Education savings accounts: Where the money follows the student
Imagine for a moment that Colorado families could decide how and where their children are educated. Families are free to spend their tax dollars as they choose. This could include tutoring, online courses, or even school tuition. And whatever is not spent now could be saved and accumulated from quarter to quarter, or school year to school year.
Protect Coloradans’ retirement security | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 day ago
By Andrew Roth and the Rebecca R. Freyre The next legislative session is two months away, and budget conversations at the state Capitol are already underway. The General Assembly will once again face the difficult task of cutting spending to...
Colorado’s 2025 election hints at future of state’s public education | NOONAN
Paula Noonan
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Updated 2 days ago
Swoosh — that’s the sound of money flushed down the toilet by Denver Families Action on their expensive-but-weak candidates for Denver Public Schools Board of Education. Bravo — that’s the sound of praise from Denver voters for Denver’s public-school teachers....
As Polis pacifies, RTD uses loophole that lets taxes pay political consultants | PODIUM
Colorado Politics
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Updated 4 days ago
By Natalie Menten A tax-hike campaign shouldn’t be funded with public tax dollars to hire political consultants — period. Yet Colorado law contains a loophole that allows public agencies to spend money campaigning under the guise of “education” or “engagement.”...
Joe Neguse — not your Average Joe | BIDLACK
Hal Bidlack
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Updated 5 days ago
If you are of a certain age, that is to say, old, you have likely heard the expression “an Average Joe” to describe someone who is, well, average. A recent Colorado Politics article highlighted a certain Joe who is very...
Dems pine for Pelosi and Reid | FEEDBACK
Colorado Politics
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Updated 5 days ago
By Patrick Davis There was a time when Democrats in Congress were led by masters of the legislative chessboard — leaders who didn’t just count votes, they counted hearts, egos, and ambitions. Harry Reid in the Senate and Nancy Pelosi...
Super PAC propels Bennet without his fingerprints | WADHAMS
Dick Wadhams
dick-wadhams@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 days ago
To listen to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, he is the Ivory soap of Colorado politics — 99.44% pure, when it comes to corporate campaign contributions. Actually, Bennet would insist he is 100% pure. Bennet claims he does not seek or...
Has the danger of AI already arrived? | HUDSON
Miller Hudson
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Updated 21 hours ago
I can’t escape a suspicion the terminology adopted to characterize large-language-model (LLM) software as “artificial intelligence” is premised on a misleading presumption human brains and “deep learning” algorithms have something in common. This seems highly unlikely. We are wholly unable...
While senators stall, Colorado farmers continue to sweat federal shutdowns | GABEL
Rachel Gabel
rachel-gabel@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 days ago
As the piles grow at the sugar beet processing plants around the region, growers are facing looming deadlines complicated by federal shutdowns. Colorado Sen. Byron Pelton said a number of growers — as well as other commodity producers who face...
Rocky Mountain west gets high grades for passenger train services | CRONIN & LOEVY
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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Updated 5 days ago
Here are some additional facts and comments about the proposed Front Range passenger rail system planned to run from Pueblo on the south through Colorado Springs and Denver to Fort Collins on the north. A study was conducted recently of...
Democrats don’t look for answers in Colorado | CALDARA
Jon Caldara
jon-caldara@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 week ago
Outside of Colorado, Democrats are still panicked about President Donald Trump’s victory, trying to figure out how Americans can be so stupid as to reject their elitist-driven, woke socialism. But inside Colorado, Democrats see no need to worry. Unchecked power...
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Urban Colorado legislators have not abandoned rural Colorado
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