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1 month ago | 
abc10.com | Steve Staeger |Anna Hewson
DENVER — A Denver firefighter and his wife were suddenly locked out of their DoorDash account after friends donated $1,500 in gift cards to support the family during a the firefighter’s recovery from a surgery.
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1 month ago | 
abc10.com | Steve Staeger |Anna Hewson
ARVADA, Colorado — Victims of financial scams are appealing to Congress to revise a federal tax law that forces them to pay taxes on money they've lost to fraudsters.
A 2017 tax law change eliminated the ability to deduct losses from theft or fraud, leaving victims to face significant tax bills on top of their financial devastation.
Debbie Fox is among those feeling the impact. She shared her story of a romance scam with Steve On Your Side this past summer.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
abc10.com | Steve Staeger |Anna Hewson
DENVER — Lindsay Powell has no idea what she did wrong.
But in a simple email, she lost a privilege that’s the reason she bought a $30 membership to REI 12 years ago - the ability to return and exchange items.
“My biggest complaint is I feel like myself and other members, we're getting punished for something that we don't even know what the rule was to begin with,” Powell said.
On Oct. 30, Powell got an email from REI’s Policy and Standards team.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
abc10.com | Steve Staeger |Anna Hewson
DENVER — Ryan Tartar never got the chance to take time off when his son was born six years ago. So he decided to do something different when his daughter came along.
Sunny was born in the summer of 2023, which meant Tartar would be eligible for leave through Colorado’s FAMLI Act – a program offering job protection and wage reimbursement to new parents for up to 12 weeks. Parents can use the program anytime within the first 12 months of the child’s life.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
coloradopolitics.com | Steve Staeger |Anna Hewson
DENVER — Nine months into a new program aimed at catching toll violators, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has issued more than $40 million in fines to drivers who weave in and out of toll lanes. Denver Gazette news partner 9News requested the data after receiving complaints from some drivers who called the $75 violations excessive. Anyone who crosses into or out of a toll lane outside of a designated entrance or exit can be fined $75.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
denvergazette.com | Steve Staeger |Anna Hewson
DENVER — Nine months into a new program aimed at catching toll violators, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has issued more than $40 million in fines to drivers who weave in and out of toll lanes. Denver Gazette news partner 9News requested the data after receiving complaints from some drivers who called the $75 violations excessive. Anyone who crosses into or out of a toll lane outside of a designated entrance or exit can be fined $75.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
9news.com | Steve Staeger |Anna Hewson
ARVADA, Colo. — To say Rosalie Hayes was stunned when she opened the letter describing a dues increase at her Arvada condo complex this year would be an understatement. “When I opened this letter, it was just like you could have knocked me over with a feather,” she said. “It was a shock.” The letter explained her monthly condo dues would increase from $346 to $620, an increase of nearly $300.
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
9news.com | Courtney Yuen |Anna Hewson
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo — On a Friday afternoon in late December, Ponch and Lettie waited outside a courtroom for their case to be called. They had been coming to the El Paso County Courthouse for months, fighting for the right to raise their great niece Juliette. "Well we're nervous, a little nervous, and scared," Lettie said.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
9news.com | Courtney Yuen |Anna Hewson
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Human Services has finished a review of Washington County's child welfare services department after questions were raised about fairness and bias. In June, Colorado’s child protection ombudsman, Stephanie Villaforte, asked the department to review all the child welfare cases in Washington County between 2018 and 2022. This was after Villaforte said her department received eight complaints that involved six families and 10 children.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
9news.com | Nelson Garcia |Anna Hewson
DENVER — When families traverse several borders and treacherous landscapes to come to the United States seeking a better life, they often find themselves in cities like Denver with people like Eileen Schwartz to help them. "Public health, that's one of our primary roles, keeping our kids and our teachers safe and healthy," Schwartz said.
She is a school nurse at Bryant Webster ECE-8 School in northwest Denver.
