Senior Editor for Public Affairs ā The Denver Post
Jon Murray
Jon Murray is the senior editor for public affairs, leading a team of reporters who cover local and state government and big public policy issues. Until August 2023, he was an enterprise reporter with a focus on transportation. He previously covered Denver city government.
Jon grew up in Colorado and joined The Post in 2014 after a decade at The Indianapolis Star, where he was a reporter in stints covering city hall, the legal system, education and military affairs. He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and history. He has won multiple awards from the Colorado Press Association, including sharing a first-place award for best news story in 2021 with two Denver Post colleagues for their report, "58 minutes of terror: How the Boulder King Soopers shooting unfolded."
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Denver’s population rebounds slightly, but it’s among metro counties facing growth headwinds
Denver's pandemic population dip was short-lived, but new census estimates show it's still losing plenty of residents to other counties in Colorado and out of state. And some other metro...

Could soaring bridges, gondolas, futuristic pods — or even just a walking tunnel — soon connect DIA’s concourses?
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Special report: Denverās big permit backlogs delay construction, increase costs amid housing shortage
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Colorado pulls plug on unsolicited I-25 North project proposal as lawmakers blast decision
Colorado transportation leaders have pulled the plug on an unsolicited proposal that aimed to speed up the building of express lanes on Interstate 25, filling a roughly 23-mile gap north...

RTD sets R-Line reopening at Aurora derailment intersection, with new safety rules
A four-mile stretch of RTD's R-Line is set to resume operating in late November after a state commission on Wednesday signed off on new safety rules planned for an Aurora...

Denver airport is set to nearly triple car rental fee as it considers building large new facility
Denver International Airport has proposed a near-tripling of its daily car rental fee as it eyes a big project that would consolidate the sprawling lots used by rental companies into...

Denver airport braces for Thanksgiving travel crushes at security and parking lots
Denver International Airport is bracing for the crush of Thanksgiving holiday travelers who will pass through in the next two weeks, posing one of the biggest tests since the pandemic...

Two RTD board incumbents defeat challengers in races drawing few candidates
Two incumbent board directors handily defeated their challengers Tuesday in the only contested races on the ballot for the Regional Transportation District.

RTD files derailment report, begins R-Line repairs at Aurora intersection
The Regional Transportation District has filed a confidential investigation report on its September light-rail train derailment with state regulators and is now working on repairs to the damaged section of...

Denver airport shows off two United Airlines expansions, finishing 39-gate project
Denver International Airport celebrated the completion Friday of its final two major concourse projects from a program that has added 39 gates over the last four years -- the largest...

RTD candidates trade ideas on service gaps, worker shortages, money and other big challenges
Transit forum features mix of write-in and ballot-qualified candidates

Tight-lipped RTD still hasn’t restored train service after derailment — and it’s going to take a lot longer
Five weeks after a Regional Transportation District light-rail train derailed as it sped into a curve at a road intersection in Aurora, the R-Line hasn't resumed running on that segment....

RTD faces historic challenges, so why are so few seeking election to its governing board?
When voters in large chunks of metro Denver unfold their ballots, they'll notice a conspicuous blank ā with not even one candidate listed to represent their district on the Regional...