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Arts education would be a baton that measures Colorado schools under Merrifield’s bill
Sen. Mike Merrifield, D-Colorado Springs, wants to measure Colorado schools by how well they educate students about dance, theater, music and visual arts. Senate Bill 107 received unanimous approval and no opposition in the testimony in February before the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, known as the “kill committee” by the Democratic minority, since…
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Transgender birth certificates get initial Colorado House approval
A bill to make it easier for transgender Coloradans to change their birth certificates got an initial approval on a voice vote Tuesday morning, but not without a loud chorus of no’s from House Republicans. The Democratic majority has passed such legislation three years in a row only for their bills to die in the Republican-led…