Ryan Fish

3 days ago | denver7.com | Ryan Fish

DENVER — Imam Muhammad Kolila of the Downtown Denver Islamic Center knows religion brings people together, but it can also be a target for hate. “I know exactly what it feels like to be terrified,” he told Denver7 Tuesday, speaking from his own community’s experience. “And I know exactly what it feels like to be feeling unsafe.”So he felt compelled to quickly pick up the phone after Sunday’s gruesome attack in Boulder.

4 days ago | denver7.com | Ryan Fish

DENVER — At Temple Emmanuel in southeast Denver Monday, services for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot came just one day after Sunday’s terror attack on Pearl Street in Boulder. Senior Rabbi Joseph Black explained Shavuot is “about the receiving of the Torah, and it's a holiday that you study all night, and then we pray and give thanks in the morning.”Black led those prayers Monday, even with his congregation shaken.

1 week ago | denver7.com | Ryan Fish

DENVER — Governor Jared Polis is shutting the door on House Bill 25-1004, which would have banned landlords from using certain artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to set rent prices.

1 week ago | denver7.com | Ryan Fish

DENVER — Paul Noel Fiorino has run for mayor of Denver, Colorado governor, and U.S. Senate, but he’s more musician than politician these days. Fiorino will be playing harmonica and guitar at Skyline Plaza along 16th Street in downtown Denver this week. “Essentially, they're paying us to be here as part of the network of performers that the 16th Street has hired,” he told Denver7 on Thursday.

1 week ago | denver7.com | Ryan Fish

DENVER — Molly Kirkham and other Coloradans living with disabilities celebrated inside the State Capitol on Wednesday. A bipartisan bill (House Bill 25-1017) was signed into law last week by Governor Jared Polis, securing the right of Coloradans with disabilities to live and receive care at home instead of a long-term care facility. “A sense of relief and optimism,” Kirkham said of the bill becoming law.