Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
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Investigative reporter with the Denver Post | formerly NBC News, Washington Post and New Orleans Times-Picayune | Long live TB12 | Send me your nicest comments: stabachnik(at)denverpost.com
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The Denver Post
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· Sep 9
Discipline authorities seek removal of Colorado judge over frivolous hearing, lies, ticket-fixing attempt
Jeffrey Walsh, special counsel for the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline, is seeking both a public censure and Judge Ian MacLaren’s removal from the bench.
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Matt Sebastian
@mattsebastian.com
· Sep 1
From feeling betrayed to volunteering to leave, five former Denver city employees tell their layoff stories
On the other side of Denver’s city budget savings are laid-off workers who now face their own budget crises. “I can’t afford to be without a job,” Mikhail Vafeades told The Denver Post.
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Meat processor JBS pushed Greeley instructors to falsify safety trainings, whistleblower says
Salima Jandali alleges JBS engages in “systematic workplace discrimination” and retaliated against her after she refused to engage in “illegal, dangerous and exploitative practice…
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· Aug 27
What is hydrogen sulfide? Toxic gas eyed in Colorado dairy deaths is infrequent but dangerous feature of agricultural work.
Two agricultural safety experts told The Denver Post that in their decades of work, they had never seen six people die from hydrogen sulfide in the same exposure incident.
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Sam Tabachnik
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· Aug 18
The Denver Post takes top honors from Colorado Press Association — including inaugural A-Mark Prize
The Denver Post won 31 awards for stories, columns, photographs, newsletters and page design — including first place for public service.
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Colorado law prohibits evictions over unpaid utilities. Advocates say landlords do it anyway.
Residents often don’t know their rights and lack legal representation, leaving them unable to adequately defend themselves in court against well-resourced landlords.
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Looking to use a federal housing voucher in Colorado? It’s a coin flip whether you’ll be able to redeem it
NYU’s findings come as housing agencies in Colorado and around the country are issuing few new vouchers this year amid budget constraints and uncertain federal funding.
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Matt Sebastian
@mattsebastian.com
· Aug 14
Looking to use a federal housing voucher in Colorado? It’s a coin flip whether you’ll be able to redeem it
NYU’s findings come as housing agencies in Colorado and around the country are issuing few new vouchers this year amid budget constraints and uncertain federal funding.
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Matt Sebastian
@mattsebastian.com
· Aug 1
Need a housing voucher to subsidize your rent in Colorado? You’re likely out of luck this year
The federal Housing Choice Voucher Program has never been able to meet the needs of all the people in the state who are eligible to receive vouchers.
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Police in rural Colorado plowed into a suspect who had his hands up. The undersheriff who gave the command has since been promoted.
Police shootings and excessive-force allegations have become increasingly common in recent years in Craig.
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Seth Klamann
@sethklamann.bsky.social
· Jul 28
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Matt Sebastian
@mattsebastian.com
· Jul 9
How Denver allows faulty or inoperable elevators to keep trapping people
Elevators across Denver are trapping people inside or are otherwise inoperable, and conveyance regulators aren’t doing enough to ensure they’re working safely, a Denver Post investigati…
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Matt Sebastian
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· Jun 20
Man ‘violently’ arrested by ICE in Denver courthouse bathroom as young child watched, witness says
Immigration officers also detained, arrested, handcuffed and cited the legal observer, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· Jun 16
A judge blocked a rural Colorado city from disbanding a church’s homeless encampment. Then the city fired her.
The firing prompted serious concern from church leaders and homeless advocates, who wonder whether the city is stacking the deck against them.
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· May 29
A woman died after temperature soared inside her Denver Housing Authority apartment. Four years later, it happened again.
The Denver medical examiner estimated Shirlyne Johnson’s apartment in Thomas Bean Towers was as hot as 127 degrees at the time of her death.
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· May 16
How Colorado’s municipal courts became the state’s most punitive forum for minor crimes
Sweeping sentencing reforms in 2021 didn’t impact Colorado’s municipal courts. As a result, the potential jail sentences for minor crimes in city court now often far outpace the state’s…
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Sam Tabachnik
@samtabachnik.bsky.social
· May 16
Gov. Jared Polis vetoes bill addressing sentencing disparities between Colorado’s state and municipal courts
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed a bill that would have mandated Colorado’s municipal courts conform to state sentencing guidelines.
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