Coloradans are facing a growing avalanche of new and increased fees that local governments and utilities are using to slowly but surely pick our pockets. Every month these fees chip away especially hard on the working poor and senior citizens on fixed incomes who barely can survive. These fees, along with higher food and gas […]
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Proposition 119, which would have raised Colorado marijuana taxes to pay for out-of-school learning, fails
Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to increase taxes on recreational marijuana to pay for out-of-school support services for students like tutoring and therapy. Supporters of Proposition 119 admitted defeat at about 8:30 p.m. With more than a million ballots counted at 10 p.m., the measure was failing with 54% rejecting the initiative and […]
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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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Democrats see consequences from redistricting reform push similar to Colorado’s
By Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press DENVER — Democrats argue that the once-a-decade process of redrawing political maps shouldn’t be a partisan cage match. In the name of good government and balance, they’ve pushed for independent commissions to do the work of rebalancing population changes into congressional districts. They’re about to feel the consequences of […]
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Dick Lamm, Colorado’s former governor, is remembered for his policy, passion and prescience
The late former Gov. Dick Lamm was a man of vision and prescience, a complex character in the state’s political history who was never afraid to follow his convictions and take on controversial issues, his family and fellow Colorado politicians remembered Tuesday. Current Colorado Gov. Jared Polis praised Lamm’s life of service, not just to […]
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Colorado’s urban open space past haunts the future of development and community life
A cemetery for nuns. A city golf course where a generation of Black civic leaders met to network. A century-old farm. An abandoned college football stadium. An unloved wedge of an ancient stockyard. Developers and neighbors are fighting over some of the most precious unpaved spots left up and down Colorado’s Front Range, all the […]
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Opinion: Stop digging a hole for first responders, schools and small businesses. Vote “yes” on Amendment B
The Gallagher Amendment is a 40-year-old formula that has no business in the constitution. We are proud to stand with the state’s small business leaders, who say Gallagher poses an enormous threat to Colorado’s small businesses in this post-COVID world. We are proud to stand with firefighters, teachers, law enforcement and rural hospitals, who all […]
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Who Colorado donors support the most in the 2020 presidential race
There’s at least one category where John Hickenlooper leads the vast Democratic field of presidential contenders. That’s in campaign cash from Coloradans. The former Colorado governor raised $1.5 million from fellow Centennial State residents, topping even President Donald Trump, who raised $1.1 million in the state between January 2017 and June 30. In all, about […]