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City Hall
Denver just found out Reddit thinks it is boring, and its eviction aid is getting cut 70 percent.
Denver is reeling after Reddit declared it boring, and the city's eviction assistance program is being cut by 70 percent, leaving renters with a thinner safety net. Plus, new restaurant Risica has opened, Denver Water is pushing for a lawn enforcement program, the city is heading to trial over filming police officers, and Colorado's cannabis industry faces ongoing product recalls alongside a legal dispute in which a cannabis giant's own lawyer has turned against it.
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Local News
Denver is bracing for a sidewalk scooter crackdown, a soup sandwich rezoning fight, and elephants smashing giant pumpkins for fun.
Denver is finally kicking Veo scooters off its sidewalks, pushing them into bike lanes and streets in a long-awaited crackdown. Lakewood neighbors are fighting a rezoning request they're calling a soup sandwich, Colorado has broken ground on an $806 million highway overhaul and a $50 million Civic Center Park facelift, and two international grocery chains are racing to open Denver locations. Plus, the Denver Zoo's elephants demolished a pile of giant pumpkins, because why not.
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Denver People
Denver banned pickleball from courts it just built, and still cannot explain the Castle Rock Bag Lady.
Denver spent nearly $1 million building new pickleball courts, then banned pickleball from them, and separately spent $1.1 million determining porta potty placement in parks. A $170 million downtown tower was seized after its owners failed to appear in court, a second CSU student was arrested for allegedly stockpiling napalm ingredients in a dorm, and the Castle Rock Bag Lady remains at large despite an active warrant. Plus, new restaurants Fire on the Mountain and Call Your Mother Deli opened, and Denver's first-ever Oktoberfest landed at the Stock Show Grounds.
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