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Denver crime rates ‘skyrocket’ as policing decreases, Colorado think tank says in report
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As the number of uniformed officers per capita dwindled and public safety’s share of city spending – although it remains to be the single biggest item – fell, Denver’s crime rates skyrocketed, according to a new analysis from a think tank. Some 70 miles away, Colorado Springs had the opposite experience. Its crime rate decreased, as…
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Chris Hansen portrays mayoral candidacy as antidote to Denver’s crime, homelessness in TV commercial
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Band-AidChris Hansen Denver mayoral candidate Chris Hansen, a state senator, is seeking to portray his candidacy as the antidote to Denver’s crime spike in his first TV commercial. The commercial started running across stations on Tuesday morning, his campaign said, adding Hansen is the first candidate to start airing a TV ad. “How did it…
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Swift action needed in Colorado’s water stewardship: Panel
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Water experts agree: Without swift, collaborative and regionalized action, the cost of a failure to address water loss in our state will be “stunning.” A discussion hosted by The Common Sense Institute Wednesday centered on the future of water usage in Colorado and featured key findings in a new report. Kristin Strohm, the President and…
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Think tank’s economist publicly lambasts homeless study but privately has ‘no problems’ with method
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While the Colorado Fiscal Institute publicly lambasted a report on homelessness, the senior economist prominently cited in its criticism said he privately has no problems with the methodology in a text exchange with one of the study’s authors. “I dug deep into your research methodology and had no problems with it especially giving the range,” Colorado…
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Almost $2 billion allocated to tackle homelessness in metro Denver over 3 years, study says
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Local governments and nonprofits are on track to spend nearly $2 billion over a three-year period to tackle homelessness in some counties in the Denver metro area, according to a new study by a nonpartisan think tank. The explosive growth in spending from 2021 through 2023 reflects the gravity of the challenge that the public…
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Plagued by crime, metro Denver is among the worst in America: CSI report
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A new report paints metro Denver as an urban region plagued by rising crime – with numbers that are among the worst in the country. Car theft in Denver is second highest in the nation, and three other Colorado cities rank in the Top 10, according to the Common Sense Institute, a free enterprise think tank. Indeed,…
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Common Sense Institute names Kelly Caufield as its new Colorado leader
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The Common Sense Institute tapped Kelly Caufield on Friday as executive director of the research organization’s Colorado branch. Denver-based Caufield will take the reins in Colorado as Kristin Strohm, the organization’s president and CEO, focuses on expanding the Common Sense Institute nationwide. Currently, the Common Sense Institute operates in Colorado and Arizona, with plans to…
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Local governments’ participation is crucial to goals of $300 million ballot measure, analysis says
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The buy-in of local governments is key to successfully implementing the goals of Proposition 123, which, if approved by voters this November, would direct $300 million per year in TABOR refund revenues into affordable housing programs, according to an analysis from a Colorado think tank. Indeed, the proposal will only be as successful as the…
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Report: Education budget increases did not translate to higher teacher pay
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The salaries of Colorado teachers are not increasing at the same rate as the budgets for school districts, according to a report released Wednesday. The annual Dollars and Data Report from the Common Sense Institute found that, over the last 14 years, Colorado’s funding per student has increased by 47% while the average teacher salary…
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Common Sense Institute: Colorado Option could lead to cuts in services or higher premiums
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Is the Colorado Option sustainable? A new report from the Common Sense Institute, a think tank that hews to the conservative values of free enterprise and individual opportunity, is raising concerns that the Colorado Option, a state-mandated health insurance plan for the individual and small group markets that becomes available in 2023, may be hindered…
