A Washington Post story five years ago showed 187,000 kids had been affected by school shootings since Columbine. Now it’s 338,000.
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Nicolais: Angertainment returns to the halls of Congress
Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor-Greene spent the week engaging in theatrics that helped no one but themselves
Posted inEducation
Adjuncts will soon qualify for federal student loan forgiveness but Colorado Democrats want to give them more aid toward debt relief
A bill would give adjunct instructors, who may rely on food banks and share housing, full-time employment status for the sake of applying for federal student loan forgiveness
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Nicolais: A heart-breaking anniversary of my broken relationship with my father
It has been a year of heartache for me since my father chose to end our relationship
Posted inCartoons
Jim Morrissey: Seems like everyone’s home harbors classified documents
Cartoonist Jim Morrissey wonders if there’s anyone — from top-tier politicians to the world’s most famous groundhog — who hasn’t filed away top secret papers in their house.
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Littwin: Santos lies about why he left committees; Ken Buck tells truth about why he won’t kick off Omar
Do you wonder how Lauren Boebert feels about Buck, a fellow Coloradan, coming to the aid of her elevator-story nemesis?
Posted inSunLit Interviews
A year abroad led to Claire Ibarra’s intimate connection to Peru, and the inspiration for a novel
Influenced by Peruvian literary tradition, Claire Ibarra, author of “Fragile Saints,” invoked magical realism and — unexpectedly — colonialism.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Nearly 25% of Colorado’s state lawmakers have landed a statehouse seat by vacancy committee
There will be 24 lawmakers this year who secured a statehouse seat through a vacancy appointment, including no fewer than nine legislators who will have been appointed in a 12-month span
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Littwin: Would mass killings in California affect effort to ban sale of so-called assault weapons in Colorado?
Columnist Mike Littwin notes that the latest draft of a bill to ban purchase of so-called assault weapons in Colorado wouldn’t ban possession. But it would be a starting place.
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Zornio: Why we should tax the rich, instead of eliminating income taxes in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis wants to eliminate Colorado’s income tax, but as wealth disparities grow it’s not fair to reduce taxes on the state’s top earners