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  • 3 days ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris

    Denver culture2 min. readDo you love animals and ink?  Then you’ll probably enjoy the Tats for Tails event happening at Think Tank Tattoo, 172 S. Broadway, this Saturday, June 28, from noon to 6 p.m.At this one-day fundraiser for the Denver Animal Shelter, you can donate $200 and choose from more than 100 animal-themed flash tattoo designs. Last year, crowds wrapped the block, and Tats for Tails raised $12,000 for homeless pets. The shelter is hoping for more in 2025.

  • 4 days ago | denverite.com | Paolo Zialcita |Kyle Harris

    The Denver City Council finally passed a contract and funding extension for The Salvation Army to operate Crossroads, one of the city’s largest homeless shelters — authorizing work that actually started six months ago and has gone unpaid until now. The council added $4.5 million to a contract now totaling $19.3 million. To overcome city concerns about the organization’s track record, The Salvation Army had to agree to new oversight efforts.

  • 1 week ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris

    “Mr. Mayor, here comes the union.”Ronnie Houston, a retired Teamster and lifelong labor organizer, spoke those words Wednesday morning on the steps of the Wellington Webb Municipal Office Building, flanked by dozens of cheering city workers, advocates and members of the multiple unions signing up members in departments across Denver government. Teamster trucks parked in front of the city government building. A Teamster truck driver honked at the crowd.

  • 1 week ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris

    As Denver Mayor Mike Johnston considers laying off city workers to offset a $200 million budget deficit for 2026, the city’s Office of Human Resources is proposing changes to the rules governing who loses their jobs first. Last week, Denverite reported a new proposal that would strip seniority protections away in favor of a merit-based system for layoffs. Now, the city is softening its language.

  • 2 weeks ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris

    “The Salvation Army is inhumane!” Dozens of advocates and former guests of The Salvation Army’s shelters in Denver shouted those words outside the charity’s regional headquarters in April. Passersby gawked as dozens of people marched outside the brick building. The organization had shuttered the office ahead of the protest, but one remaining staff member listened from inside. The protesters’ demand: Denver, defund The Salvation Army.

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I wonder how many in government have read this Constitution. Could they pass a test on it? And could they formulate an argument about how their actions relate to this document? Do they think it’s a good guide for a country? https://t.co/eS5xjOKdvY