public policy
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10th Circuit directs judge to redo ruling in case of gas station clerk fired for confronting knife-wielding robber
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The federal appeals court based in Denver told a trial judge on Tuesday to reconsider her ruling that Circle K lawfully fired a 72-year-old convenience store cashier who attempted to stop a knife-wielding robber from stealing cigarettes. Mary Ann Moreno, a 16-year employee of the company, was behind the register at a Westminster Circle K…
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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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Study: Colorado received $63 billion in COVID relief, stimulus
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Colorado landed more than $60 billion in federal COVID-19 pandemic assistance and other funding during the past two years, according to a recent study by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The $63.6 billion in government cash, or more than $11,000 for each person in Colorado, came in stimulus checks sent to most Americans; a variety…
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Funt: Fees, fines and fairness
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Which best describes your view of America? Everyone pays an equal share? Or, everyone pays his fair share? Both sound reasonable. One hinges on equality, the other on fairness – two principles we generally embrace. But as I wrote in The New York Times the other day, we are increasingly becoming a nation of haves…