Sen. Michael Bennet says we’ve turned our backs on our kids. He’s pushing to bring back the enhanced child tax credit he championed.
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With federal funding, Colorado works to shore up its affordable internet program
Broadband office is contemplating a statewide subsidy program should federal money for affordable internet dry up
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On the Ute Mountain Ute reservation, a new school aims to preserve culture, language, sense of community
The mood about Kwiyagat Community Academy is upbeat though there are challenges finding licensed teachers in this remote corner of Colorado
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Carman: We were winning the war on poverty last year. This year, we surrendered our ground.
Colorado voters can have a real impact on child poverty in November by electing candidates who makes kids a priority
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An “invisible population” of Colorado parents in college faces barriers to obtaining degrees
Most weeknights, after her 3-year-old daughter, A’nyah, falls asleep, Molly Clark cracks open her textbooks and studies until her eyes “feel like sandpaper.” “As soon as I feel like it’s not any use anymore, I’ll backtrack a few pages, put my bookmark in, and I’ll go to bed, which is usually around 12 to 2:30,” […]
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Opinion: Colorado families need Congress to renew the child tax credit
Because the last two years of pandemic life have been so difficult, many of us are looking forward to a more festive and joyful holiday season than the one we experienced in 2020. While many of us gather to spend time with friends and family, what should be a time of joy and celebration could […]
Posted inEconomy, Equity, Housing, News
Racial segregation is getting worse in big U.S. cities — except for Colorado Springs
Since 1990, the United States has become more racially diverse—yet during that same period, racial residential segregation has climbed, according to a yearslong analysis by researchers at the University of California’s Othering & Belonging Institute in Berkeley. In Colorado, two cities fall on opposite ends of the spectrum: Denver is “highly segregated” while Colorado Springs […]
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Littwin: Who cares if the ultra-rich have their space toys? We need to worry about what toys — and what else — poor kids lack.
“Let me tell you about the very rich.They are different from you and me.“— F. Scott Fitzgerald“Yes, they have more money.”— Ernest Hemingway You can safely ignore any claims made for science in the aftermath of Jeff Bezos’ minutes-long trip to near space. The billionaires-in-space program is nothing more than a series of vanity projects […]
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Opinion: A faith perspective on why Colorado should expand Colorado’s tax credits for working families
The lives and livelihoods of every Coloradan have never been under more stress than over the past year. As the pandemic has wreaked havoc with the physical health and well-being of many in our state — costing far too many lives — we have also seen its toll on the ability of many people to […]
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Littwin: Michael Bennet did important work in helping pass the child tax credit, but now Dems have to do it all over again
I hate to be a downer here, but I had to interrupt Michael Bennet’s virtual victory tour on the passage of the child tax credit, which was included as part of Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. Because the work, it turns out, is not quite done. As you’ve probably heard, the enhanced child […]