✊ DAM workers unionize

📰 The Chopping Block Comes to CPR

This week, Colorado Public Radio laid off 15 employees, primarily impacting the audio and podcast departments. Despite exponential newsroom growth in the last decade and a half — during which 166 new staffers were added — CPR reports that its expenses outpaced revenue by $2.3 million in the 2023 fiscal year. [CPR]

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⚖️ East High Shooting Victims Plan to Sue

The two East High School administrators who were shot by a student last year have plans to sue the district, the school board, and several fellow staff members for failing to follow proper protocols despite being aware of safety concerns, specifically an incident in which the offending student was seen with a gun in class. [Denverite]

✊ DAM Employees Vote to Unionize
Workers at the Denver Art Museum have voted 120-59 to unionize following calls for higher wages, more transparency, and better safety procedures. They’ll be represented by a labor union working on behalf of 55 other museums and 129 cultural institutions around the nation. [Denverite]

• Just the latest: The DAM unionization is one more in a growing trend of art institutions organizing for more bargaining power — just look at Meow Wolf. Is the age of the starving artist finally over? [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🏠 Landlords Need Tenants, Newcomers Need Shelter

Last month the Johnston administration announced that it would close four of its temporary newcomer shelters and reinstate the stay-limit at operating shelters. Now the City is taking a different approach to sheltering Denver’s new arrivals altogether — and appealing directly to local landlords. [Denverite]

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Who Really Won the Primaries? Plus, CPR's Layoffs and a Celebrity Stoner Fail

The primaries are over. While voter turnout was low, there’s still plenty to parse through in Denver’s results. Then, a national comedian blamed edibles and high altitude as the reason he bombed his set. Plus, the end of Denver’s Russell Wilson era and more news from this week.