Investigative Reporter
David Migoya
David writes investigative projects and has been at The Denver Post since 1999. He was a founding member of the investigations team before moving on to write about banking, finance, human services and consumer affairs, then returned to investigations. David has also worked at publications in New York City, St. Louis and Detroit over a 38-year career.
His work has been recognized by Investigative Reporters & Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Society of Business Editors and Writers, and the National Association of Real Estate Editors. His 2018 expose about hidden court cases across Colorado was chosen as the state's best by the Colorado Press Association.
David is fluent in Spanish.
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Colorado medical-aid-in-dying law signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper, takes effect immediately
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed into law a voter-passed initiative to allow terminally ill adults to end their life with prescribed medication. Proposition 106, known as “End of Life...

Colorado governments this year share in $60 million worth of Lottery funds
Colorado this week distributed more than $14.3 million in conservation funds drawn from Lottery purchases to a variety of governments and special districts across the state, bringing to nearly $60...

Rising real estate market makes foreclosure properties hot investments, but some never collect profits
County foreclosure auctions have become the hottest investment opportunity in town, reaping tens of thousands of dollars in profits for the most unlikely people: the homeowner who lost the house....

Audit questions whether donated lands in Colorado are worth nearly $1B in tax breaks
Colorado’s nearly billion-dollar conservation easement program pays more attention to whether a land donation qualifies for a tax break rather than the merit of its conservation value to the state,...

Real estate brokers’ ties with title insurers might cost Colorado consumers
“The silence surrounding these questionable practices is deafening,” said Garry Wolff, a title industry watchdog who has railed about affiliated business practices for years.

Shared office space raises questions for real estate agents, title companies
Colorado allows real estate agents to share office space with their affiliated title insurers, with certain restrictions, but the arrangement makes some in the industry uneasy.

Lost your home to foreclosure? Colorado might have some bucks for you
Coloradans who lost their homes to foreclosure since 2012 can now check with the Great Colorado Payback to see if they are due any money from the auction of property...

Critics of Colorado’s foreclosure process say it is “fundamentally broken”
Proponents of tweaking a district court's role in Colorado's foreclosure system said rules governing the process -- which were relied on to take tens of thousands of people's homes during...

State’s highest court holds public hearing over foreclosure rule changes
Colorado's Supreme Court is considering changes to courtroom rules that would ensure consumers can better challenge a foreclosure before their home can be taken.

GOP on track to maintain control of Colorado Senate; House to stay in Democratic hands
Republicans appeared close to maintaining their one-vote advantage in the Colorado Senate, with two seats in the chamber looking to flip political allegiances and thus canceling each other out, according...