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YESTERYEAR: Ritter, Caldara face off over School Finance Act
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … A new welfare law was finally agreed upon and the Legislature narrowly averted a special session. “That’s the art of compromise,” Gov. Roy Romer said. He added that he would sign the latest version of the state’s welfare reform law that had successfully met the…
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Noonan: Charter vs. School District money fights result from public education underfunding
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Public school funding advocates are reduced to fighting over scraps lately, with two bills attempting to “equalize” school finance from different directions. The big picture is that the state Legislature, since the Great Recession, hasn’t come up with any solution to public school underfunding. Governor candidate and former State Sen. Michael Johnston ran his “Future…
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Noonan: Legislature’s last days’ late nights leave citizens in the lurch
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Colorado may have some big problems, but it’s impossible to tell from bills signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper as of the last three days of the General Assembly. The governor signed 179 of 686 bills by end of day Monday. The slow pace of bills pushed 193 bills into unfinished status on the 119th…