Author: Luige Del Puerto
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Study says high school graduation is key to curbing lifetime costs for foster children aging out
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A new study paints a grim and costly landscape for individuals who “age out” of Colorado’s foster care system, adding that state policy should focus on, among other things, increasing their high school graduation rate. The report from the Common Sense Institute said those who turn 18 or 21 – and thereby no longer benefit…
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Business group files ballot measure to roll back Colorado property valuations to 2020 levels
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A business group is pushing a ballot measure to roll back home and business property valuations to 2020 levels, announcing its aim on the eve of a special session in which Gov. Jared Polis is asking lawmakers to figure out a way to provide Coloradans relief from soaring property taxes. Colorado Concern, a politically active…
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WATCH: Disagree better? Yes, Colorado’s Jared Polis and Utah’s Spencer Cox insist
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Colorado State University November 15, 2023 Colorado Politics Political division has long been a staple of the American experiment in representative democracy, but a Pew Research revealed just how deep the polarization trended in the last several years. “Increasingly, Republicans and Democrats view not just the opposing party but also the people in that party…
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Colorado university distances from department’s accusation Israel is engaged in "genocidal attack’
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A Colorado University university official on Thursday sought to distance the educational institution from a department’s accusation that Israel’s retaliatory strikes amounted to an “unprecedented genocidal attack,” a development that mirrors the tension roiling America’s colleges after Hamas militants crossed the border from Gaza earlier this month and killed 1,400 Israelis. Israel’s retaliatory strikes killed…
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WATCH: Gov. Jared Polis, Arthur Laffer to face Rep. Rose Pugliese, Michael Fields in Prop HH debate
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Gov. Jared Polis and economist Arthur Laffer will face Rep. Rose Pugliese and Michael Fields in a debate on Oct. 23 over the proposal to use Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights dollars for property tax relief. Colorado Politics, The Denver Gazette and 9News will host the debate, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Oct. 23. The two…
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Homelessness in Colorado: A primer on Denver’s enforcement program
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A recent audit by the Denver Auditor detailed how the city is responding to the homelessness crisis that has become more acute in the last several years, particularly when it comes to the “unsheltered” population. The answers below are lifted out of the auditor’s analysis, which has been edited for clarity and brevity. What is…
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston endorses three candidates for school board
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is putting his weight behind three candidates for the city’s education governing body: Marlene De La Rosa, Kimberlee Sia and John Youngquist. Sia is running in Denver Public Schools Board of Education’s District 1, De La Rosa in District 5, and Youngquist for the at-large seat. Saying he is proud to…
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Welcome to The Denver Gazette’s 2023 Voters Guide | DENVER VOTERS GUIDE
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In between last year’s elections and 2024’s presidential contest, Coloradans will see plenty of electoral action over the next few weeks. This guide offers voters information about the candidates and issues on the ballot this November. We also hope that, in some small way, this guide will help increase the public’s participation in the electoral…
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Anti-Defamation League says Democratic Socialists of America’s stance on Israel-Hamas war ‘indefensible’
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The local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League on Monday sharply criticized a Denver-based political group that counts several Colorado legislators as members, saying the latter’s statement on the Israel-Hamas war perpetuates “several false and dangerous allegations about Israel.” In a statement, the Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region, a Jewish advocacy organization, said it is “deeply concerned…
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Colorado’s progressives distance selves from Democratic Socialists of America on Israel-Hamas war
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Some of Colorado’s progressive legislators distanced themselves from the Denver Democratic Socialists of America, which on Saturday said it “unequivocally stands” with Palestine in its “fight for liberation from the apartheid regime of Israel.” The group posted its position exactly a week after Hamas, a group on America’s terror list, attacked Israel, killing an estimated 1,400…
