Megan Verlee

Denver

Features Editor at Colorado Public Radio

Public Affairs editor at CPR News. Also, giant nerd and perpetual grouser about the trials of working parenthood. Trying to be funny, probably failing.

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Secretary of State Jena Griswold enters the race for Attorney General

2 weeks ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Megan Verlee |Bente Birkeland

Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who is term-limited, is running to be Colorado’s next Attorney General. She made the announcement on Monday. Griswold said Colorado needs a strong leader in this critical political moment, and that she’d make it a priority to stand up to the Trump administration.
Gov. Polis Pushes Renewable Energy Bill Amid Growing Opposition

2 weeks ago | ksjd.org | Sam Brasch |Megan Verlee

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. Since his first run for governor, Gov. Jared Polis has pledged to put Colorado on a path to rely on 100 percent clean electricity by 2040 — a decade sooner than currently required under state law. His administration is now pushing to introduce a bill to enshrine the campaign promise into statute a year before he leaves office.
Sundance Festival relocation decision could be coming Thursday

4 weeks ago | the-journal.com | Bente Birkeland |Megan Verlee

Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025 7:46 PM Updated Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025 9:23 AM Boulder is one of three finalists for the top-shelf film festival The marquee of the Egyptian Theatre appears during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 28, 2020, in Park City, Utah.
Sundance Festival relocation decision could be coming Thursday

4 weeks ago | durangoherald.com | Bente Birkeland |Megan Verlee

Boulder is one of three finalists for the top-shelf film festival Boulder and its boosters could learn Thursday whether its bid to land one of the biggest film festivals in the world has succeeded. CPR News has heard from two sources involved in the effort to bring the festival to Colorado that the Sundance Board will hold its selection vote Thursday. Trustees are considering whether to stay in Utah or relocate the festival to Colorado or Cincinnati.
Denver mayor faces talk of arrest and criminal investigation in heated DC hearing

1 month ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris |Andrew Kenney |Caitlyn Kim |Megan Verlee

Several Republican members of Congress called for criminal investigations — or even the arrest — of Mayor Mike Johnston and other city officials at an hours-long hearing before the powerful House Oversight committee in Washington on Wednesday. “We’ve had enough. America's fed up with this betrayal of oaths, and one of you said you're willing to go to jail. We might give you that opportunity,” said Rep.
Where to find housing — from tax proposals to rising prices — on your Colorado ballot

Oct 27, 2024 | denverpost.com | Megan Verlee

Living in Colorado, for many, means spending a lot of time worrying about how to make the rent or the mortgage — or whether they’ll ever be able to buy a home. Housing costs have been on a long and sometimes sharp climb throughout the state. In Colorado Springs, home prices have risen 119% since 2015, according to the Common Sense Institute. In the Denver area, the average sale price for homes this year is $617,000, up from $304,000 a decade ago.
In a campaign of emotional appeals, who will prevail in the attempt to ban fur sales in Denver?

Oct 27, 2024 | rmpbs.org | Kyle Cooke |Andrea Kramar |Cormac McCrimmon |Megan Verlee

massive fur coat, the DENVER — When Marie, the last Queen of Romania, arrived at Denver's Union Station November 10, 1926 donning a Rocky Mountain News reported that she was “not in the slightest bit perturbed by the lack of formal dress by those attending daylight functions in her honor.”One of those functions was a luncheon at Boettcher Mansion, where Marie sat through what the Rocky called a “very effective and unusual” five-act pantomime on the history of Rocky Mountain settlements.
How your vote could affect democracy in Colorado

Oct 26, 2024 | coloradosun.com | Megan Verlee |Danika Worthington

Every election is a direct reminder of the power — and complexity — of democracy. This year’s is also an outlet for anxieties, across the political spectrum, about how democracy itself is faring. “Democracy and good government” ranked as a top issue for a quarter of the Coloradans who participated in the Voter Voices survey. Moderates and liberals ranked it higher than conservatives, but it made the top three for all three groups. That umbrella term captures many different concerns.
Denver voters prepare to decide the fate of the city’s only slaughterhouse

Oct 26, 2024 | rmpbs.org | Andrea Kramar |Cormac McCrimmon |Megan Verlee |Jennifer Brown

This is the first article in a series of articles and videos covering Colorado’s sheep industry. DENVER — In the middle of Denver’s most industrialized and polluted neighborhood,more than 100 workers in green hard hats and white smocks stand in assembly lines, slicing slabs of meat, loading ground meat into automated machines and preparing boxes for shipping.
How your vote could affect housing in Colorado

Oct 25, 2024 | coloradosun.com | Megan Verlee |Danika Worthington

Living in Colorado, for many, means spending a lot of time worrying about how to make the rent or the mortgage, or whether they’ll ever be able to buy a home. Housing costs have been on a long and sometimes sharp climb throughout the state. In Colorado Springs, home prices have risen 119% since 2015, according to the Common Sense Institute. In the Denver area, the average sale price for homes this year is $617,000, up from $304,000 a decade ago.