The Colorado Springs Gazette editorial: Law will create equal opportunities for children
It is not just the Rocky Mountains and an enviable climate that distinguish Colorado as a desirable relocation state. It is also the K-12 education system, which requires state money to follow students to whichever accredited schools their parents or guardians choose.
Colorado is the school choice state.
Friday, our nationally acclaimed education system should get even better, as Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to sign House Bill 1375 into law.
Colorado’s follow-the-students financial arrangement has led to an unprecedented revolution in public school choice, with charters popping up in most communities to serve students with diverse needs. The old one-size-fits-all attendance center model is a thing of the past in our state.
Iran war enters next phase of destroying entire missile supply chain: Hegseth
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
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Updated 1 hour ago
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the war with Iran was entering a new phase, as the United States was focusing on destroying Tehran’s defense industrial base. At a Friday Pentagon briefing, Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint...
Colorado plans to slash interim committee work amid budget woes
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 16 minutes ago
In a tight budget year, the work of interim committees — those off-session groups that look at transportation, agriculture, water, healthcare, wildfires, pensions, and anything else that lawmakers want to look at — is on the chopping block. And this...
Xcel Energy: Power shutoff ‘likely’ Saturday in Boulder, Jefferson counties
Dan Boniface
dan.boniface@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 hour ago
Up to 43,000 residents in parts of Boulder and Jefferson counties should be prepared to have their power shut off Saturday afternoon, Xcel Energy said. The power company said it was “planning for a likely Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS)...
Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn says she’ll resign next month, points to ‘divide within our party’
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
Colorado Republican Party Chair Brita Horn said Thursday that she will resign her position next month following the GOP’s state assembly, citing what she described as an “enduring divide” within the party “marked by vitriol and hostility.” Horn’s announcement came...
Colorado justices skeptical of appellate court’s limitation on prosecution’s appeal
Michael Karlik
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Updated 21 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court seemed skeptical on Tuesday that Denver prosecutors should be barred from appealing a trial judge’s permanent dismissal of a criminal case, based upon the sequence of events after the original ruling. Prosecutors charged Quinn M. Jebe...
Senate committee moves forward with Colorado ballot measure to redirect TABOR refunds to schools
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
A Senate panel on Thursday voted along party lines to move forward with a bill that would ask voters for permission to eliminate Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds and redirect those dollars to K-12 public education. The 6-3 vote in...
Federal judge: Government violated order shielding man from deportation in ‘one-off mistake’
Michael Karlik
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Updated 23 hours ago
A federal judge acknowledged on Thursday that the government violated his order by deporting a man in immigration detention during his pending court case, but it “serves nobody’s interests” to require the government to return him. On Feb. 18, Tesfami...
Wolf depredation payouts in Colorado top $700,000 in 2025
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 56 minutes ago
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $706,000 in wolf depredation claims for 2025 during its March meeting last week, an amount that exceeds the state’s annual wolf compensation fund by more than double. The commission rejected another...
U.S. intelligence report suggests Iranian regime is not at risk of imminent collapse
Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner
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Updated 23 hours ago
Washington Examiner Recent U.S. intelligence reports have assessed that after nearly two weeks of Operation Epic Fury, Iran’s government leadership is not in danger of imminent collapse. The evaluation comes after 12 days of regular military strikes by United States...
Colorado committee recommends rejecting alcohol, marijuana tax hike to fund mental health care
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 minutes ago
In a rare move, Colorado’s Capital Development Committee unanimously recommended that another legislative committee reject a bill asking voters to approve higher excise taxes on alcohol and marijuana to fund a new mental health hospital in Aurora. Sponsored by Rep....
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