More than 100,000 people have called for aid paying gas and electric bills, but the help is available only once per customer
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December natural gas bills will jump 54% as Xcel passes a stack of price hikes on to Colorado customers
Colorado’s largest utility is passing on price hikes that will raise the average natural gas bill to $177 from $115
Posted inEducation, News, Politics and Government
Proposition 119: Colorado voters will decide whether to raise marijuana taxes to pay for out-of-school learning
Colorado voters will decide next month whether to raise taxes on recreational marijuana to help fund a new state program aimed at providing Colorado students with out-of-school learning opportunities. The program, called Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress, or LEAP, would pay service providers, like private tutoring companies or even public school teachers looking for extra […]
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Colorado voters will decide whether to raise marijuana taxes to boost out-of-school learning
Colorado voters will decide Nov. 2 whether to increase the state’s marijuana sales tax rate to support out-of-school learning. The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office ruled Wednesday that supporters of Initiative 25 gathered enough signatures to secure a spot on the upcoming ballot. Backers of the Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program Initiative, also known […]
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Opinion: The LEAP ballot initiative can help Colorado kids soar
As the “light at the end of the tunnel” of the COVID-19 pandemic comes more clearly into focus, we’re all beginning to look forward to returning to something that more closely resembles normal. For many Coloradans, that includes the return to in-person school. Our educators and students (not to mention their families) have worked tirelessly […]