July 30, 2026
A Denver city employee who alleged that she was laid off in retaliation for supporting a mayoral candidate has lost her bid to keep her job, after a federal judge found she failed to show that her political affiliations or her lawsuit played a meaningful role in the layoff decision.
July 14, 2026
A Denver employee alleging she was retaliated against and laid off for supporting a different mayoral candidate went back and forth with her superiors Tuesday at a preliminary injunction hearing where she urged a Colorado federal court to continue forbidding the city from finalizing her termination.
September 20, 2025
For now, Denver can't fire one of its employees who claims the city is trying to retaliate against her for supporting a different mayoral candidate, a Colorado federal judge ruled this week.