Jennifer Brown

Investigative Reporter 鈥� The Denver Post

Jennifer Brown

Jennifer Brown is a former Denver Post reporter. She has written about the child welfare system, mental health, education and politics. She previously worked for The Associated Press, The Tyler Morning Telegraph in Texas, and the Hungry Horse News in Montana.

In Colorado, immigrants receive dialysis only as an emergency action to save their lives, which can cost far more than regular treatment.

Colorado immigrants forced to wait until the brink of death to get kidney care

February 12, 2017 at 10:54 a.m.

In Colorado, undocumented immigrants receive kidney dialysis only as an emergency action to save their lives, which can cost far more than regular treatment.

Across Colorado, as many as eight hospitals "could have sustainability problems" if the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is repealed without a similar replacement.

Wait list for services for Colorado adults with severe disabilities stretches months, even years long

February 3, 2017 at 11:56 a.m.

Nearly 2,700 adults with disabilities are waiting for services to help them eat, bathe and get out of bed, sitting for months or even years on a wait list that...

About 30 hospitals opting out of Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying law

January 28, 2017 at 12:20 a.m.

Terminally ill Coloradans who want to end their lives under the state's new aid-in-dying law may have to find doctors who don't work at hospitals that have "opted out," and...

The University of Denver campus is pictured in Denver on March 14, 2016.

DU won’t divest from oil and gas, but board approves new green initiatives

January 24, 2017 at 3:53 p.m.

University of Denver trustees have rejected a student-led request to pull investments from oil, natural gas and coal companies from the private school's $620 million endowment.

Tens of thousands of people from across Colorado

Estimated 100K pour into downtown Denver in massive march for equality, women’s rights

January 31, 2017 at 4:31 p.m.

Tens of thousands of women, a sea of pink hats and glittered signs pulsing with resolve and solidarity, spilled into downtown Denver on Saturday, a massive outpouring for "human rights...

Tens of thousands of people rally in Civic Center Park for the Women's March on Denver on Jan. 21, 2017.

Women’s March on Denver swells to more than 100,000

January 27, 2017 at 10:51 a.m.

Thousands of women from across Colorado poured into downtown Denver on Saturday morning, a massive showing for "human rights and equality" the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

DU delays decision on student request to dump investments in fossil fuels

January 20, 2017 at 7:21 p.m.

University of Denver trustees delayed a decision Friday on a student-led request to pull investments from oil, natural gas and coal companies.

In this December 2015 file photo, caseworker Stefanie Woodward takes calls from the 1-844-CO-4-KIDS hotline in the Denver office. Calls to the hotline increased in 2016, a sign that more people who are not required by law to call are using the system.

Public calls to statewide child-abuse hotline increase

January 22, 2017 at 1:44 p.m.

The number of neighbors, friends and relatives who reported child abuse and neglect to a statewide hotline shot up in 2016.

Colorado GOP lawmakers criticize suicide-proofing bathrooms at mental health hospitals as “wasteful” spending

January 18, 2017 at 5:19 p.m.

A request for $235,109 to make nine bathrooms at a state mental health hospital suicide-proof is prompting outrage from Republican lawmakers who are questioning whether it抖阴ap evidence of wasteful government...

Jeremiah Lindemann's younger brother died from an opioid overdose seven years ago, he tried to volunteer at rehab centers to help others. He felt awkward and not helpful, so he stopped. But Lindemann, whose company maps data for cities and counties across the country, now has found a way to honor his brother and help other grieving families. What started as a website to map opioid deaths has turned into a online community. People can upload photos and stories about their loved ones who died from opioid addiction. The Denver-based site is up to 441 stories. January 04, 2017 Broomfield, CO.

Brother’s death leads Colorado software engineer to connect victims of opioid abuse through maps

January 15, 2017 at 11:01 a.m.

In less than two years, the website has grown to include the profiles of 416 people who died because of oxycodone, heroin, morphine and other opioids.

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