Tag: Mayor Mike Johnston
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Wash Park neighbors in uproar over Alameda ‘road-diet’ project in Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The City of Denver is readying a major slowdown and slimdown of vehicle traffic on East Alameda Avenue through a heavily traversed corridor north of Washington Park. That’s set off an uproar among some neighbors, who say it will force cars and trucks onto their…
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Aurora, Denver mayors agree to meet during State of Cities event
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Northglenn Mayor Meredith Leighty sipped her drink as Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, seated on either side of her during a State of the Cities panel Wednesday, argued over the relationship between the two cities. On stage in front of a crowd…
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Source: Johnston pushes merit-based layoffs as Denver faces $200 million deficit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In pushing for changes to layoffs procedures, Mayor Mike Johnston is taking on entrenched interests that have often discounted skills and abilities that could make government more efficient, a source close to the mayor’s office argued. The city government should encourage the kind of innovations…
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Denver to offer developers tax incentives to build middle-income housing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is aiming to convince middle-income families that the city is “affordable” with a new pilot program seeking to build more units for those with an annual income between $60,000 and $100,000. He plans to achieve this by offering property tax incentives…
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Denver homeless numbers up, but fewer sleep on the streets
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Although fewer people are sleeping on the streets in Denver, the total number of homeless individuals in the city grew, a new report showed. This year, a total of 7,327 people were counted as homeless — a number that grew by 788 over 2024, according to the…
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Denver no stranger to budget deficits
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Like most major U.S. cities, Denver has experienced financial ups and downs over the past decade. Mayor Mike Johnston announced last week that the city is facing a $200 million budget deficit in 2026 and will need to enact furloughs that started Sunday, hiring freezes,…
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Facing $200 million budget shortfall, Denver announces furloughs, hiring freeze, cuts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facing hundreds of millions of dollars in deficit over the next two years, Denver plans to tighten its belt — beginning today — with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston telling residents and city staffers to brace for budget cuts, furloughs, layoffs and hiring freezes. The city…
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Denver’s 16th Street Mall officially now just 16th Street
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After months of speculation, city officials confirmed Tuesday that downtown Denver’s main corridor will no longer be known as 16th Street Mall, but simply as “16th Street.” The city is dropping “mall” from the name, Mayor Mike Johnston said at a news conference. The move…
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Mayor postpones measure on executive pay raises until fall
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has postponed until fall a measure that would have raised the salaries of a dozen top executives. The proposed adjustments would have raised the salaries of 12 agency directors by nearly 44% on July 1, totaling nearly $500,000 in additional expenditures,…
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Republicans put Mike Johnston on the defensive about Denver’s ‘sanctuary’ policies
Denver Mayor Johnston, dressed in a dark blue jacket and striped red tie, immediately found himself on the defensive as the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on “sanctuary cities” got underway on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Johnston, along with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and New York Mayor Eric…