local control
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Colorado justices skeptical of education co-ops’ ability to locate schools outside boundaries
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court gave a chilly reception on Tuesday to the idea that school boards, when organized into regional cooperatives to provide educational services, may locate facilities outside their boundaries over the objection of a local district. Under Colorado law, boards of cooperative services, or BOCES, allow for school districts to band…
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Colorado justices skeptical of education co-ops’ ability to locate schools outside boundaries
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court gave a chilly reception on Tuesday to the idea that school boards, when organized into regional cooperatives to provide educational services, may locate facilities outside their boundaries over the objection of a local district. Under Colorado law, boards of cooperative services, or BOCES, allow for school districts to band…
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Colorado justices skeptical of education co-ops’ ability to locate schools outside boundaries
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court gave a chilly reception on Tuesday to the idea that school boards, when organized into regional cooperatives to provide educational services, may locate facilities outside their boundaries over the objection of a local district. Under Colorado law, boards of cooperative services, or BOCES, allow for school districts to band…
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Colorado Municipal League names ‘legislative heroes’ for first time in 14 years
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For the first time since 2009, the Colorado Municipal League bestowed its highest honor on state legislators this week. The organization recognized Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer and Sen. Rachel Zenzinger as “CML Legislative Heroes” on Monday for their work supporting municipalities during the 2023 legislative session. This award hasn’t been given to any state legislator since Sen. Joyce…
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Ban on local housing growth caps passes Colorado legislature
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In the most recent effort to tackle Colorado’s affordable housing issue, Democrats in the state legislature voted to ban local housing growth caps on Thursday. If enacted, House Bill 1255 would prohibit local laws that limit annual housing construction or residential permits, and erase those that currently exist in several cities in Colorado, such as Boulder, Golden…
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Polis throws cold water on public unions bill
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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…
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Sen. Matt Jones planning bill to give more local control on oil and gas issues
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Sen. Matt Jones of Louisville said Wednesday he plans to introduce a bill in the next session to give local governments more authority to “plan, zone, and refuse to allow oil and gas operations as they see fit – just as they do with every other industry.” Though Jones is the Senate Democrats’ appointed leader…
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Colorado voters set to decide school board and city council races, contentious ballot measures
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Voters across Colorado finish casting ballots at 7 p.m. tonight, deciding city council and school board races as well as local ballot issues ranging from funding for affordable housing and limits on oil and gas drilling to road improvements and municipal high-speed internet. For the first time in eight years, though, there isn’t a statewide…
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Ask an oil industry top guy: Jack Gerard on Colorado drilling and local control
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Jack Gerard is bullish on the oil and gas industry and its role in the the energy and manufacturing future. He would be, of course, because he is president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, the oil and gas industry’s comprehensive trade group and lobby shop. Gerard was in Denver this week to touch…
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Polis says fracking battle will only get ‘bigger, more acrimonious’
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis on Monday told The Colorado Statesman that the battle for greater local control over oil and gas drilling will keep coming back every two years if the State Legislature is unable to take action on the emotionally charged issue of fracking in and around neighborhoods. “Issues are always best addressed legislatively,…
