Colorado Lottery wants to start selling tickets online, but a legislative bill would scratch the...

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/21 1:00A Noelle Phillips

The Colorado Lottery is planning to introduce online ticket sales by 2027 as a way to increase revenue for outdoors projects, but critics warn it could be a slippery slope toward legalized internet gambling similar to playing online slot machines....

Former Cherry Creek superintendent to be paid $164,000 for sick, vacation leave

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/21 1:00A Katie Langford

Cherry Creek Schools will pay former Superintendent Christopher Smith nearly $164,000 in “contractually obligated compensation” for vacation and sick leave following his abrupt resignation from the...

County in Denver metro area develops plan to expand micro transit, mobility transportation options

CBS Denver (News) 2/20 2:44A Ashley Portillo

There's a push to improve and expand transportation options in Arapahoe County. It's part of the ArapaGO: Transit Connections Plan , for which the county is seeking community feedback. Whether it's...

Improving Investor Behavior: Debt is real, panic is optional

The Denver Post (Business) 2/15 1:00A Steve Booren

Recently, I met with a prospective client who leaned forward, lowered his voice and said, “I have one question — and I want your honest answer. The United States is bankrupt.” I wanted to stop him...

South Broadway theater in Denver exits bankruptcy, foreclosure

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/14 1:00A Thomas Gounley

The owner of a renovated theater along South Broadway is back on good terms with its lender. Sonquist LLC, which owns the Jewel Theater at 1912 S. Broadway in Denver, exited bankruptcy Feb. 6. The entity managed by real estate attorney Doug...

DTC office building could be demolished to make way for apartments

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/14 1:00A Matthew Geiger

From hundreds of parking spots and offices to hundreds of bedrooms. That’s what Dallas, Texas-based developer Trammell Crow Residential wants to see just east of the Interstate 25-Interstate 225 interchange. On Monday, the company submitted...

DPS moves to drop Kaiser health insurance after 50 years, prompting internal investigation and union...

The Dever Post 2/13 1:00A Jessica Seaman

A 53-year-old alliance between Denver Public Schools and Kaiser Permanente Colorado may be coming to an end, a split that has pitted two of the metro area’s largest employers against each other, left one district administrator on leave and, if...

DPS promised to expand and diversify its elite public arts school. It hasn’t happened yet.

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/12 5:34A Melanie Asmar

Tenth graders in tights, cravats and lacy breeches performed Moliére on a recent weeknight, reciting long soliloquies full of words like “repast,” “jest” and “impertinent wretch.” An audience of their...

Auto exec buys Cherry Hills mansion for $9.3M to lead January luxury real estate sales

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/7 1:00A Sara B. Hansen

A newly constructed Belgian-inspired mansion in Cherry Hills Village sold for $9.3 million to top January’s luxury home sales in the region. Jason Pittack, CEO of Woodhouse Auto Family, and wife Shelbi Pittack bought 20 Viking Drive, a...

Classes canceled at Meadow Point Elementary in Aurora on Monday due to water main break

CBS Denver (News) 1/26 4:09A Jennifer McRae

Classes were canceled at Meadow Point Elementary School on Monday due to a water main break. The school in Cherry Creek Schools was closed and all before and after-school child care was also canceled,...

Colorado Democrats float big changes aimed at reforming income taxes and unleashing state spending

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 1/25 1:00A Nick Coltrain, Seth Klamann

A pair of measures that Democrats are aiming to place on the November ballot would significantly alter the foundation of Colorado s tax code, upending the Taxpayer s Bill of Rights. Taken alone,...

Luzzatto buys large swath of Centennial mall for $28 million

The Dever Post (Arapahoe County) 1/23 1:00A Matthew Geiger

Asher Luzzatto spent $28 million at The Streets at SouthGlenn Tuesday. The Taos real estate developer, who owns four downtown Denver office towers he plans on converting into apartments, purchased about 100,000 square feet of retail space at the...

Fixing Federal Boulevard: CDOT’s $318 million overhaul promises faster buses and a safer road

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 1/18 1:00A Bruce Finley

Federal Boulevard was built for cars. It carries up to 46,000 vehicles a day, sometimes crawling in traffic jams, often speeding. It s one of Colorado s deadliest roads, where state records show an...

Improving Investor Behavior: From accumulation to freedom — a better retirement mindset

The Denver Post (Business) 1/18 1:00A Steve Booren

I want to start with a story that’s uncomfortable and all too common. A man dies at 73 with $2.4 million. He lived in the same modest house for 40 years, drove an aging car and clipped coupons until...

Fundraising hauls grow for Democratic hopefuls for Colorado governor, while GOP field sees new cash...

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 1/17 1:00A Nick Coltrain

Attorney General Phil Weiser and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ended 2025 with a combined $5 million in the bank in their contest to win the Democratic nomination for Colorado governor though an...