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DPS doubles down on healthy meal options for students
Denver students are saying goodbye to mystery meat on their lunch trays.
What’s happening: Denver Public Schools is working to become a national leader in food quality, aiming to serve 100% of its meals from scratch for the district’s 90,000+ students.
Colorado jobs seekers face COVID vaccine requirements
If you're job hunting in Colorado, you may need to get vaccinated.
State of play: An increasing number of job listings on Indeed.com are including COVID-19 vaccination as a requirement for applicants.
Colorado's first Burmese restaurant highlights heritage, savory flavor
Brothers and business partners, Siri Tan and Za Awg, spent their September suddenly popping up around town.
Driving the news: Colorado's first Burmese eatery has taken to the streets with the launch of its new trailer, from which hungry folks on the go can snag the spiced and savory Southeast Asian dishes.
Why Denver's tech industry carries a chip on its shoulder
The theme song for this year's Denver Startup Week might as well be Aretha Franklin's "Respect."
"I got to have (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)"
How renting an apartment or house is changing in Denver
Denver is emerging as a test market for an experiment in the way we rent apartments and homes.
State of play: Most of the new options — whether nomadic rentals, co-living arrangements or pairing intergenerational odd couples — are aimed at millennials and Gen Zers who want amenities and a sense of urban community.
Rift widens inside Denver City Hall
A battle is simmering between Denver's chief policymakers and the city's chief executive.
Why it matters: The tension comes at a high-stakes moment as council members and Mayor Michael Hancock must find common ground on the $1.49 billion 2022 budget before the Nov. 8 approval deadline.
Hot homes: Five houses to close out September, starting at $524K
In yet another sign of the housing market's scorching, albeit preposterous heat, nationwide single-family home prices jumped 19.7% in July from a year earlier, the sharpest spike in over three decades, per a Bloomberg report out this week.
Zoom in: In Denver, where the median home price hovers around $600,000, budget-friendly listings tend to go quick.
Denver braces for wave of exits over city employee vaccine mandate
Time has run out.
Driving thew news: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s deadline has arrived for city workers and some "high-risk" private sector employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.