A day after a manhunt closed schools across the Front Range and suburban districts once again considered how to beef security, parents in Denver Public Schools gathered to share concerns about their students’ safety. They weren’t worried about school shootings. Instead, they talked about how increased police and security staff results in their children being Read more…

A group of Democrat Legislators proposed a package of bills aimed at protecting renters, including proposals to cap annual rent increases and to make it harder to evict tenants without just cause, the Los Angeles Times reported. However, housing advocates say the effects of rent control only become worse the longer the rent control continues. Rent control is Read more…

Under a $57 million plan announced this week, developer Celadon Holdings aims to buy up and renovate 250 units in Albany Park — and then maintain them as longterm affordable apartments. The developer is receiving a mix of tax-increment financing (TIF) funds, tax credits and additional financing to make the plan happen, said Scott Henry, Celadon principal. Read more…

A coalition has worked for 3 years to modify a Colorado law they say disproportionately affects minority and disabled students. It took a deal with rural educators to move forward. In the past, rural educators blocked reform over how suspensions are handled in the state. In 2017, the Colorado Rural School Alliance successfully argued that Read more…

Community gardens in Española and Albuquerque reclaim agroecología, heirloom seeds, and cultural roots for the next generation. PROJECT FEED THE HOOD, a community garden initiative of the Southwest Organizing Project, started out in much the same way as the Healing Foods Oasis—with a blighted tract in a forgotten pocket of Albuquerque. Founded in 1980, SWOP began Read more…