Author: HUGH JOHNSON

An agreement on a new five-year contract for Denver Public Schools teachers has been ratified by both the Denver school board and members of the Denver teachers union. The school district and the union reached the agreement in the early hours of Sept. 1 after months of public bargaining sessions attended by hundreds of teachers…

As the Trump administration pushes its “America First” agenda, Colorado’s ski industry looks on nervously, worried that policy shifts could be bad for business. Representatives with the National Ski Areas Association will be in Washington, D.C., this week to lobby against the president’s reported interest in rolling back the J-1 visa program. State executives plan…

What do Mr. Harris’ students at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Colorado Springs School District 11 like about their teacher? “He makes going to school fun,” says 10-year-old Priseis Friend. “He lets us sit down in a bunch of different places,” says Jiovani Collis. “It helps us learn because we don’t have to stay in…

Dick Wadhams Colorado’s discerning and independent voters will again make the 2018 election a competitive drama that goes down to the wire. There is a myth that Colorado was a Republican bastion for decades before Democrats finally broke through the red wall and the state is now inevitably headed blue. But the reality is that…

A Denver-based nonprofit focused on teen pregnancy prevention and youth sexual health will close its doors at the end of 2017 after losing two major grants. Andrea Miller, executive director of Colorado Youth Matter, announced the news in an email to supporters Monday afternoon. The organization, begun in the 1980s as a volunteer-run group, provides…

For Coloradans looking for a new car, the time to buy electric is now. “Colorado has the best incentives in the nation for electric vehicle purchases,” said Ben Prochazka, vice president of the Electrification Coalition. The state offers an income tax credit of $5,000 for those who buy an electric vehicle and $2,500 for those…

Gov. John Hickenlooper responded positively to two Denver area districts’ plea for help when he called a special legislative session for the week of Oct. 2. He evidently did not feel the same urgency to include in the special session the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo’s compelling plea for higher nurses’ pay to help…

The U.S. House of Representatives’ bill governing self-driving vehicles has a hole in it big enough to drive an autopilot Mack truck through. The Senate has to close it when it tackles its parallel legislation later this month. The fully autonomous vehicle market is estimated to hit $87 billion by 2030, which could ignite another…

During the 2016 election cycle, Donald Trump infamously sought to cast doubt on the integrity of voting systems by arguing that if he lost his supporters should interpret the defeat as proof of a rigged election. He even said he wouldn’t concede unless he won. After his surprising victory, Trump argued that as many as 5 million votes…