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Reaction to DougCo board’s voucher decision falls along ideological lines
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Conservatives overnight Monday and into Tuesday made it clear: The decision by the Douglas County board of education to end its Choice Scholarship program was a setback for those who support educational choice. But those who supported the decision were also out in force Monday night and into Tuesday on social media. The board voted…
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Americans for Prosperity Colorado to try one last time to save voucher program in DougCo
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Is there any way to save the Douglas County voucher program from its all-but-certain demise on Monday? Americans for Prosperity Colorado (AFP), which spent “six figures” during the election season trying to persuade voters to support the then-board majority’s reform efforts, announced Friday it would try. David Ray, president of the Douglas County board of…
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Douglas County should expand, not limit, educational freedom
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It’s becoming harder for opponents of education freedom to come up with legitimate reasons families should not have more options when deciding the best possible education options for their children. The U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult with a pair of recent rulings, including one that said denying approximately 500 families in Douglas County the ability to…
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Q&A with Kevin Van Winkle: Young Colorado lawmaker got an early start at the Capitol
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Some say nothing really prepares you for elective office, but Kevin Van Winkle might disagree. The youthful, second-term lawmaker, who represents Douglas County’s District 43 in the Colorado House of Representatives, served for years as a legislative staffer before his election in 2014. Van Winkle, a Highlands Ranch Republican, learned a lot from his time…
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Colorado lawmakers seek economic benefits from Republican tax reform proposal
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WASHINGTON – Colorado’s lawmakers and business leaders are adding their voices to a controversy over tax reform as Republicans prepare to announce their overhaul plan next week. Republicans say they need to simplify the tax code for a boost to the nation’s economy and job outlook. Some Democrats are concerned changing the tax code would…
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Colorado Municipal League untangles special session-driving tax issue
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As often is the case, the Colorado Municipal League is the go-to source to explain complicated issues that we untrained reporters struggle to fully grasp. That’s the case with the tax bugaboo that has Gov. John Hickenlooper working on plans to call lawmakers back to Denver for a special session next month. The mistake was…
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Grover Norquist sneezes, AFP says ‘gesundheit!’
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The nation’s leading anti-tax crusader, Grover Norquist, and his organization, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), are taking aim at a conservative Colorado lawmaker as well as one of the state’s leading conservative voices, the Colorado chapter of Americans for Prosperity. In a press release today, Americans for Tax Reform criticized Republican state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg…
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U.S. Rep. Ken Buck tells AFP tax-reformers the effort should be bipartisan in Washington
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With failed efforts by Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act now in the rearview mirror, at least in the eyes of the public, Congress has now turned to the next big ticket item in President Donald Trump’s agenda: tax reform. But at least one Colorado congressman wants Washington to see tax reform…
