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Private-schooled Sen. Michael Bennet reminds us he’s no fan of vouchers

May 23, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

… Nor of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the billionaire, education-reform advocate, top-dollar GOP donor and now Trump administration Cabinet member. You’ll recall Colorado’s Democratic senior U.S. senator had voted against her confirmation earlier this year. In response to a Washington Post headline last week – “Trump seeks deep cuts to public education programs in pursuit of school…
Bennet between proverbial rock and hard place

Mar 7, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

While his vote may be in the minority regarding Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s position and intent toward the process and Gorsuch himself have fueled political speculation and concerns over consequences. Gorsuch, a Colorado native and Denver-based federal appeals court judge, was nominated by President Donald Trump…
Gardner town hall will happen without him, thanks to liberal ‘resistance’

Feb 21, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Liberal activists are tired of waiting to ambush any event put on by Sen. Cory Gardner, so they’re staging a Gardner event without him. The “in absentia town hall” is Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Byers Middle School at 105 S. Pearl St. in Denver. Members of Congress are on a break from Washington this week, but public…
Rescinding BLM gas waste reduction rule before Senate

Feb 20, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

One of Colorado’s U.S. Senators is strongly opposed to a measure that would roll back an Obama administration rule to prevent the flaring and wasting of methane and natural gas developed on public and tribal lands, while the second is undecided. The rule was among several environmental regulations issued in the last days of the…
Colorado colleges, universities rally behind undocumented students

Dec 22, 2016

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David O. Williams Special to Colorado Politics

Colleges and universities across Colorado are grappling with whether the incoming Trump administration will strip away federal deportation protections for undocumented students, most of whom came to the state at a very young age and pay in-state tuition under Colorado law. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was signed as an executive action by…

laurie cipriano

Private-schooled Sen. Michael Bennet reminds us he’s no fan of vouchers

Bennet between proverbial rock and hard place

Gardner town hall will happen without him, thanks to liberal ‘resistance’

Rescinding BLM gas waste reduction rule before Senate

Colorado colleges, universities rally behind undocumented students