🏚️ What is Denver doing about neglected buildings?

📋 Local Lawmakers Request Personal Information Be Made Private

In the wake of Sunday’s shootings in Minnesota, 31 Colorado lawmakers have asked to have their addresses removed from the Secretary of State’s campaign finance database. The website has been taken offline temporarily to give legislators a chance to make a decision about their personal information being shared, but the database will eventually return and be accessible to the public. [Denver Post 🔒, Axios Denver]

🏅Boulder Fine Dining Destination Wins James Beard Award

Boulder’s Frasca was the only Colorado dining establishment to be recognized at this year’s national James Beard Awards, taking home the title of Outstanding Restaurant. This is the fourth win of the coveted culinary foundation’s top honors for the Italian dining spot since it was opened in 2004 by master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson. [Denver Post 🔒]

🏠 Why Are There So Many Vacant Buildings in Denver?

There are currently 285 derelict buildings sitting vacant across Denver right now. So, what is the city doing about it? One reporter explains a new City Council proposal that, if passed, could speed up the process for making landlords accountable for dozens of neighborhood eyesores. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

⚖️ MyPillow CEO Found Guilty of Defamation

Mike Lindell has been found guilty by a Denver jury of defaming former Dominion Voting Systems director Eric Coomer. Lindell has been ordered to pay roughly $2 million of the $62.7 million requested, after the plaintiff says he was threatened, harassed, and his career was ruined over the false claims — which included allegations that Coomer and Dominion rigged the 2020 Presidential election against Trump. Lindell plans to appeal the case. [Colorado Sun]