Business growth continues to slow in Colorado
Colorado residents formed businesses and nonprofits at a slower pace in the second quarter, according to a quarterly update from the Colorado Secretary of State and the University of Colorado Boulder....
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Denver Housing Authority prepares to move into new HQ in Mariposa neighborhood
At least four U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretaries have toured the Mariposa District, the Denver Housing Authority’s flagship project centered on the 10th and Osage Station...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Human Services is clear of its old troubles, but transparency...
Denver Human Services and one of its large nonprofit partners are still wrestling with financial accountability practices, according to a city auditor’s report. While the nonprofit partner, Rocky...
View ArticleDetained immigrants in Colorado, California sue over conditions, medical care
LOS ANGELES — Immigrants held in U.S. detention facilities, including in Colorado, filed a lawsuit Monday decrying what they called shoddy medical care and a failure by authorities to provide...
View ArticleDenver Active 20-30 will be matching partner for Denver Post Season to Share
Denver Active 20-30 will be The Denver Post’s new matching partner for the Season to Share holiday fundraising campaign, which raises money for grants given to more than 50 metro Denver nonprofits. The...
View ArticleEditorial: Fisher’s Peak acquisition is a big win for Colorado. Now get ready...
If you’re not thrilled about the prospect of Colorado’s 42nd state park, it’s probably only because you still haven’t visited its 41st. Gov. Jared Polis announced last week that the state — through a...
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A viral video of a Colorado pastor cleansing his congregation after a gay...
Isaac Grody-Patinkin worried that things could get violent in Del Norte, a small town in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, after an online video showed a pastor cleansing his church through prayer in...
View ArticleMillions in federal student loans flowed to Art Institute of Colorado despite...
WASHINGTON — A trove of documents released Tuesday by the House Education and Labor Committee shows the Education Department provided $10.7 million in federal loans and grants to students at the...
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Gunnison sage grouse population numbers decline to alarming low, nonprofit says
Dave Showalter, Colorado Parks and Wildlife via AP, fileThis April 2014 photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows a Gunnison sage grouse with tail feathers fanned near Gunnison, Colo. The...
View ArticleEmergency Family Assistance Program in Boulder acts as community safety net,...
Ambrosia Berg graduated from Aurora Central High School in 2009 and was heading to Boulder to start her freshman year at the University of Colorado when she realized she was pregnant. Eight years...
View ArticleCommunity Food Share fills hunger gap in Boulder County and Broomfield
The Longmont Youth Center’s after-school program draws in dozens of middle-school children each afternoon by offering something that’s in short supply in their lives: a full plate of nutritious food....
View ArticleColorado Youth for a Change wants to solve the state’s school-dropout crisis....
For thousands of students around metro Denver, showing up to school every day is not as simple as it sounds. Some experience homelessness or are dealing with the criminal justice system. Others need to...
View ArticleColorado, Washington scientific groups remove job posts over LGBTQ policy at BYU
SALT LAKE CITY — Two well-known scientific groups have dropped job postings from their websites from Brigham Young University because of the school’s LGBTQ policies, igniting a debate on whether...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: Trump’s charity woes are uncommon, if not unprecedented,...
The Donald J. Trump Foundation is now defunct, and the state of New York has ordered the president to give $2 million to a group of nonprofits out of his own pocket as restitution for breaking the law...
View ArticleColorado reworks minimum wage and overtime pay rules
Minimum wage coverage, overtime pay and mandatory breaks will be extended to a broader array of workers in the state under a proposal released Monday from the Colorado Department of Labor and...
View ArticleInner City Health Center offers help to Denver area’s uninsured, underinsured
Every time Maria Rodriguez tries a new medical office, she ends up coming back to Inner City Health Center. The mom has been getting services there for 13 years, starting with prenatal care before her...
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There is little transparency for metro district fees that are supposed to...
The idea was simple: Build a basketball court for the community to enjoy. METRO DISTRICTS: DEBT & DEMOCRACY A Denver Post investigation has found Colorado’s metro districts create billions in debt,...
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Former Aurora police officer sentenced for stealing $65,000 from orphans,...
A former Aurora police officer left a courtroom in handcuffs Monday after a judge sentenced him to 18 months in jail with work release for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from two nonprofits that...
View ArticleDenver’s We Don’t Waste helps get fresh produce and prepared food to those in...
During the recession, Arlan Preblud noticed community organizations struggled to put food on the table for those in need, so he came up with an idea to help them — with leftovers. Now, almost a decade...
View ArticleMore than 650 volunteers from Jewish community help workers take Christmas...
DENVER — Hundreds of volunteers from the local Jewish community helped Christian workers throughout the Denver metro area take Christmas Day off. The Christmas Mitzvah Project is an annual volunteer...
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