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The Denver Nuggets are trading Hunter Tyson and a 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets for the lesser favorable of a Clippers/Hawks 2026 second, sources tell ESPN. Denver creates an open roster spot for the buyout market and gets out of the luxury tax.
New: Denver's minimum wage will rise from $18.81 to $19.29 on Jan. 1. It's pegged to inflation. An increase of 2.6%, it's lower than the past couple years.
The tipped minimum wage will also rise from $15.79 to $16.27 per hour, which is similarly set by a formula.
Officer faces discipline, but no apology for Denver woman falsely accused of package theft in Flock surveillance scandal. denverite.com/2025/11/11/flo…
Influencers are cashing in on politics.
Phil Weiser’s team was told it could cost thousands to be interviewed on liberal influencer Katie Grossbard’s Instagram, even though she had just featured Michael Bennet for free.
Both are running for governor.
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A man did enter the shelter, then emerge and shoot a police officer in 2023, just before Johnston took office. The officer survived and killed the attacker.
But DPD found no evidence for motive or whether he planned to attack the shelter next. denverite.com/2025/11/04/den…
This is so dumb. Microsoft ad has AI saying a Saturn V rocket had the thrust of 90 hatchbacks.
Sure, yes, the power of several dozen Ford Escorts ought to get your 6.5 million pound rocket to space.
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New: Denver administration wanted to spend contingency funds to buy an old Goodyear for an affordable housing project.
Council just said no, saying it was financially irresponsible to spend from the emergency pot. denverite.com/2025/10/15/goo…
The $2.5 million would have come from the city's $7.4 fund for emergency capital improvements, often reserved for repairs and replacements after sudden failures.
City staff said it was a limited-time offer, since the sellers badly want to get out of town.