Hyperscale data center planned for Aurora ‘must be stopped,’ mayor says

The Dever Post (Local Politics) 10/6 12:00A John Aguilar

Just days after Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman declared that a gigantic proposed data center in the city must be stopped, a spokesman for the company behind the project said the 860,000-square-foot facility should be evaluated based on verified facts....

Aurora’s Ballot Question 3D would move municipal elections to even-numbered years

The Dever Post (Local Politics) 10/2 8:03P John Aguilar

Aurora voters will decide in the Nov. 3 election whether to move municipal elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years . The Aurora City Council referred Ballot Question 3D to the ballot in late July by a 6-2 vote. It would affect...

Gaylord Rockies Resort will face old foes in any new state incentive request

Denver Post (Colorado Legislature) 9/28 12:00A Aldo Svaldi

Almost eight years after the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center, located southwest of Denver International Airport, opened its doors , a long-dormant battle between it and competing hotels and restaurants has reignited. The Ryman...

Two more metro Denver cities pass moratoriums on new data centers

The Dever Post (Local Politics) 9/23 8:27A John Aguilar

Thornton and Commerce City this week became the latest Colorado communities to halt new data center development, following similar moratoriums passed recently in Denver , Jefferson County and Larimer County. Commerce City s moratorium, passed by...

Aurora focuses on water savings with restrictions on data centers, new turf

The Dever Post (Local Politics) 9/15 6:40A John Aguilar

Reducing water use was front and center at the Aurora City Council meeting Monday night as the city s elected leaders passed a pair of ordinances designed to conserve water amid a severe drought in Colorado . The council unanimously gave initial...

Aurora set to embark on data center regulation with a measure aimed at reducing water consumption

The Dever Post (Local Politics) 9/14 12:00A John Aguilar

The Aurora City Council is set to consider its first regulation for data centers as the fast-multiplying facilities central to modern digital life spur pushback from people worried about impacts to neighborhoods and the environment. But the item...

Denver leaders want to curb ‘hidden epidemic’ of domestic violence strangulation

Denver Post (Colorado Legislature) 8/26 12:00A Shelly Bradbury

On the Tuesday after July 4, a 40-year-old woman was arguing with her longtime boyfriend in their Villa Park home when he grabbed her, put her in a headlock, punched her in the face and strangled her. The woman reached for anything she could use...

US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump’s order to create a federal voter list

The Dever Post (National Politics) 7/26 6:25A The Associated Press

By RUSS BYNUM A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that in nearly half of U.S. states halted President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that...

Colorado academics worry about future of scientific progress amid fallout from Trump’s research...

The Dever Post (National Politics) 7/19 12:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Casey Fiesler suspects she wound up in the federal government s crosshairs for attempting to combat misinformation. The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded the University of Colorado Boulder information science professor a $268,428 grant in...