing, obstruction and blockades by anti-abortion activists in 2017, according to an annual survey by an industry group. The...
View ArticleMost well work will occur outside Greeley school hours, oil and gas firm says
GREELEY — An oil and gas firm says 80 percent of its drilling operations near an east Greeley school will occur outside of school hours. The Greeley Tribune reports the announcement by Extraction Oil...
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“That’s our blood:” Denver Post reporters, staff members rally against...
Denver Post journalists and staff members — past and present — participated in protests Tuesday to demonstrate their frustration with the newspaper’s corporate owner. They say cost-cutting and...
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First Weld County Court appearance for CSU student accused of chaining...
Greeley TribuneJason Flores-Williams, left, defense attorney for Cullen Lobe, right, addresses a crowd Tuesday afternoon outside the Weld County Centennial Center, 915 10th St. in Greeley. The crowd...
View ArticlePueblo teachers strike continues into third day as a few schools start to reopen
Teachers in Pueblo have entered the third day of a strike as they hold out for a 2 percent pay increase from the district. Most schools remained closed Wednesday, although a majority of preschool...
View ArticlePueblo City Schools District makes third offer to teachers’ union in attempt...
Pueblo City Schools District 60 on Thursday made a third offer to the teachers’ union in attempt to end a week-long strike and the offer had not been refused as of Friday morning. “I think this is the...
View ArticlePueblo teachers reach tentative agreement with district for 2 percent pay hike
Colorado’s first teachers’ strike in 24 years ended Saturday with Pueblo teachers winning a long-sought 2 percent pay hike. The strike lasted five days. In a joint statement issued Saturday night, all...
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Colorado teachers are making soap and working at the Amazon warehouse on the...
Here’s what teacher Corrie Eickman’s day looks like: She wakes up at 6 a.m. to get her three kids off to their grandma’s house, heads to a full day in the classroom at South Lakewood Elementary School,...
View ArticleWhen residents learned Broomfield High School was a possible target for...
Messages advocating tolerance and love were seen Tuesday afternoon on people’s makeup, on clothing and on signs — some of which also proclaimed that, “Jesus had two dads.” When Broomfield residents...
View ArticleKiszla: It’s money, not patriotism, fueling NFL’s crackdown on players...
Wrapping itself in the American flag, the NFL has put dissenting players back under its thumb. League owners approved a new national anthem policy, voting Wednesday to force any player tempted to...
View ArticleMcDonald’s out of buns in Rio de Janeiro as truckers strike
It’s hard to serve a Big Mac without the bun. Related Articles From water parks to fast food joints, Denver teens keep businesses running in the summer and employers are eager for them to get to work A...
View ArticleNRA host calls for legislation to limit reporting on mass shooters. Then he...
In the days after a shooter killed 10 people at a Texas high school, National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch joined a chorus of conservatives in spotlighting a subject to blame that didn’t...
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Against a backdrop of protests, teacher contract negotiations in Denver get...
RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostShelby Hill, who teaches 1st grade in Englewood, joined other Colorado educators at rally at the Colorado State Capitol to call for increased eduction funding on April 16,...
View ArticlePalestinians killed in protest near Gaza-Israeli border
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops fired live rounds and tear gas as thousands of Palestinians protested near the Gaza border fence Friday, and at least four demonstrators were killed, including a...
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Why a small-town restaurant owner asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave – and...
LEXINGTON, Va. – Stephanie Wilkinson was at home Friday evening – nearly 200 miles from the White House – when the choice presented itself. Her phone rang about 8 p.m. It was the chef at the Red Hen,...
View ArticleSunday, June 24, 2018 letters: PrideFest, climate change, unaffiliated...
PrideFest celebrates all families Re: “Not a fan of Pride photo,” June 19 letter to the editor I wonder if the couple who were so outraged about the PrideFest photo felt any sense of that same rage...
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