Jon Murray
@jonmurraydp.bsky.social
Senior editor for public affairs at @denverpost.com. Into politics, cities, transportation and running. @jonmurray on X, @jonmurrio on Threads. Contact: jmurray(at)denverpost .com.
Negotiators tasked with hammering out the future of the shrinking Colorado River are once again careening toward a deadline imposed by the feds, with little progress to show publicly. If (when) they blow past that on Tuesday, what happens? By Elise Schmelzer: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/09/c...
Amid ‘a transparency desert,’ states look likely to blow past Colorado River deadline. What’s next?
“It’s easy to weigh in from the sidelines,” a legal observer says. “But I think what’s not being talked about is the real lives that are going to be implicated — you’r…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Negotiators tasked with hammering out the future of the shrinking Colorado River are once again careening toward a deadline imposed by the feds, with little progress to show publicly. If (when) they blow past that on Tuesday, what happens? By Elise Schmelzer: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/09/c...
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These new renderings of downtown Denver's #SkylinePark surprised me in how they honor some of the major architectural and sculptural features already there. Details for @denverpost.com (paywall article).
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See all renderings via Rios: www.rios.com/projects/sky...
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Skyline Park’s $5 million makeover closes downtown’s ice skating rink for two years
Improvements are coming to the thin strip of park between 15h and 17th streets on Arapahoe Street.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
These new renderings of downtown Denver's #SkylinePark surprised me in how they honor some of the major architectural and sculptural features already there. Details for @denverpost.com (paywall article).
See all renderings via Rios: www.rios.com/projects/sky...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/05/s...
See all renderings via Rios: www.rios.com/projects/sky...
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Buoyed by Vibrant Denver win, mayor aims for tipped minimum wage change, ‘quality of life’ crime crackdown trib.al/X4ekG0z
Buoyed by Vibrant Denver win, mayor aims for tipped minimum wage change, ‘quality of life’ crime crackdown
From his ongoing squabbles with the City Council to a public perception of a lack of transparency, the mayor’s trademark move-now, ask-questions-later approach has continued to deliver mixed result…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Buoyed by Vibrant Denver win, mayor aims for tipped minimum wage change, ‘quality of life’ crime crackdown trib.al/X4ekG0z
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Gov. Polis has a new strategy to reduce Colorado’s high auto insurance rates, but ‘there’s not one silver bullet’ trib.al/dmTXVf2
Gov. Polis has a new strategy to reduce Colorado’s high auto insurance rates, but ‘there’s not one silver bullet’
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hopes to wrestle down the state’s high auto insurance rates by deploying more speed cameras, ramping up auto theft prevention efforts and targeting uninsured motoris…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Gov. Polis has a new strategy to reduce Colorado’s high auto insurance rates, but ‘there’s not one silver bullet’ trib.al/dmTXVf2
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Colorado teacher unions ride blue wave to victory in school board races trib.al/gpsgOPM
Colorado teacher unions ride blue wave to victory in school board races
Statewide, more than 80% of the school board candidates endorsed by the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teacher union, won election.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Colorado teacher unions ride blue wave to victory in school board races trib.al/gpsgOPM
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Denver Fire warns that emergency response could be delayed once the city puts weight restrictions on 5 bridges, including 3 along Quebec Street near Central Park. youtu.be/ZJ9MCt795os?...
Denver Fire response could be delayed when the city puts weight restrictions on 5 bridges
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November 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Denver Fire warns that emergency response could be delayed once the city puts weight restrictions on 5 bridges, including 3 along Quebec Street near Central Park. youtu.be/ZJ9MCt795os?...
An interesting read: "Liberals attempting to form a majority on the Aurora City Council have endured several election cycles of despair. But that all changed in the blink of an eye Tuesday." www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/a... @denverpost.com
Aurora voters buck recent City Council election trends, shifting power to progressives
“We’re going to show up, we’re going to problem solve,” said Gianina Horton, one of a crop of newly elected left-leaning candidates headed to the Aurora City Council when th…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
An interesting read: "Liberals attempting to form a majority on the Aurora City Council have endured several election cycles of despair. But that all changed in the blink of an eye Tuesday." www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/a... @denverpost.com
Biggest lol of the night: Michael Bloomberg gave another $43,500 to Denver's flavored tobacco ban measure yesterday - reported late this afternoon - that brings his total to $5,016,500.
On a measure that's passing now with...checks notes...72% support.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/04/d...
On a measure that's passing now with...checks notes...72% support.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/04/d...
Voters broadly support keeping Denver’s ban on flavored tobacco products
Early election results show Denver voters broadly support retaining a controversial ban on the sale of flavored tobacco inside city limits.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Biggest lol of the night: Michael Bloomberg gave another $43,500 to Denver's flavored tobacco ban measure yesterday - reported late this afternoon - that brings his total to $5,016,500.
On a measure that's passing now with...checks notes...72% support.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/04/d...
On a measure that's passing now with...checks notes...72% support.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/04/d...
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U.S. election results: Democrat Abigail Spanberger is elected Virginia’s first female governor, flipping control of the governor’s mansion.
The NYC mayor's race saw the biggest turnout in at least 30 years, pitting former Gov. Andrew Cuomo against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
The NYC mayor's race saw the biggest turnout in at least 30 years, pitting former Gov. Andrew Cuomo against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
The Latest: Democrat Abigail Spanberger is elected Virginia’s first female governor
By The Associated Press Polls have closed in Virginia, where voters were deciding whether to keep the governor’s mansion in Republican hands by electing Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears or flippi…
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November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
U.S. election results: Democrat Abigail Spanberger is elected Virginia’s first female governor, flipping control of the governor’s mansion.
The NYC mayor's race saw the biggest turnout in at least 30 years, pitting former Gov. Andrew Cuomo against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
The NYC mayor's race saw the biggest turnout in at least 30 years, pitting former Gov. Andrew Cuomo against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
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It's Election Day, and if you're still contemplating your ballot, here's the @denverpost.com's 2025 voter guide to break it all down
Colorado voter guide: Stories and explainers for the 2025 election
The Denver Post voter guide rounds up our explainers, stories and editorials for the 2025 election.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's Election Day, and if you're still contemplating your ballot, here's the @denverpost.com's 2025 voter guide to break it all down
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#CO03 Rep. Jeff Hurd is part of bipartisan quartet who've agreed on principles to lower health care costs and temp extend & reform ACA enhanced premium tax credits. It involves 2 year temp extension, income cap that phases out starting at $200k & guardrails against fraud. #copolitics
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#CO03 Rep. Jeff Hurd is part of bipartisan quartet who've agreed on principles to lower health care costs and temp extend & reform ACA enhanced premium tax credits. It involves 2 year temp extension, income cap that phases out starting at $200k & guardrails against fraud. #copolitics
In the photo, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is dressed in what appears to be a traditional Mexican outfit, of sorts, and is holding a sign with a message that uses a racist play on words invoking a stereotyped Mexican accent.
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Lauren Boebert stirs controversy with racist Halloween costume making light of ICE crackdown
“She should be ashamed of herself,” Stacy Suniga, the president of the Latino Coalition of Weld County, said of a Mexican-themed costume U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert wore at a Halloween par…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
In the photo, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is dressed in what appears to be a traditional Mexican outfit, of sorts, and is holding a sign with a message that uses a racist play on words invoking a stereotyped Mexican accent.
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The campaign to save Denver's flavored tobacco ban has gotten $2.2 million more from Michael Bloomberg. He's given $5m now, out of $5.8m raised by pro-ban folks. www.denverpost.com/2025/11/03/m...
Denver campaign to save flavored tobacco ban gets $2.2 million more from Michael Bloomberg
The former New York City mayor, a staunch opponent of the tobacco industry, is now responsible for just shy of $5 million of the $5.8 million in fundraising by pro-Referendum 310 campaign.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The campaign to save Denver's flavored tobacco ban has gotten $2.2 million more from Michael Bloomberg. He's given $5m now, out of $5.8m raised by pro-ban folks. www.denverpost.com/2025/11/03/m...
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As corporate consolidation leads to fewer and fewer independent ski mountains in the US, the fate of the 53-year-old Telluride ski resort lies at the whims of an 81-year-old real estate mogul with no known succession plan.
Is Telluride ready to ‘chuck Chuck?’ Why the opulent ski town turned on the resort’s longtime owner
Critics in Telluride point to Chuck Horning’s unpredictable nature, his my-way-or-the-highway leadership style and his refusal to let executives help him run the business.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As corporate consolidation leads to fewer and fewer independent ski mountains in the US, the fate of the 53-year-old Telluride ski resort lies at the whims of an 81-year-old real estate mogul with no known succession plan.
“It is just as effective as us trying to plow a field with a fork," a legislative analyst said of Colorado's $10m kick-in to food banks. With @coltrain.bsky.social, @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social speaks to the people affected by shutdown politics: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/31/s...
Coloradans scramble for help as SNAP suspension looms and food banks ‘just don’t have enough’
State and local leaders in Colorado, as well as food bank operators, this week scrambled to help meet the already overwhelming demand of people without means to eat.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“It is just as effective as us trying to plow a field with a fork," a legislative analyst said of Colorado's $10m kick-in to food banks. With @coltrain.bsky.social, @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social speaks to the people affected by shutdown politics: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/31/s...
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This was one of those stories you weep through writing.
Your local food bank is desperate for donations right now.
I know it feels big and hopeless sometimes, but you can make a difference.
Your local food bank is desperate for donations right now.
I know it feels big and hopeless sometimes, but you can make a difference.
"I know the stigma around SNAP is it’s people who are lazy and don’t work and want to benefit off the government," a single mother of two young kids tells @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social. "I work. I always work. I work full-time, so without those benefits, we are not in good shape.”
Coloradans scramble for help as SNAP suspension looms and food banks ‘just don’t have enough’
State and local leaders in Colorado, as well as food bank operators, this week scrambled to help meet the already overwhelming demand of people without means to eat.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This was one of those stories you weep through writing.
Your local food bank is desperate for donations right now.
I know it feels big and hopeless sometimes, but you can make a difference.
Your local food bank is desperate for donations right now.
I know it feels big and hopeless sometimes, but you can make a difference.
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Members of the Public Utilities Commission should be allowed to communicate with one another outside of public meetings because the Colorado Open Meetings Law “stymies brainstorming and discussion” and may also “inhibit the efficiency” of drafting decisions, a state agency says.
Sunset report recommends open meetings law exception for Colorado Public Utilities Commission - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Members of the Public Utilities Commission should be allowed to communicate with one another outside of public meetings because the Colorado Open Meetings Law “stymies brainstorming and discussion” an...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Members of the Public Utilities Commission should be allowed to communicate with one another outside of public meetings because the Colorado Open Meetings Law “stymies brainstorming and discussion” and may also “inhibit the efficiency” of drafting decisions, a state agency says.
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John Malone stepping down as chairman of Colorado-based Liberty Media trib.al/G5914X9
John Malone stepping down as chairman of Colorado-based Liberty Media and Liberty Global
Malone helped make metro Denver a hub for the cable and broadband industry.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
John Malone stepping down as chairman of Colorado-based Liberty Media trib.al/G5914X9
RTD bans ads covering windows of metro Denver buses and trains. Also: Its board made a move toward restarting Rockies and Broncos special bus services for games next year. www.denverpost.com/2025/10/29/r... @denverpost.com
RTD bans ads covering windows of metro Denver buses and trains
The prohibition means losing revenue at a time when agency officials are grappling with financial constraints.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
RTD bans ads covering windows of metro Denver buses and trains. Also: Its board made a move toward restarting Rockies and Broncos special bus services for games next year. www.denverpost.com/2025/10/29/r... @denverpost.com
I'm a rare fan of DST shifts, but the one-two punch of last 6p sunset followed very soon by last 5p sunset is brutal.
Denver’s last 6p sunset until March 9th!
(And shhh, our last 5p or later sunset is on Saturday)
#COwx
(And shhh, our last 5p or later sunset is on Saturday)
#COwx
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I'm a rare fan of DST shifts, but the one-two punch of last 6p sunset followed very soon by last 5p sunset is brutal.
Colorado sues Trump administration over Space Command relocation, citing voting comments: "This action is unconstitutional because in our Constitution, the executive branch isn’t allowed to punish, retaliate or seek to coerce states..." www.denverpost.com/2025/10/29/c... @denverpost.com
Colorado AG Phil Weiser sues Trump administration over Space Command relocation to Alabama
“This action is unconstitutional because in our Constitution, the executive branch isn’t allowed to punish, retaliate or seek to coerce states who lawfully exercise powers that are rese…
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October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Colorado sues Trump administration over Space Command relocation, citing voting comments: "This action is unconstitutional because in our Constitution, the executive branch isn’t allowed to punish, retaliate or seek to coerce states..." www.denverpost.com/2025/10/29/c... @denverpost.com
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Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing on Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push to carve out funding to continue food aid for more than 40 million Americans who stand to lose it as part of the government shutdown.
Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate
Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week’s end.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing on Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push to carve out funding to continue food aid for more than 40 million Americans who stand to lose it as part of the government shutdown.
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NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel's speech to police chiefs in Denver has been cancelled, according to the International Association of Chiefs of Police website.
‘No Kings’ protest, police conference featuring Kash Patel expected to impact Denver traffic this weekend www.denverpost.com/2025/10/16/d... via @denverpost.com
‘No Kings’ protest, police conference featuring Kash Patel expected to impact Denver traffic this weekend
Road closures are part of the Denver Police’s safety plan for the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference at the Colorado Convention Center from Saturday to Tuesday.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel's speech to police chiefs in Denver has been cancelled, according to the International Association of Chiefs of Police website.
‘No Kings’ protest, police conference featuring Kash Patel expected to impact Denver traffic this weekend www.denverpost.com/2025/10/16/d... via @denverpost.com
‘No Kings’ protest, police conference featuring Kash Patel expected to impact Denver traffic this weekend
Road closures are part of the Denver Police’s safety plan for the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference at the Colorado Convention Center from Saturday to Tuesday.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
‘No Kings’ protest, police conference featuring Kash Patel expected to impact Denver traffic this weekend www.denverpost.com/2025/10/16/d... via @denverpost.com
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social: