
Alayna Alvarez
Reporter at Axios Denver
Reporter for @Axios Denver. Formerly: @colo_politics / @pewtrusts' Stateline / @Oceana. Spill the 🫖 and drop your best 🌮 recs here: [email protected]
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3 days ago |
axios.com | Esteban L. Hernandez |Alayna Alvarez
The Salvation Army logo. Photo: Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Denver City Council on Monday approved an additional $4.6 million for the Salvation Army to continue operating one of the city's largest homeless shelters — despite a string of serious safety concerns.
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1 week ago |
axios.com | John Frank |Alayna Alvarez |Esteban L. Hernandez
Photo Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photo: Aaron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Imagesπ Gov. Jared Polis issued pardons to at least four people with convictions for psilocybin and psilocin possession, saying the state is "moving away from ineffective drug policy and encouraging local municipalities to follow suit," John reports. π¨ Denver school board candidate Jeremy Harris pleaded guilty in 2014 to two counts of felony theft charges in Tennessee.
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1 week ago |
axios.com | Esteban L. Hernandez |John Frank |Alayna Alvarez
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell at a press conference outside the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in Denver on June 2. Photo: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesA federal jury in Denver on Monday found MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell liable for defamation over statements he made about a former employee of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, according to local reports.
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2 weeks ago |
axios.com | John Frank |Alayna Alvarez |Esteban L. Hernandez
A scene of unrest on Colfax Avenue in May 2020. Photo: Michael Ciaglo/Getty ImagesThe "No Kings" protest set for Saturday is poised to be the largest local demonstration against President Trump. The question is: Are Mayor Mike Johnston and the Denver Police Department prepared? Why it matters: Any civil unrest will reveal what Denver has — or hasn't — learned from the mistakes some officers made during the George Floyd protests five years ago.
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2 weeks ago |
axios.com | Alayna Alvarez |Brittany Gibson |Shafaq Patel
A protester holds a sign during a press conference outside Denver's immigration court on June 5. Photo: RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesImmigration and Customs Enforcement officers — often dressed in plainclothes — are now arresting immigrants at courthouses nationwide, sometimes moments after their hearings end.
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