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Underlying design failures built into Colorado’s standardized tests | NOONAN
Paula Noonan
paula-noonan@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Third graders can’t read. That’s a common assertion. How do we know? Colorado’s CMAS standardized tests for third graders tell us. What the chicken littles who bemoan these tests scores, mostly individuals on the “pro school choice” and “voucher” side...
Colorado Reps. Hurd and Neguse join forces to modernize federal snow-forecasting program
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
A federal snow-forecasting program, to be updated under a bill from Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, won approval in the House on Wednesday. HR 3857, which amends the Snowpack Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act, is Hurd’s second bill to pass...
Colorado aims to close talent gap with new workforce development agency, initiatives
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
Colorado’s education leaders and legislators are planning changes to the state’s workforce development programs – including the creation of a new state agency – to help more students earn college degrees, certifications and apprenticeships. Gov. Jared Polis, House Speaker Julie...
Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
Aamer Madhani
aamer.madhani@associatedpress.com
Updated 10 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Using U.S. forces to seize an oil tanker...
Colorado legislators review wolf program as funding challenges persist
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Wolves took center stage during a Tuesday review by Colorado legislators of the budget proposal from the Department of Natural Resources, which includes the division that manages the reintroduction program. The Joint Budget Committee reviewed the budget proposal for 2026-27...
WTF? Embracing profanity is one thing both political parties seem to agree on
Steven Sloan
steven.sloan@associatedpress.com
Updated 15 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he shook President Barack Obama’s hand and pulled him in for what he thought was a private aside, Vice President Joe Biden delivered an explicit message: “This is a big f——— deal.” The remark, overheard on...
Palmer Lake to discuss Buc-ee’s, recall elections Thursday
Savannah Eller
savannah-eller@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
The newly-whole Palmer Lake Board of Trustees will have an opportunity Thursday to discuss the setting for two issues going to town voters in the new year. The first is when and how to field a ballot question on the...
Bernie Sanders says Trump is lying after ‘A+++++’ rating on the economy
Sydney Topf, Washington Examiner
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Updated 11 hours ago
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said President Donald Trump can “lie all that he wants” after Trump gave himself an “A+++++” on his performance regarding the economy. “If this is an A+++ economy, God help us if we ever get to...
Judge blocks Trump’s LA troops deployment for third time after getting overruled twice
Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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Updated 11 hours ago
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer blocked President Donald Trump‘s use of the California National Guard for a third time on Wednesday, despite an appeals court halting Breyer’s two previous orders stopping the deployment of troops to Los Angeles. Breyer granted...
Judge Boasberg seeks testimony from DOJ ‘whistleblower’ in criminal contempt inquiry
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Updated 11 hours ago
Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg this week pushed forward his fact-finding inquiry into whether Justice Department officials under the Trump administration deliberately defied his emergency order blocking the removal of more than one hundred Venezuelan detainees to El Salvador...