📰 Denver VOICE closing (for now)

👀 Aurora Mayor Welcomes Trump Visit

In response to former President Donald Trump’s promise to visit Aurora in the coming weeks, Mayor Mike Coffman says, “Bring it on,” apparently eager to correct the narrative that the city is being overrun by gangs. [Denverite]

💰 City Ends Funding for Basic Income Program

The Denver pilot project that gives direct cash to people experiencing homelessness will not receive city funding as it enters year three. City officials said the results of years 1 and 2, though positive, were not compelling enough to make the cut for next year’s already strained budget. [Denverite]

📰 Denver VOICE Shutters (Temporarily?)

The longtime local “street paper” announced on social media Friday that a lack of funding is forcing it to shut down operations for hopefully “no more than a month.” Since 1996, Denver VOICE has offered income opportunities to Denverites experiencing homelessness or poverty. [Denver VOICE]

😰 Are You a Victim of Wage Theft?

Denver Labor recently deployed its new subpoena power for the first time in an investigation into working conditions at three local strip clubs. The department’s executive director Matthew Fritz-Mauer tells us today that wage theft is prevalent in a wide variety of industries — and that most victims don’t call it out. [City Cast Denver 🎧]