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Denver recorded 563 drug-related deaths in 2025, medical examiner says
Drug-related deaths rose 16.6% from 2024, while Denver considers expanding fixed-site and street-based harm-reduction services.
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Denver HOST seeks one-year extension of housing strategy while it prepares long-range plan
The proposed 2027 continuation would maintain current goals while HOST completes a Housing Needs Assessment and broader community engagement.
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Denver council to consider opposition to proposed Section 106 rewrite
The council is scheduled to consider an opposition proclamation Aug. 31, while the federal historic-preservation rewrite remains under review without a published public-comment deadline.
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Denver’s future Fox Run Park is under construction, with early 2027 target
Construction is underway on the 13-acre Green Valley Ranch park, but the city has not published a progress report or all-in budget confirming the schedule.
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Denver council weighs up to $941,000 in fees on voter-approved sales-tax funds
Council members discussed proposed administrative fees, spending restrictions and new provisions for Prosperity Denver and Caring for Denver, but took no final action Aug. 24.
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Denver Water board to consider restrictions ending most grass watering after Sept. 30
The board is scheduled to consider an amendment to its Stage 1 drought response on Aug. 26; the proposed restrictions have not been adopted.
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Denver proposes broader small-business contracting rules as equity ordinance nears expiration
The proposed rewrite would broaden some certification pathways, create race- and gender-neutral small-business and concession goals, and strengthen subcontractor protections before the current ordinance expires Oct. 31.
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Denver considers protections after 9 city workers lose jobs over expired work authorization
Denver is considering legal help, filing-fee assistance, leave and rehiring protections after nine city employees were terminated when their work authorization expired. No policy, funding or timetable has been approved.
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Denver council committee to consider $686,352 Head Start health contract
The proposed agreement would use Head Start funds to continue Denver Health medical, dental and mental-health services for Denver Great Kids Head Start children and families citywide.
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Proposed Denver-DHA amendment calls for 959 affordable units by 2026, but conflicts on longer-term target
The proposed agreement sets a 959-unit 2026 commitment across three project groups and includes both 1,100- and 1,200-unit references for 2038.
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Denver board backs rezoning at Family Star site as Head Start replacement remains unclear
The 5-0 recommendation could allow five-story zoning—or seven stories with an affordable-housing incentive—but the public record does not identify where the site’s Head Start services will move.
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Denver, RTD to present Welton transit options Aug. 27 amid rail funding warning
A joint study will show draft alternatives for Welton and Downing streets as RTD warns that federal and matching funds for rebuilding Welton rail infrastructure could require repayment if the work is not completed.
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Denver council deadlocks 6-6 over $600,000 recruitment-video contract expansion
The tied vote defeated a proposed five-year extension and increase for Sunny Side Up Solutions, while leaving the city’s future recruitment-video work unsettled.
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Denver council passes $55M jail-care bill; enactment still pending
The City Council approved a proposed $55.03 million Denver Health agreement for care at two detention facilities, but the available record shows the bill awaiting the mayor’s signature.
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Denver council proposal would direct $20 million in bonds to Boettcher Concert Hall
Council Bill 26-1124 outlines a $120 million renovation framework and would exempt the hall and related property from the city’s standard public-building naming procedure. The measure remains pending.
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Denver pauses data-center applications as officials draft new rules
A moratorium runs through May 21, 2027, while Denver develops zoning, energy, utility-cost and community-impact standards for data centers.
