Steve Schuck on the ‘magic’ of school choice | The OpEdge Podcast
Parents Challenge co-founder and longtime school choice advocate Steve Schuck joins The OpEdge to discuss expanding educational opportunities and ensuring parents are in charge of their kids’ education.
Schuck tells investigative columnist and host Jimmy Sengenberger why he believes Colorado should fund students rather than systems, how Parents Challenge helps families find the right fit and why a new federal education tax credit could be a “game changer” for school choice.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser promises to appoint a rural outreach director and a water adviser
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 1 hour ago
Democratic gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Phil Weiser told the Colorado Water Congress Thursday he intends to appoint a rural outreach director and a water policy adviser should he win the election in November. The news was well-received by...
Attorney General candidates present priorities at Colorado Water Congress
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 31 minutes ago
The two major-party candidates for attorney general — Republican Michael Allen, the district attorney for Teller and El Paso counties and Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold — appeared at the Colorado Water Congress on Thursday to outline their water...
State money diversion scheme the unsurprising downfall of ERBOCES scam | Paula Noonan
Paula Noonan
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Updated 3 hours ago
Falcon School District 49, aka El Paso County School District 49, has finally cut bait, thrown the fishing pole into the lake and sunk the canoe. The longtime enabler of the Education Reenvisioned BOCES’ (ERBOCES) schemes to fund private Christian...
GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx pushes aggressive water-storage expansion at Colorado Water Congress
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for governor, took the spotlight Wednesday during the opening day of the Colorado Water Congress, laying out how he says the state should approach its water future. Marx told the standing-room-only audience in Steamboat Springs...
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert stresses storage, forest health and Upper Basin rights at Colorado Water Congress
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 hours ago
Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert used her brief Wednesday appearance at Colorado Water Congress to tout her record on delivering water projects for the state and her district. Boebert, who is running for her second term representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional...
Do lobbyists add value to policymaking? | PODIUM
Colorado Politics
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Updated 24 hours ago
By Corky Kyle I was recently asked a straightforward question: are lobbyists a valuable component in the development of public policy? After more than four decades working with the Colorado General Assembly, state agencies, local governments, associations and businesses, my...
Ain’t Polis’ Peters commutation a pity? | Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack
hal-bidlack@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
I am hoping that, yet again, my long-suffering and very forgiving editor will pardon my rambling thoughts today, as there are too many open tabs on my computer that deal with issues I want to talk about (Ed: pretty used...
Colorado House Democrats’ caucus finances under scrutiny as ethics case against leader advances
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Democratic lawmakers told a legislative ethics panel that a leader’s management of caucus finances left them with unanswered questions, disputed reimbursements and a breakdown in communication that ultimately triggered a formal complaint. The House Ethics Committee is examining a complaint...
Colorado River crisis: Lake Mead, Lake Powell inch closer to ‘dead pool’
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
In the past 10 days, both Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border and Lake Powell roughly 300 miles northeast on the Utah-Arizona line have recorded their lowest water levels since the reservoirs were first filled. Lake Mead, the nation’s largest...
Colorado lieutenant governor candidate Markert says early discipline and key mentors set his course
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a three-part series examining Colorado’s candidates for lieutenant governor. In this piece, Colorado Politics speaks with George Markert, the Republican running mate to gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx. Marx is competing against Democrat...
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Do lobbyists add value to policymaking? | PODIUM
By Corky Kyle I was recently asked a straightforward question: are lobbyists a valuable component in the development of public policy? After more than four decades working with the Colorado General Assembly, state agencies, local governments, associations and businesses, my answer is yes — but only when professional advocacy is practiced responsibly. Lobbyists are advocates. […]
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert stresses storage, forest health and Upper Basin rights at Colorado Water Congress
Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert used her brief Wednesday appearance at Colorado Water Congress to tout her record on delivering water projects for the state and her district. Boebert, who is running for her second term representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, which covers the state’s Eastern Plains, told the standing-room-only audience that water is the […]