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Major upset for pro-voucher education forces in Douglas County
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With the likely win of four anti-voucher newcomers to the Douglas County school board, the future is bleak for the controversial voucher program instituted by the board in 2011, portending major potential consequences for the voucher movement nationally. Although results are still unofficial, the four newcomers – Kevin Leung, Krista Holtzmann, Christina Schor and Anthony…
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Survey: Given a chance, DougCo voters may well have opted for more transportation funding
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Not long after a Douglas County commissioner was rebuffed in her bid to let county voters reroute some law enforcement funding to transportation, a new survey suggests they would have jumped at the chance if the proposal had gone to the ballot. You’ll recall County Commissioner Lora Thomas proposed a ballot issue last month to reshuffle proceeds from…
