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
Growing permit and development review backlogs that have delayed housing construction in Denver are rooted in pandemic budget decisions. City permitting officials are still trying to overcome major delays.
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Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar will take part in Denver town hall
Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar will speak in Denver on Sunday at a town hall event on democracy and elections.

Mike Bloomberg will visit Aurora to meet gun-violence survivors
The former New York City mayor is making one of his earliest campaign stops in Aurora on Thursday as he puts the focus on gun violence.

Denver’s scandal-plagued convention project is closer to inking contract — but big questions unresolved
Nearly a year after a bidding scandal brought advance work for Denver's $233 million convention center expansion to a screeching halt, the project remains far from starting construction.

Michael Bloomberg buys Denver TV spots as part of record ad blitz
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg purchased ads on broadcast TV stations across the country on Friday, including in Denver, as he prepares a presidential bid.

Colorado unveils a $1.6 billion roadmap of highway projects for the next 3 years
Several sections of Interstate 25 from Pueblo to Denver to Fort Collins will get major money after the Colorado Transportation Commission on Thursday opened a $1.6 billion spigot for road...

Denver airport boosts efforts to help travelers navigate construction as council approves new contracts
Denver International Airport is installing clearer signage to help confused travelers navigate the maze of construction walls and relocating a drive-through baggage drop station so that more passengers can simplify...

Fired Denver airport contractors’ claims raise questions about oversight as massive project restarts
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Post office defends handling of hundreds of ballots delivered to Aurora voters on Election Day
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Colorado Prop CC’s failure may lead to bigger TABOR fights in 2020
Proposition CC's big defeat this week was only the latest in a series of bruising ballot-box TABOR losses. Colorado Democrats and their allies could try again for changes, and conservatives...

Colorado Prop DD: Sports betting measure in a near-tie
Colorado voters decided Tuesday whether to legalize and tax sports betting as they voted on Proposition DD.