collective bargaining

Polis throws cold water on public unions bill

Jan 21, 2022

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Marianne Goodland

A bill to allow public employees to engage in collective bargaining has run into its biggest hurdle: lack of support from Gov. Jared Polis. The bill is the brainchild of House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, D-Pueblo, and Sen. Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder. Esgar worked on a similar bill in 2021, but never introduced it. The draft…
DougCo school board likely to move quickly on voucher repeal

Nov 29, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

The clock is ticking for a decision by the Douglas County School District Board of Education on its controversial voucher program. The election earlier this month of four anti-voucher candidates reshaped the board from 4-3 in favor of vouchers to 7-0 against, means that the voucher program is all but certain to be trash-canned –…
A new slate — and a new day? — for education reformers in Douglas County

Jul 7, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

A whole new cast of candidates aims to take the baton from the current crop of reformers leading Douglas County schools. They’re calling their four-person slate Elevate Douglas County, and a lot is riding on whether they can carry the day in the upcoming school board election this fall – and restart momentum for change.…
Open school board talks — up to a point — courtesy of Colorado voters

Jun 28, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Remember the uproar over Proposition 104 on the 2014 statewide Colorado ballot? Neither do we. Actually, we didn’t recall the ballot issue at all until noticing a mention of it this morning in go-to education news source Chalkbeat Colorado. Chalkbeat’s Melanie Asmar reports that Denver Public Schools – the state’s largest school district – declared…
Aurora preps for small budget deficits

Sep 20, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

While revenue has been rosy in the city of Aurora, along with others on Colorado’s Front Range, budget deficits may loom on the horizon. In his proposed 2017 budget, Aurora City Manager Skip Noe noted some of the same “softening” of revenue forecast by Denver and others in the near future. While the proposed 572-page…

collective bargaining

Polis throws cold water on public unions bill

DougCo school board likely to move quickly on voucher repeal

A new slate — and a new day? — for education reformers in Douglas County

Open school board talks — up to a point — courtesy of Colorado voters

Aurora preps for small budget deficits