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  • Now, that’s what you call sweat equity

    Now, that’s what you call sweat equity

    While Republicans were busy this week defending their new tax plan and the impact it will have on the middle class, Pueblo County is offering seniors and the disabled a deal in paying off their property tax. The county is promoting a program that allows those over 60 years old or who are disabled to…


  • Noonan: Bill envisions high quality education for Colorado … But where’s the money?

    Noonan: Bill envisions high quality education for Colorado … But where’s the money?

    A new bipartisan bill, Achieving a Vision for Education in Colorado, HB17-1287, sets up an advisory board to create a strategic plan for public education, preschool through college, for implementation up to 2030. The bill recognizes that the 21st century world is “fiercely competitive” and that a “world class highly effective twenty-first-century learning system is the…


  • RTA property tax extension bill passes House committee

    Voters in rural areas of Colorado would continue to be able to approve a property tax of up to five mills to fund mass transit systems in their local communities through 2029, under a bill approved by the House Transportation and Energy Committee Wednesday, Jan.25. House Bill 17-1018 extends the statutory authority of regional transportation…


  • Denver launching dedicated affordable housing fund

    The City and County of Denver’s dedicated, permanent, affordable housing fund and program is on track to debut next fall, with new staff members hired, a 23-member advisory committee formed and short- and long-range plans, a City Council committee was told Wednesday, Nov. 30. Rick Padilla, housing director in the Office of Economic Development, and…


  • Watson: Creating a level playing field in Colorado education

    Watson: Creating a level playing field in Colorado education

    When it comes to creatively advancing the quality of education in Colorado, we need to consider ways of making a level playing field for children to thrive. Colorado has a network of strongly performing charter schools when it comes to both academic rigor and healthy student culture. Many of them have won impressive awards for…


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